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‘Friday Night Baseball’ returns to Apple TV+, but subscription now required

‘Friday Night Baseball’ returns to Apple TV+, but subscription now required

By Joe Rossignol, MacRumors Apple today announced that its weekly MLB doubleheader “Friday Night Baseball” returns in April. While the games were free to watch last season, an Apple TV+ subscription is now required, with U.S. pricing set at $6.99 per month or $69 per year. “Friday Night Baseball” will include two live MLB games each Friday

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Want a rival to ChatGPT? Google is opening up access to its Bard chatbot

Want a rival to ChatGPT? Google is opening up access to its Bard chatbot

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is opening up access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT. Starting Tuesday, users can join a waitlist to gain access to Bard, which promises to help users outline and write essay drafts, plan a friend’s baby shower, and get lunch ideas based on what’s in

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Malware alert: Google suspends popular Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo

Malware alert: Google suspends popular Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo

By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN Google has suspended Pinduoduo, a popular Chinese budget shopping app, from its Play Store after finding malware in versions of the app. In a Tuesday statement, Google said versions of the app that are not in the Play Store have been found to contain malware. “We

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Apple Maps ‘Detailed City Experience’ app now includes over 300 3D landmarks

Apple Maps ‘Detailed City Experience’ app now includes over 300 3D landmarks

By Joe Rossignol, MacRumors Since the release of iOS 15 in 2021, Apple Maps has been rolling out a more detailed map with custom-designed landmarks in major cities around the world. The new “Detailed City Experience” is now available in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, and several other cities, with more to

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Google drops Glass – but dreams of smartglasses lives on

Google drops Glass – but dreams of smartglasses lives on

By Jennifer Korn Google will no longer sell the latest Enterprise Edition of Google Glass, the company announced this week, effectively killing off an innovative but failed wearable product line from another era that many consumers may have assumed was long gone. First unveiled in 2013, Google Glass was initially marketed for a general audience, with

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Ultimatum: TikTok faces US ban if Chinese owners don’t spin off their shares

Ultimatum: TikTok faces US ban if Chinese owners don’t spin off their shares

By Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration has threatened to ban TikTok from the United States unless the app’s Chinese owners agree to spin off their share of the social media platform, TikTok acknowledged Wednesday evening. The apparent ultimatum by a US multiagency panel known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

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Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile sold to T-Mobile in .35B deal

Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile sold to T-Mobile in $1.35B deal

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Ryan Reynolds is about to have a nice payday. T-Mobile announced Wednesday that it’s buying budget wireless provider Mint Mobile in a larger deal for up to $1.35 billion. The acquisition of Mint Mobile’s parent Ka’ena Corporation will also include Ultra Mobile, an international calling service, and wireless wholesaler Plum. Reynolds, who purchased

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Microsoft signs cloud gaming deal in effort to boost Activision acquisition chances

Microsoft signs cloud gaming deal in effort to boost Activision acquisition chances

Microsoft said Tuesday that it has struck a deal to make Xbox PC video games available on the Boosteroid cloud gaming platform, its latest move to appease antitrust regulators scrutinizing its purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard. The U.S. tech giant said the 10-year agreement would also include Activision Blizzard titles like the popular Call

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Epic Games must pay more than 0M –  a record – to satisfy FTC rulings on Fortnite

Epic Games must pay more than $500M – a record – to satisfy FTC rulings on Fortnite

CARY – It’s official now. On Wednesday evening the Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to finalize its order that Cary-based Epic Games pay more than $500 million due to complaints about customer privacy related to Epic’s globally popular Fortnite game. The settlements are a record, according to the FTC. The original fines and decisions were

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Yellow iPhones launch today – buy in-store or online

Yellow iPhones launch today – buy in-store or online

By Tim Hardwick, MacRumors Apple’s iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in a new Yellow color launches today, with the new model available for pickup at Apple Stores in the U.S. and select other countries. Online pre-orders also begin arriving to customers today, and pre-ordering is no longer required. Apple customers can use the Apple

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