MacPaw launches its alternative iOS app store for EU in open beta

Ukraine-based Mac and iOS app developer MacPaw announced today that it is releasing its alternative mobile app store Setapp thanks to the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules in the EU. The company has been testing the app store under closed beta for a few months now with select users. MacPaw is now

Amazon will host its Prime Big Deal Days sales event on October 8 and 9

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will host its Prime Day-like sales event, “Prime Big Deal Days,” on October 8 and 9. For the last two years, the e-commerce company has scheduled its fall event in October and has continued that tradition this year. Apart from the U.S., this event will ta

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells technewss she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat wi

Intel moves to spin out foundry business, inks AI chip deal with AWS

Intel has announced a key customer win and changes to its foundry business as the beleaguered chipmaker looks to execute a turnaround. Intel is taking steps to transition its chip foundry division, Intel Foundry, to an independent subsidiary, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger said in a blog post. Intel

UK’s privacy watchdog takes credit for rise of ‘consent or pay’

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog claims a crackdown on websites that don’t ask for consent from visitors to track and profile their activity for ad targeting is bearing fruit. However it’s admitted some of the changes driven by the intervention have seen sites adopting a contro

Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the internal commission OpenAI created in May to oversee “critical” safety decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. In a blog post today, OpenAI said the committee, the Safety and Security Committee, will become an “independent

Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon

Salesforce Ventures ups its AI fund to $1B, doubling it again

As part of Salesforce's massive tech conference, Dreamforce, taking place this week in San Francisco, its VC arm, Salesforce Ventures just announced a new $500 million fund dedicated to AI companies. This is significant for several reasons. First, in June 2023, Salesforce Ventures doubled its A

Amazon mandates full 5-day return to office

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to the company’s employees Monday morning, calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, Amazon employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now Jassy expects five days of in-person work from emp

iOS 18 is out: Here’s what’s new

Apple’s newest software update, iOS 18, is rolling out today to all iPhone users. While AI technology was heavily hyped as a key part of this upgrade, Apple Intelligence features aren’t part of this release. Instead, Apple says it will release Apple Intelligence features with iOS 18.1 s

Apple's iOS 18 is now available to download

On Monday Apple released the new version of iOS, the company's operating system for the iPhone — iOS 18 is a free download, and it works with the iPhone XR and XS or later, as well as the second- and third-generation iPhone SE. In other words, if your iPhone supports iOS 17, you can install i

11x.ai raises $24M led by Benchmark to build AI digital employees

A startup that builds AI bots for process automation (aka automating end-to-end workflows), 11x.ai just raised a fresh $24 million Series A led by Benchmark. It is also one of a growing crowd of AI startups relocating its headquarters to San Francisco, Hasan Sukkar, the company's founder and CE

As TikTok ban heads to court, ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges

As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App Store in the U.S. The push is due, in part, to increased advertising. Described by TikTok influencers as a cross between Pinterest a

US government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa 

The U.S. government said Monday that it has issued fresh financial sanctions against five individuals and a corporate entity associated with spyware-making consortium Intellexa, months after the government sanctioned its founder.  In its latest statement, the U.S. Treasury said it sanctioned