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Apple Sued for Pulling Co-Viewing App Rave From the App Store

Apple Sued for Pulling Co-Viewing App Rave From the App Store

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Rave, a cross-platform service that lets users watch movies and TV shows together, today filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against Apple after Apple removed the Rave app from the App Store in August 2025. According to Rave, Apple cited “unspecified allegations of fraud and vague concerns about content moderation” when pulling the app. Rave alleges Apple targeted the service because Rave competed with SharePlay, and Apple wanted to corner the market on smartphone co-viewing. Rave claims that Apple also falsely labeled the Rave Mac app as malware, preventing Mac users from installing it. Discussion on Reddit suggests that Rave had unmoderated public chatrooms, pornography, issues with scams, and CSAM material. The Rave app was also labeled as malware by Kaspersky, BitDefender, Windows, and Google, suggesting Apple may have had reason to protect users from the app beyond limiting competition. Apple has not yet commented on the lawsuit or the app’s removal. Rave claims that it has now created “industry-leading” content moderation and age verification technologies, presumably to preempt Apple’s content moderation criticism. Rave was …

Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat

Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat

Published by Jenni Sidey

In a huge late in the day Friday development, the Trump administration plans to pull some 5,000 troops from NATO member Germany, CBS is reporting. Citing senior defense officials, the Pentagon expects the troop draw down will happen over a six to twelve month period, Reuters has also separately reported, in what clearly appears a punitive measure aimed at Berlin by the Trump White House. Over several years, and stretching back decades, the US has maintained the most number of troops on the European continent in Germany – currently estimated at over 36,000 active duty personnel. So the 5,000 – while significant – is still somewhat of a symbolic move and number. Source: DPA The large US presence hearkens back to the post WWII division of Germany and post-war order, and is also a legacy of the Cold War. Ironically at this very moment European leaders have hyped a ‘new Cold War’ with Russia, as the Ukraine war continues raging. “The officials characterized the move as a signal of President Trump’s discontent with the level …

European country refuses to air Eurovision song contest after pulling out of event

European country refuses to air Eurovision song contest after pulling out of event

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Slovenia’s national broadcaster, RTV Slovenia, has said it will not air this year’s Eurovision Song Contest following the country’s decision to withdraw over Israel’s continued participation. The main competition, featuring 35 nations, is scheduled to take place in Vienna from 12-16 May. Slovenia joins a growing list of countries, including Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain, in boycotting the event. Ksenija Horvat, RTV Slovenia director, confirmed the move to The Associated Press, stating: “We will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest.” She added, “We will be airing the film series ‘Voices of Palestine,’ featuring Palestinian documentaries and feature films.” Organisers’ December decision to allow Israel to compete prompted the walkout. Slovenia has been a vocal critic of Israel’s conduct in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Fans watch the screen at the end of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song …

Britain and Nato are pulling away from Trump’s America – to save it from itself

Britain and Nato are pulling away from Trump’s America – to save it from itself

Published by Sam Flores

Just a day after Donald Trump floated the idea of turning the Strait of Hormuz into a “joint” tollbooth to enrich the US and Iran, the British government revealed that a joint operation with Norway had been undertaken to protect Nato’s northern flank. The move, combined with a visit this week by Keir Starmer to the Arabian Gulf, is the latest sign that even Europe’s Anglo-Saxons are pulling away from Washington. The UK and its allies are determined to defend the alliances and principles of international law that the US president and his deputy are keen to destroy. John Healey, the defence secretary, revealed that a British frigate and spy planes had been involved in monitoring two Russian spy submarines and an attack sub as they surveyed undersea cables and pipelines in the High North, the strategically vital region encompassing the Arctic Circle and the North Atlantic. Healey made it clear that Russia had taken the opportunity, as the focus shifted to the Middle East following Trump and Israel’s illegal attacks on Iran, to continue …

