av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 23, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Apple TV has shared a first look at ”Imperfect Women,” an upcoming psychological thriller starring and executive produced by Emmy Award winners Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington. The eight-episode limited series is scheduled to make its global debut on Wednesday, March 18, with the first two installments.
Källa: Apple TV Shares First Look at Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington Thriller ’Imperfect Women’
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 23, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
An investigation by the New York Times into Uber’s background checks and safety procedures for its drivers found a patchwork approach that opens the door for violent felons to drive for the ride-hailing platform.
Uber outright rejects applicants convicted of murder, sexual assault, kidnapping and terrorism. However, in 22 states, the Times found Uber can approve applicants convicted of many other offenses including child abuse, assault and stalking, if the convictions are at least seven years old. The extensive investigation also found that in 35 states, these checks are based largely on where someone has lived in those seven years, meaning convictions from other locations could be missed.
Källa: Uber allows violent felons to drive on its platform, investigation finds
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 23, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
Industry insiders estimate Samsung captured between 60% and 70% of the memory orders for the new devices, according to a report from The Korea Economic Daily. It is a notable break from previous years, when Apple typically split its low-power memory orders more evenly between Samsung and SK Hynix.
It really comes down to production priorities. SK Hynix and Micron remain heavily focused on churning out High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) to feed the booming AI server market, which left them with less capacity for standard mobile RAM. That worked out for Samsung. With analysts forecasting 247 million iPhone shipments for 2025, Cupertino needed a partner that could handle that kind of volume without blinking.
Källa: Samsung Emerges as Dominant Memory Supplier for iPhone 17 [Report]
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 23, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Italy’s competition watchdog agency, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has fined Apple € 98.6 million ($ 116 million) over the App Tracking Transparency feature. Here are the details.
A bit of background
Since Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT), the feature has been criticized by companies and media groups over how it works on third-party apps, compared to Apple’s own properties.
Källa: Apple fined by Italian antitrust watchdog over ATT rules – 9to5Mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Chris Rea, the singer and guitarist remembered for hits including the festive classic ‘Driving Home For Christmas’, has died aged 74.
The news was confirmed by his family today (December 22), with a spokesperson for his wife and two children saying: “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Chris.”
“He passed away peacefully in hospital earlier today following a short illness, surrounded by his family,” they added.
Källa: Chris Rea, guitarist and ’Driving Home For Christmas’ singer, dies aged 74
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 22, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
The world’s largest shadow library—which is increasingly funded by AI developers—shocked the Internet this weekend by announcing it had “backed up Spotify” and started distributing 300 terabytes of metadata and music files in bulk torrents.
According to Anna’s Archive, the data grab represents more than 99 percent of listens on Spotify, making it “the largest publicly available music metadata database with 256 million tracks.” It’s also “the world’s first ‘preservation archive’ for music which is fully open,” with 86 million music files, the archive boasted.
Källa: World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs
