Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney called the settlement a “brilliant proposal” in a social media post. [File] | Photo credit: REUTERS Video game maker Epic Games has reached a “comprehensive agreement” with Google that could end its 5-year-old legal crusade targeting Google’s Play Store for Android apps. Epic and Google revealed the settlement agreement in…
Following the release of the first developer beta versions of iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 earlier this week, Apple is now preventing the update from being installed on devices equipped with the C1 modem. Here are the details. OTA shows as available, but fails to install It’s been a strange week for developer betas. Despite…
Free newsletter Receive the latest Swiss Fintech news once a month in your inbox Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the cryptocurrency sector surged in 2025, reaching record levels amid accelerating industry consolidation, deeper convergence between traditional finance and digital assets, and a more favorable regulatory landscape. In the third quarter of 2025 alone, the…
Google is in early discussions to deepen its investment in Anthropic, Business Insider has learned. The new financing round could value Anthropic at more than $350 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The potential new deal, which is still being negotiated and evolving, could also take the form of a strategic investment…
Google’s new Android XR platform is a big step forward in the way we experience digital worlds. Android XR isn’t just about immersion; it’s about connection. “XR” stands for “extended reality,” a fusion of virtual reality and augmented reality that blends the physical and the digital into one seamless ecosystem. The defining feature of Android…
In an exciting twist in the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, an anonymous wallet has stunned the digital landscape by pouring a staggering $2.5 million USDC into Hyperliquid. This daring act was not a simple deposit; it involved opening maximum leverage long positions in Bitcoin (BTC) alongside speculative tokens PUMP and the quirky FARTCOIN, sparking intense…
(Credit: Max Buondonno / The Shortcut) The world of Android phones has never been more diverse than it is today. Many manufacturers have introduced futuristic designs to stay competitive, new AI features to improve user experience, doubled down on cameras and battery size, and more. Depending on what you need most from your smartphone, some…
iOS 26 is full of new features, but one that many users might appreciate is going unnoticed. Thanks to a new setting added in iOS 26, you can finally prevent audio from AirPods from being automatically hijacked by other Bluetooth speakers, including your car speakers. “Keep Audio with Headphones” lets you control your iPhone audio…
NEW YORK — The U.S. government shutdown is now the longest on record, breaking the previous record of 35 days on Wednesday as lawmakers remain in an impasse over funding the federal budget — an impasse that could be reinforced by Democrats’ landslide victory Tuesday night in an off-year election. Expectations had been growth that…
When Connor Fitzgerald sits down to create a lesson plan for his high school English class, he goes about it a little differently than before. Instead of spending hours researching and coming up with ideas, he enters words into a text box on his computer and waits just a few seconds to get results. This…