Trump Mulls Punishing NATO Allies By Pulling US Troops Over Lack Of Iran Help

Trump Mulls Punishing NATO Allies By Pulling US Troops Over Lack Of Iran Help

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Trump White House is mulling ways to ‘punish’ NATO allies for not stepping up to support the US Iran campaign, and for staying on the sidelines after Trump’s repeat appeals to create a coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This could include pulling protective American forces, and US military hardware, from NATO partner countries. It would impact “certain” countries, reports say. US Army file image The Wall Street Journal writes in a fresh Wednesday report, “The proposal would involve moving U.S. troops out of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries deemed unhelpful to the Iran war effort and station them in countries that were more supportive of the U.S. military campaign. The proposal would fall far short of President Trump’s recent threats to fully withdraw the U.S. from the alliance, which by law he can’t do without Congress.” According to more, “The plan, which has circulated and gained support among senior administration officials in recent weeks, is early in conception and one of several the White House is discussing to punish NATO.” This isn’t the …

Amazon Is Pulling Support for Kindles From 2012 or Earlier. What to Do Now

Amazon Is Pulling Support for Kindles From 2012 or Earlier. What to Do Now

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That Kindle device you’ve been holding onto for 15 years now has an expiration date, as Amazon will end support for Kindle models from 2012 or earlier on May 20. An Australian Kindle user first reported the change before Amazon confirmed the news to CNET’s sibling site PCMag on Tuesday, saying it will soon email users in the US.  The books that you already downloaded on your Kindle device won’t disappear after next month, but you won’t be able to connect to the network to buy, borrow or download new ones.  If you still have a book you want to finish reading on one of these devices, make sure you don’t deregister the device or do a factory reset. In the email shared by an Australian user on Reddit, Amazon says that if you deregister or reset the device, you won’t be able to reregister it or use it at all afterward.  “These models have been supported for at least 14 years — some as long as 18 years — but technology has come a long way …

Trump says he’s considering pulling out of NATO – POLITICO

Trump says he’s considering pulling out of NATO – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

“I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” Trump added. His remarks were published hours after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington may need to reconsider its relationship with NATO once the war against Iran is over, sharply escalating pressure on European allies that America accuses of withholding support. Still, Trump cannot legally exit NATO unilaterally. Under a 2023 law passed under former President Joe Biden, a withdrawal would require backing from two-thirds of the Senate or an Act of Congress. Trump also slammed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer again for Britain’s refusal to back America in its war with Iran, and belittled the U.K.’s military. “You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work,” he scoffed about Britain’s fleet of warships. Victor Jack contributed to this report. Source link

The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

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Anthropic’s latest research suggests that while AI is rapidly changing the way work gets done, it hasn’t meaningfully eliminated jobs. At least, not yet. But beneath what Anthropic’s head of economics, Peter McCrory, says is a “still healthy” labor market, early signs are pointing to uneven impacts, especially for younger workers just entering the workforce.  In an interview on the sidelines of the Axios AI Summit in Washington, D.C., McCrory said the company’s newest economic impact report finds little evidence of widespread job displacement so far.  “There’s no material difference in unemployment rates” between workers who use Claude for the “most central task of their job in automated ways” — like technical writers, data entry clerks, and software engineers — and workers in jobs less exposed to AI that require “physical interaction and dexterity with the real world.”  But with AI adoption spreading across industries, that could shift — fast. If Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is to be believed, AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and push unemployment as high as 20% …

How two wars are pulling Europe and the US apart – POLITICO

How two wars are pulling Europe and the US apart – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

It’s easy to see why EU leaders are so anxious. In recent days Trump has repeatedly blasted them for failing to do more to help him unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping route used by about 20 percent of the world’s oil that has effectively been closed by Iran. He has also explicitly linked continued U.S. involvement in NATO to the Middle East conflict. “NATO IS A PAPER TIGER!” he railed in a Truth Social Post over the weekend. “They complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz … COWARDS,” he concluded. “[W]e will remember.” At the same time, further deepening fears about the transatlantic alliance, Moscow offered Washington a quid pro quo under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia, POLITICO revealed on Friday. While the U.S. declined the offer, according to two people familiar with the U.S.-Russia negotiations, the fact it was proffered in the first place points …