Scientists Built a Programmable Chip That Can Slow Light on Command

Apple today announced changes impacting iOS apps in Brazil that reflect a recent agreement with Brazil’s competition regulator, the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE). These updates create new options for developers to distribute apps on alternative app marketplaces and to process app payments for digital goods and services outside of Apple In-App Purchase. Across…

In brief: As AI-driven component shortages raise product prices at Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and other companies, TSMC — the source of many of their chips — has kept its prices relatively steady until now. Sources have informed Nikkei Asia that TSMC plans to raise prices for advanced and mature semiconductor process nodes by…

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Google has announced that eligible third-party Android app stores in the US will be able to access the Play Store’s app catalogue starting July 22 through the new Play Catalog Access Program. The initiative will allow participating marketplaces to offer Play Store apps, while downloads will continue to be completed through Google Play. Google has…

From the day it was announced, on June 16th, 2025, the Trump phone sounded ridiculous. The T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), as it was officially called, was a combination of contradictory specs, product images that were clearly not photographs of a real phone, and the worrying requirement of a $100 deposit to secure a preorder…