Saturday, May 3, 2025

Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in 2026 fall but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027 (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in 2026 fall but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027  —  After years of incremental changes to the iPhone, Apple is mixing things up much more dramatically.  Later this year it's expected to introduce …



Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown (Madeline Renbarger/Newcomer)

Madeline Renbarger / Newcomer:
Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown  —  Plus, a16z leads the most Series A rounds for future unicorns … For startups, runway is everything.



How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind/Rest of World)

Indulekha Aravind / Rest of World:
How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India  —  Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model.  Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.



Friday, May 2, 2025

Rockstar Games delays the release of Grand Theft Auto VI from fall 2025 to May 26, 2026, says it needs extra time to deliver the expected quality (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Rockstar Games delays the release of Grand Theft Auto VI from fall 2025 to May 26, 2026, says it needs extra time to deliver the expected quality  —  Rockstar Games says it needs more time to deliver the ‘quality you expect and deserve.’  —  Rockstar Games is delaying the highly anticipated release …



Microsoft says new accounts will be "passwordless by default", asking people to use more secure methods like passkeys, push notifications, and security keys (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Microsoft says new accounts will be “passwordless by default”, asking people to use more secure methods like passkeys, push notifications, and security keys  —  The company is trying to get everyone to get rid of passwords, eventually.



The Google search antitrust trial is effectively a fight about AI's future, as lawyers and rivals argue Google's monopoly could make it the dominant AI player (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times:
The Google search antitrust trial is effectively a fight about AI's future, as lawyers and rivals argue Google's monopoly could make it the dominant AI player  —  A federal judge issued a landmark ruling last year, saying that Google had become a monopolist in internet search.



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...