The original dispute traces back to the rapid rise of mobile gaming and, specifically, the popularity of Epic's Fortnite. Developers long faced steep commissions – typically between 15 percent and 30 percent – on in-app purchases processed through Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store. Read Entire Article
Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations found via Google search after feature mishap
OpenAI recently confirmed that it has deactivated an opt-in feature that shared chat histories on the open web. Although the functionality required users' explicit permission, its description might have been too vague, as users expressed shock after personal information from chats appeared in Google search results. Read Entire Article
Fired by video: Atlassian terminates 150 workers using pre-recorded video, sparking criticism
Australian software giant Atlassian has eliminated 150 jobs as part of a major restructuring of its customer support and services team. The announcement was delivered via a pre-recorded message from CEO and co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes to employees on the morning of July 30, with many roles reportedly to be replaced......
July Steam Survey: RTX 5000 surge, new top GPU, 4 in 10 participants using AMD CPUs
Starting with the main GPU chart, July's results show that in the long-running battle between the RTX 3060 and RTX 4060 laptop GPU for the top spot, the Ampere card has once again jumped ahead of the mobile chip. Read Entire Article
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung revise advertising over exaggerated AI claims after regulator scrutiny
Major technology companies are reassessing the way they promote artificial intelligence features after increased scrutiny from industry and federal regulators. Over the past year, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung have revised or retracted several marketing claims about their latest AI products, responding to concerns that promotional materials may overstate what......
Software developers use AI more than ever, but trust it less
In its annual poll of 49,000 professional developers, Stack Overflow found that 80 percent use AI tools in their work in 2025, a share that has surged in recent years. Despite this wide and rapid adoption, trust in those tools is falling. The survey shows that only 29 percent of......
Unreal Engine ray tracing stuttering in AMD RDNA 4 GPUs linked to Nvidia-optimized game code
Radeon RX 9070, Radeon RX 9070 XT, and other RDNA 4-based cards should perform much better than they have. AMD's latest GPU architecture promises improved ray tracing performance, but real-world results tell a different story. Read Entire Article
PlayStation 6 leaks suggest AMD Orion APU with RDNA 5 and Zen 6 cores
YouTube channel Moore's Law Is Dead claims to have obtained partial spec sheets for both consoles from a leaked AMD presentation. The leak suggests the PS6's Orion processor will include 40 to 48 RDNA 5 Compute Units and eight Zen 6 cores clocked up to 3GHz. The console reportedly targets......
Samsung posts brutal financials as chip business profits plunge by 94%
Samsung Electronics recently posted its second-quarter financial results, and they're worse than expected. According to CBNC, the Korean tech giant reported revenue of 74.6 trillion won ($53.7 billion US), slightly up from 74.07 trillion won ($53.3 billion) during the same period last year. Unfortunately, operating profits fell sharply to just......
Nintendo revenue doubles as Switch 2 sales top 5.8 million units
Operating profit checked in at 56.9 billion yen versus the 53.46 billion yen that Wall Street was anticipating. Read Entire Article