av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 9, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads |

Many horses, including Spotify and Amazon’s Kindle Store, have already left the barn. But Apple is moving quickly to shut the external payments door opened by last week’s rulingthat the company willfully failed to comply with court orders regarding anticompetitive behavior.
In an emergency motion filing late Wednesday (PDF), Apple described US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ ”extraordinary Order” as including an injunction that ”permanently precludes Apple from exercising control over core aspects of its business operations, including charging for use of its property and protecting the integrity of its platform and in-app purchase mechanism.” A certificate (PDF) accompanying the emergency filing states that the order ”fundamentally changes Apple’s business and creates destabilizing effects” for App Store customers.
Källa: Apple: “Hundreds of millions to billions” lost without App Store commissions
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 9, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads |
Google today shared details on some of the new ways that it is incorporating artificial intelligence into its search products in order to combat online scams.

In Chrome for the desktop, the Enhanced Protection mode for safer browsing now incorporates Gemini Nano, an on-device large language model. Gemini Nano is able to provide instant insight to users about websites that might be risky, even if it’s a scam that hasn’t been seen before.
Källa: Google Using AI to Combat Scams in Chrome
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 8, 2025 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads |

Apple’s silicon design group is pushing ahead with new custom chips intended for a range of future devices, including the company’s first smart glasses, more powerful Macs, and dedicated AI servers, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
The company has reportedly made progress on the processor for its smart glasses, indicating increased focus on developing such a wearable. This device would likely compete with existing smart spectacles like those from Meta Platforms. The silicon team’s work has become central to Apple’s product strategy, particularly since the shift away from Intel processors for its Macs began in 2020. Other chip development efforts detailed in the report target future Mac models and the infrastructure needed to power the Apple Intelligence platform.
Källa: Apple Developing New Chips for Smart Glasses, Macs, AI Servers [Report]
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 8, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads |

Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years.
Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News, gained access in February to a “core financial management system” belonging to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As an employee of DOGE, Schutt accessed FEMA’s proprietary software for managing both disaster and non-disaster funding grants. Under his role at CISA, he likely is privy to sensitive information regarding the security of civilian federal government networks and critical infrastructure throughout the US.
Källa: DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 8, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads |

Hugh Laurie is set to break bad for Apple TV+.
The multiple Emmy nominee will star in a crime thriller called The Wanted Man at the streamer. The eight-episode series comes from creator and showrunner George Kay (Hijack, Lupin) and his Observatory Pictures, which is co-producing with All3Media’s New Pictures (The Long Shadow).
Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) also stars, along with Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Hazel Doupe (Say Nothing), Elliott Heffernan (Blitz) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones).
Källa: Hugh Laurie to Topline Thriller ‘The Wanted Man’ at Apple TV+