Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Mac / New York Times: To build a super app like those in Asia, Elon Musk will face cultural differences, regulatory scrutiny, and other issues, as Meta, Snap, and Uber did before  —  Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in Asia but not elsewhere. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Meta’s metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first  —  Who’s ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: NASA plans to launch the free streaming service NASA+ later this year on the web, iOS, Android, and streaming media devices, with ad-free original content  —  The agency is also working on a consolidated web experience.  —  NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court  —  The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Roose / New York Times: Google launches RT-2 or Robotics Transformer 2, a “vision-language-action” model trained on text and images from the web that can output robotic actions  —  Our sneak peek into Google’s new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme