
The Bundeskartellamt found Apple held rival apps to a stricter consent standard than its own. The agreed fix, neutral prompts and no double hurdle, applies across almost all of the EU. Apple has agreed to overhaul the way its iPhones ask people for per…

Mastercard transactions were declined across Australia on Saturday afternoon after what the company describes as a scheduled system update, with more than 1,900 outage reports logged by mid-afternoon. Mastercard says the problem is resolved and all sys…

Michael Martina reported the draft for Reuters on 14 August, citing a US official and an internal document. The letter goes to the 35 signatories of an American “AI Opportunity Statement” from June. Its message is that countries must choose. The wordin…

Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, and nobody selling software-defined vehicles will say th…

The Wall Street Journal reported the talks on 14 August. Cara Lombardo, Gina Heeb and Lauren Thomas wrote it. The framing is what changed. PayPal is in talks to sell itself, rather than fielding an offer it has rejected. Stripe and Advent International…

The programme sits inside the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The first cohort enrols this autumn. The Associated Press reported the launch and the backlash on 14 August. Kaitlyn Huamani, who covers social media and interne…

Hauser sat down with CNBC’s The Tech Download podcast this month. Arjun Kharpal and Kai Nicol-Schwarz published the write-up on 14 August. His track record is the reason to listen. He co-founded Acorn Computers in 1978, helped create Arm, and now backs…

Mistral set out the plan on 11 August. Its own announcement covers three things at once. Regional endpoints are now generally available, letting customers pick Europe or the US for inference. A Priority Tier in public preview adds custom rate limits an…

The union announced it on 13 August. Its own statement sets the end at one minute past midnight on Wednesday 19 August. The strike began on 27 October 2023 with about 120 mechanics across seven Swedish workshops, Electrek noted. It became the longest i…

Donald Trump signed the proclamation on 13 August. It carries the title Adjusting Imports of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Components into the United States. It rests on Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the nati…