Month: March 2024
Fitbit watches in the EU will lose third-party apps and watch faces – here’s why
European Fitbit owners have been dealt a huge blow as Google will be removing all third-party apps and clock faces from all devices existing in the European Economic Area. This includes the entire EU as well as non-members like Iceland. The tech giant didn’t make any formal announcements through its…
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United States v. Apple is pure nerd rage
United States v. Apple is a lawsuit written for the general public, an 88-page press release designed to be read aloud on cable news shows. A lawsuit is, functionally speaking, a communication between lawyers and a judge. Because it is a specialized missive to a specialized audience, it can become…
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Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers
Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep after the company’s CEO admitted to having ties to a data broker, as first reported by Krebs on Security. “Though customer data was never at risk, the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep’s CEO do not align with our values,” writes Mozilla’s…
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Joni Mitchell is back on Spotify just like Neil Young — because Joe Rogan isn’t going anywhere
Two years after several legendary musicians broke with Spotify in protest over controversial remarks made on podcaster Joe Rogan’s show, most have now returned to the music service — with Joni Mitchell as the latest example. As noted by The New York Times, several of the singer-songwriter’s most pivotal albums,…
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How an artificial tooth monopoly put the DOJ’s blockbuster Apple antitrust suit in New Jersey
So, what do artificial teeth have to do with the Department of Justice’s massive lawsuit against Apple? Well, they may be one of the reasons why the DOJ decided to file its lawsuit in the state of New Jersey — instead of, say, Virginia or Washington, DC, like it did…
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‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise
The Department of Justice’s antitrust division has come into its own, having filed its third tech monopoly lawsuit in four years. The accumulated experience shows up in the complaint, according to antitrust experts who spoke with The Verge about the complaint filed Thursday accusing Apple of violating antitrust law. The…
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