Some of Apple's online services, including the App Store, Apple TV, Podcasts, and Music, appear to be down globally since at least 6:31pm ET (Richard Lawler / The Verge) theverge.com/2024/4/3/24120… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240403/p29#a24…

Apple has announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games (games must comply with "all applicable laws") theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122…

I've been wanting to do this story for years and am thrilled it's finally out: inside the surprisingly small, highly specialized industry that repairs the internet cables on the bottom of the ocean theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

"The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." Josh Dzieza The Verge theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

Apple says it doesn't use users' private data or user interactions to train its models, and uses both licensed materials and publicly available online data (Umar Shakir / The Verge) theverge.com/2024/6/13/2417… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240613/p40#a24…

SEC sues parent company of crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank and execs, saying ~$9B in suspicious FTX transfers weren't caught and its AML compliance was poor (Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge) theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240701/p16#a24…

Say what you will about the guy but I think his values have remained consistent and clear and i disagree with the people quoted who suggest something different. youtube.com/clip/UgkxrjugO…

Had a great chat with nilay patel on the latest episode of Decoder! theverge.com/24201749/rivia…

US v. Google: a judge says Google has a monopoly in "general search text advertising" and it used exclusive agreements to raise prices without any competition (Lauren Feiner / The Verge) theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240805/p44#a24…

today I learned there's a really neat Windows app called Twinkle Tray that lets you easily manage the brightness levels of multiple monitors. Useful for the winter nights when you want to adjust levels easily apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pljwws…

The rise and fall of OpenSea theverge.com/24161573/opens… via @Verge

An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became "financially sound", Unreal Engine 6, building a "persistent universe" with Disney, and more (Jay Peters / The Verge) theverge.com/2024/10/5/2426… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241005/p9#a241…

SCOOP: OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December. OpenAI is planning to grant access first to companies it works closely with in order for them to build their own products + features. theverge.com/2024/10/24/242…

Mosseri says Meta is adding recommendations of political content on Instagram and Threads; Threads' control setting for political content will get three options (Richard Lawler / The Verge) theverge.com/2025/1/8/24339… mediagazer.com/250108/p19#a25…

. maggaggie is having brain surgery, please help contribute to her recovery fund if you can ❤️ gofund.me/1be16970

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