Big Tech News
- UK pushes for a carve-out from new EU tech sovereignty rules, arguing British firms should compete for Made in Europe contracts
- YouTube removes the Subscriptions tab from the bottom bar on Android and iOS after nearly a decade
- Google tells Android users to update as parts of Canada adopt permanent daylight saving time
- Amazon's Kindle Unlimited is renamed Kindle+, keeping the $11.99 monthly price and adding more audiobooks, some AI-narrated
- Apple adds a 'Made for iPhone Duo' badge to App Store apps that use the foldable's extra screen
- Fortune reports the next Xbox could cost $1,200 to $1,800 when it launches in 2028, per Microsoft insiders
- Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps
- Spotify confirms it is using QR code verification to catch Family Plan members who do not live together
- A Wired reviewer found a Google Home Speaker using more Wi-Fi data than all their other devices combined
- Discord update fixes Markdown previews so they render correctly instead of showing raw symbols
- Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks on Reddit after EA shuts down BioWare
- Microsoft winds down The Garage, its maker space program for experimental projects and hackathon work
- Meta reports about $825 billion in future spending commitments on leases and contracts, many tied to AI infrastructure
- Mark Zuckerberg agrees to stay in California despite a billionaires' tax ballot measure, under a new stock agreement
- Australia forces Apple to allow alternative app stores, sideloading and third-party payments from March 2027
- Meta's ad sales are slowing in Europe since users there can choose less personalized ads
- Australia's online safety watchdog weighs action after probing Instagram and Facebook over minimum age rules
- Meta beats third-quarter revenue expectations and plans non-voting Class C shares, a two-for-one stock split, to fund AI spending
- Meta hit with $25 billion penalty in New Mexico over Facebook privacy deception
- Meta reports Q3 2026 earnings with AI spending and Mark Zuckerberg comments in focus
- Apple Music unveils a design rebrand with a 'made by sound' logo built on Liquid Glass visuals
- Google brings conversational Gemini navigation to Apple CarPlay for US drivers
- Apple Stores will have limited iPhone Duo availability for walk-in customers at launch Friday, October 23
- Meta's earnings report offers a chance to calm or worsen investor anxiety about the AI trade
- Malaysia bans civil servants from using Google's Waze navigation app over security concerns tied to its Israel-based development
- Next Xbox, Project Helix, is reportedly planned for Holiday 2028 at an unprecedented price, with its date not tied to hardware
- Android 17 QPR3 Beta 2 rolls out to Pixel devices with 21 fixes ahead of March 2027 launch
- Microsoft removes eight Copilot-powered actions from File Explorer's right-click menu amid user backlash
- Australia seeks a global coalition to press Meta and other tech giants on child online harms
- Apple announces a 'Pro and tell' experience, per the 9to5Mac Daily recap for October 20