Apple, Facebook, TikTok among six firms facing stricter EU rules

One of Washington’s longest-running tech-policy time loops just got reset: The FCC will move to write net-neutrality regulations, six years after prior leadership at the agency scrapped the net-neutrality rules that it were enacted two years before. 

As TikTok gets more popular, researchers at leading academic institutions want to study what users are doing there. Publicly, the company says it's open to this, and is partnering with academics. But researchers said so far, the video app's rules about data are too burdensome.

As TikTok gets more popular, researchers at leading academic institutions want to study what users are doing there. Publicly, the company says it's open to this, and is partnering with academics. But researchers said so far, the video app's rules about data are too burdensome.

Yesterday, September 20, was an important day for Elon Musk cofounded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), as it received approval from an independent review board to begin recruiting for its first human trials. The company is currently focused on curing a disease called quadriplegia (paralysis to all four limbs) using brain implants. The company has been in the news for both its remarkable innovation as well as criticisms of impossible-sounding claims. If you are trying to find out about the company and its achievements so far, read on.

One of the biggest DIY repair sites, iFixit, has revised its repairability score on the iPhone 14, explaining its software  «now limits many basic iPhone repairs» because it requires would be repairers to have replacement parts remotely authenticated by Apple.  

UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is likely to rule on Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week.

Microsoft Corp.'s attempt at avoiding deeper European Union scrutiny of its Teams video-conferencing app fell flat with the bloc's antitrust enforcers readying a formal complaint against the firm's conduct.

Days after Fables author Bill Willingham—whose work was adapted into Telltale's The Wolf Among Us—announced he had thrust the series into the public domain as a form of «asymmetric warfare» against DC Comics, the publisher has proclaimed that it still very much owns the rights.

The Apple Vision Pro is on track for an early 2024 release, but it should be no surprise that the company’s first mixed-reality headset is in the possession of CEO Tim Cook. While previous reports mentioned that the Chief Executive uses the device daily, in a recent interview, Cook recently stated that he watched an entire season of the American sports comedy-drama series Ted Lasso on it.

The new iPhone 15 Pro Max is a big hit! People want it more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. But here's the catch – it's taking a long time to make. Just a few days after Apple released their latest iPhones on September 12, it turns out that the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the one everyone is talking about. This is great news for Apple, but there are some challenges they need to handle.

While it still might feel like summer in many parts of the country, retailers have already started to gear up for the holiday season, especially Black Friday. This Black Friday, a new retailer will also be in the mix: TikTok.

TikTok plans to offer steep holiday discounts in a monthlong campaign that will begin in late October, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg. The social media app aims to lure inflation-battered shoppers to its new online marketplace, taking the first shot in a price war with established competitors Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.