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Apple Hits Back at Elon Musk, Says ‘App Store Is Fair and Free’

Elon Musk criticized Apple on Monday night, accusing the company of stacking the App Store in OpenAI’s favour, specifically the promotion of the latter’s app ChatGPT. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation,”...

Meta’s Threads Passes 400 Million Monthly Active Users

Meta's Threads now has more than 400 million people using the platform each month, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. In a post on Threads, Mosseri said the milestone was reached a few weeks ago, calling the platform’s growth over the past two years “quite the ride.” He said the service began as “a zany...

Perplexity Offers Whopping $34.5 Billion to Buy Google Chrome

AI startup Perplexity says it’s ready to pay a whopping $34.5 billion US ($47.5 billion CAD) to buy Google’s Chrome browser, according to the Wall Street Journal. The offer is nearly double Perplexity’s own $18 billion US valuation, with the company claiming several big investors have agreed to fully fund the deal. The timing is...

New Federal Privacy Rules Target Facial Recognition, Fingerprinting

The federal privacy commissioner has released updated rules on how organizations in Canada should handle biometric data such as facial recognition scans and fingerprints. The guidelines, aimed at both public and private organizations, come after a public consultation held from November 2023 to February 2024. Officials say the technology can make access to services more...