Meta will shut down Horizon Worlds VR access on June 15, 2026, separating VR from Quest and refocusing on the mobile Horizon app for developers.

#Meta

Apple has reduced its App Store commission rates in mainland China to 25% for standard in-app purchases and paid app downloads, down from 30%, effective March 15.

#Apple #China

JD.com, Inc. JD.com is the largest retailer in China, a member of the NASDAQ100 and a Fortune Global 500 company.

JD.com launches Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, and more, marking a major global push to rival Amazon and expand its e-commerce footprint.

#JD #Joybuy

Just two months after its comeback by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, Digg shuts down citing overwhelming AI bot spam, signaling challenges in social news platforms.

#Digg

Google achieved a record-breaking $17.1 million in bug bounty payouts through its Vulnerability Reward Program in 2025

#Google #BugBounty

Amazon unveiled Prime Video Ultra — premium streaming with 8K, Dolby Atmos, exclusive content, and AI recommendations.

#Amazon #PrimeVideoUltra

New rumors say Apple's iPhone Fold will be renamed iPhone Ultra, part of a broader Ultra lineup with prices starting at $1,500.

#iPhoneFold #iPhoneUltra

Sony is secretly testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation Store games, with discounts up to 17.6% on titles like God of War Ragnarök and WWE 2K25. Expanded to 150+ games in 68 regions — US & Japan excluded.

#Sony #PlayStation

Samsung is transforming its Galaxy AI platform into a multi-agent ecosystem, announced just before the Galaxy S26 series launch, to streamline everyday tasks with greater user choice, flexibility, and control.

#GalaxyS26

Microsoft is considering the integration of PC Game Pass with Xbox Game Pass Premium, a decision that would alter both the pricing and the content available to players.

#GamePass #Xbox #Microsoft

Russia has escalated its crackdown on popular messaging apps by attempting a full block of WhatsApp, affecting over 100 million users in the country.

Shocking spyware like ZeroDayRAT and ClayRat invades Android & iOS devices, stealing data via fake apps & zero-clicks.

Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to external services, use skills and more, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT.

#Claude #ChatGPT

xAI faces a mass exodus of talent, with six co-founders and at least nine senior engineers, including Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba, departing amid intense controversy over Grok's generation of nonconsensual explicit deepfakes of women and children.

#xAI #Grok

Discord faces massive user backlash over mandatory age checks via face scans or IDs, just months after a breach exposed 70,000 users' sensitive data.

#Discord

WhatsApp is rolling out native voice and video calling support to its web app, allowing users to make one-on-one calls directly from their browser without needing the desktop app.

#WhatsApp

DuckDuckGo has rolled out a groundbreaking free voice chat feature for its Duck.ai platform, enabling real-time, natural-sounding conversations with AI models like those from OpenAI, all while upholding strict privacy standards.

#DuckDuckGo

Qualcomm is set to adopt Samsung's innovative Heat Pass Block (HPB) cooling technology for its upcoming flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Gen 6 Pro processors, addressing persistent overheating issues seen in the prior Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

#Qualcomm

GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents for Copilot Pro+ users—run multiple agents in repos, issues, and VS Code without switching tools.

#GitHub #Codex

NASA has officially approved personal iPhones for astronauts on the Artemis II mission, allowing crew members to use their devices in space for the first time, enhancing communication, productivity, and personal connectivity.

#NASA #iPhone

Ripple has secured a full EMI license from Luxembourg's CSSF. This enables Ripple to expand its regulated blockchain payment services, including the RLUSD stablecoin, across all 27 EU member states and the European Economic Area under the MiCA framework.

#Ripple

Nvidia's H200 AI chip, its second-most powerful GPU, faces a pivotal moment in US-China tech tensions as Beijing weighs import approvals amid surging demand from giants like ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent.

#Nvidia

OpenAI is secretly developing an early-stage social network aimed at creating a bot-free haven for real humans only, addressing the rampant issue of fake accounts, spam, and AI-generated noise plaguing platforms like X, Instagram, and TikTok.

#OpenAI

Apple has acquired Q.ai, a facial expression analysis company, for $2 billion. This move highlights Apple's aim to enhance its AI ecosystem with advanced emotional recognition, potentially transforming AI assistant interactions through non-verbal communication.

#Apple

Google has agreed to a $135 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misusing Android users' cellular data by transmitting information to its servers even when devices were idle, apps closed, or background data settings disabled.

#Google

Mozilla, the nonprofit behind Firefox, is deploying approximately $1.4 billion in reserves to build an AI rebel alliance of startups and technologists, aiming to counter the overwhelming dominance of industry giants OpenAI and Anthropic.

#Mozilla #Firefox

Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees, as confirmed by SVP Beth Galetti. The company is undergoing organizational changes to streamline operations and reduce bureaucracy.

#Amazon #TechLayoffs

China's AI ambitions are accelerating with DeepSeek returning to the spotlight alongside the Four Dragons of domestic chipmaking—Biren, Cambricon, Moore Threads, and MetaX—challenging Nvidia's dominance despite US export curbs.

#China #AI

Hyundai Motor Group is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to deploy up to 30,000 Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots across its factories by 2030, starting with its Georgia Metaplant in 2028, as unveiled at CES 2026.

#Hyundai #BostonDynamics #AtlasRobot

Researchers from the Tech Transparency Project found numerous AI-powered 'nudify' apps on Google Play and Apple App Store, which allow users to create fake non-consensual nude images of real people, violating both platforms' policies on sexual nudity and degrading content.

#NudifyApps