The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Chinese shopping platform Temu, citing concerns that the platform is selling illegal products and has been designed in a way that is addictive for consumers.“There is a real suspicion that not enough is done—not in an effective way—to really prevent the dissemination of illegal products,” an EU Commission official told reporters on Thursday morning, declining to be named. Potentially illegal products included pharmaceuticals, toys, and cosmetics, they said.Although Temu frequently removes illegal products, these products reappear again very quickly, another official said. “So we believe some of the controls in place…
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Apple has recently rolled out its personal intelligence system, known as Apple Intelligence, to select users in the United States, particularly those with the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models. This system introduces various AI-driven features, including the capability to summarise texts and notifications. Now, Apple is reportedly extending this summarization feature to the App Store, a primary platform for iOS users to download applications and games.Automated Summaries for Customer FeedbackA recent report indicates that Apple is developing a new feature to generate summaries of App Store reviews, concentrating on common customer feedback for each app. These summaries will…
Sony is shutting down Firewalk Studio following the lacklustre performance of its online shooter, Concord, which failed to generate sales, was removed from sale, and had its servers disabled just two weeks after its initial release in August earlier this year. In September, Sony acknowledged that the “launch didn’t land the way we’d intended.” “After much thought, we have determined the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio. I want to thank all of Firewalk for their craftsmanship, creative spirit, and dedication,” Hermen Hulst, CEO of the Studio Business Group at Sony, said in…
Nothing has revealed a glow-in-the-dark version of its most recent smartphone, the Nothing Phone 2a Plus, designed in collaboration with contest-winning fans.The Nothing Phone 2a Plus Community Edition comes replete with green-tinted phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark decorations – that’s the kind that “charges” with light and doesn’t require power.The Community Edition was, as the name suggests, designed with input from the public as part of a project that garnered 900 entries from Nothing fans in 47 countries.As we previously reported, five winners were selected to help develop the final design of the phone, with their ideas influencing multiple stages of production from…
Gemini app gets a slightly better dark theme on Android 9to5Google
Apple yesterday finally unveiled its redesigned Mac mini, powered by the M4 and M4 Pro chipsets. This newly redesigned Mac mini measures just 5 by 5 inches, less than half the size of the previous generation, which featured the M2 chipset. Along with this redesign, the new Mac mini offers much faster performance, capable of powering through intense workflows. Read on to learn why this is one of Apple’s best value-for-money releases in recent memory. 16 GB As Base Memory Was Needed And Apple Finally DeliveredThe base model now includes 16 GB of RAM. Previously, Apple offered only 8 GB…
Gmail users are reporting issues with the email service todayThe problems include long loading times and sluggish performanceGoogle hasn’t yet acknowledged an issue – we’ve contacted it for a response If you’ve been trying to use Gmail today and found it to be sluggish, unresponsive, or unusably slow, you aren’t alone – a growing number of reports suggest there could be a widespread issue, even though Google hasn’t (yet) officially acknowledged a problem.A large spike in reports from around 8.30am ET / 12.30pm GMT on Downdetector show that hundreds of people are reporting Gmail issues including long loading times, lost server connections,…
Microsoft Dynamics 365 fast factsOverall score: 3.3/5Pricing: Starts at $65 per user per month.Key features:AI-backed Copilot-generated content.Contextual insights like predictive forecasting and scoring.Track contact activity like opening emails or presentations.LinkedIn Sales Navigator integration. Dynamics 365 is a customer relationship management software from Microsoft. Dynamics 365 (formerly called Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM) offers AI-powered sales services and marketing applications. These apps are all part of the greater Microsoft tech stack and can be configured and connected to meet business goals like engaging with customers, team members and potential leads. While adding Dynamics 365’s full CRM functionality makes sense — especially if…
New research from cybersecurity company Volexity revealed details about a highly sophisticated attack deployed by a Chinese-speaking cyberespionage threat actor named StormBamboo. The threat actor compromised an ISP to modify some DNS answers to queries from systems requesting legitimate software updates. Multiple software vendors were targeted. The altered responses led to malicious payloads served by StormBamboo in addition to the legitimate update files. The payloads targeted both macOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Who is StormBamboo? StormBamboo — also known as Evasive Panda, Daggerfly, or Bronze Highland — is a China-aligned cyberespionage threat actor, active since at least 2012. The…
Xiaomi 15 was unveiled in China on Tuesday (October 29) alongside the Xiaomi 15 Pro. The new lineup comes as a successor to last year’s Xiaomi 14 duo and runs on the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. The vanilla Xiaomi 15 features a 6.36-inch 1.5K OLED display with a peak brightness of 3,200nits, while the Pro model has a 2K resolution display. The Xiaomi 15 series runs on HyperOS 2 and features a Leica-tuned triple rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor. Like their predecessors, the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro have an IP68 rating for water…