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Apple’s long, bitter App Store antitrust war
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal travails of Big Tech, follow Adi Robertso...
Watch the trailer for Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell anime
A new trailer has given us our best look yet at the upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime. While it might not tell us all that much about the direction the show...
Watch the trailer for Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell anime series
A new trailer has given us our best look yet at the upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime. While it might not tell us all that much about the direction the show...
Austria is pursuing a social media ban for kids under 14
Austria is the latest country to prepare a social media ban for its children, but it's going even further than others by including anyone under 14. In a press r...
Suno leans into customization with v5.5
Suno just released one of its biggest updates yet with v5.5 of its AI music model. Where previous updates focused mostly on improving fidelity and creating more...
The White House app is just as weird and unnecessary as you'd expect
President Donald Trump may have a tendency to put his name on everything, but his administration decided to go with the more authoritative The White House App f...
Meta's next AI glasses are reportedly designed with prescription lenses in mind
Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they're going to be catered towards those who use prescription lenses, according to a Bloomberg re...
NASA pauses its lunar Gateway plan, a comet reverses its spin and more science news
The first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis moon program may take off in a matter of days, with a launch window that opens on April 1, and as preparations are un...
Wanderstop developer Ivy Road is shutting down
Ivy Road, the video game developer behind Annapurna-published cozy game Wanderstop, is shutting down on March 31. While Wanderstop was well-received and even cr...
SteelSeries’ feature-packed Nova Pro Wireless headset is $80 off
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless came out almost four years ago, yet it’s still one of the best gaming headsets you can buy. Turns out, it’s not easy fo...
Meta’s legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone
Is social media not just bad, but illegally bad? Should tech companies pay for making it that way? According to two US juries - and no shortage of outside comme...
TikTok’s policy for AI ads isn’t working
I've been struggling to tell whether the ads appearing in my TikTok feeds have been made with generative AI tools. As someone who spends a great deal of time sc...