Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps....
Epic intends to launch its game store — and Fortnite — on iOS (www.theverge.com)
Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone (www.theverge.com)
Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone (www.theverge.com)
Skynet is comming... (www.theverge.com)
How Google perfected the web (www.theverge.com)
We often hear about the latest engagement hacks on other platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or X, formerly known as Twitter. But Google is consequential above all of these, acting essentially as the referee of the web. Yet deep knowledge of how its systems work is largely limited to industry publications and marketing firms —...
Google quietly updates Chrome’s incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
Not even Notepad is safe from Microsoft’s big AI push in Windows (www.theverge.com)
Looks like DRM prevented to watch movies in many theaters yesterday (www.theverge.com)
From the article:...
Google loses antitrust case vs Epic Games. Jury rules Google Play store constitutes an illegal monopoly (www.theverge.com)
Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Be careful of trusting google
The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/8326497...
Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)
Disney’s Loki remains silent over reported use of generative AI - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
The UK passes massive online safety bill (www.theverge.com)
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial (www.theverge.com)
Brave releases its own privacy-preserving image and video search (www.theverge.com)
“Brave Search users can now search for images and videos without being redirected to Google or Bing, though some advanced search capabilities are still absent.”
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else (www.theverge.com)
Article by The Verge, providing details about various subreddits and their mods getting threatened because they are labeled as NSFW
The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so (www.theverge.com)
“It does mean you’ll need to pay more attention.”
The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so (www.theverge.com)
YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers (www.theverge.com)
[The Verge] Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest (www.theverge.com)
“We’ll no longer comment on hearsay, unsubstantiated claims, or baseless accusations from The Verge. We’ll be in touch as corrections are needed.”...
Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them - restored by a different admin than the one that removed them... (www.theverge.com)
"Soon after we published this story, one of the r/MildlyInteresting moderators told The Verge that the entire mod team has now been reinstated — and by a different admin than the one that removed them. The mod’s account had received a 7-day suspension, but that has been reversed, too, they said. A Verge commenter who...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview (www.theverge.com)
Anyone else read this? The arrogance is palpable.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit “was never designed to support third-party apps” (www.theverge.com)
Thousands of subreddits are still dark.
