Eddy Cue quietly became the most powerful executive at Apple
Eddy Cue quietly became the most powerful executive at Apple

Phil Schiller leaving the App Store made Monday’s headlines. The quieter fact underneath it is that Eddy Cue now runs more of Apple than anyone except the new chief executive. Mark Gurman broke the reshuffle for Bloomberg on Monday, hours before John T…

ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families

Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.

Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search
Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search

Windows 11 is rolling out toggles that remove Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions from Search, in an optional August update that is being released gradually. Microsoft removed Bing from the Windows Search pane for users in the European Eco…

Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down

The longtime executive won’t be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it’s a step closer to Schiller retiring.

Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple
Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports. Schiller initially joined Apple in 1987 and became the company’s […]

VLC crosses 7 billion downloads

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.

Google will pay £260m to settle a UK class action over Play Store fees
Google will pay £260m to settle a UK class action over Play Store fees

Google has agreed to pay £260m to settle a class action brought on behalf of UK app developers, ending a case that was due to go to trial next month. The deal appeared on Thursday and is worth about $353m, Reuters reported. Lawyers had previously value…