Apple has updated its developer license agreement, granting itself broad authority to collect unpaid commissions by deducting them from in-app purchases. The changes particularly affect developers in regions like the EU who use external payment links and must now navigate Apple’s new collection meth
In a major move to secure its supply chain, X-energy has a binding agreement with Doosan Enerbility to manufacture key components for 16 of its Xe-100 small modular reactors. Doosan is also committing to build a new, dedicated SMR fabrication facility in South Korea to support the pipeline.
Anthropic has rolled out significant updates to its Claude Skills feature, launched in October. The changes focus on making these custom AI workflows easier to share, manage, and deploy across entire organizations.
Bryan Johnson is setting a date for achieving human immortality. He argues that the accelerated innovation in AI over the past two years has opened a window to make this ancient goal a realistic target.
Atlas Obscura is pivoting from dedicated VR apps to a browser-based 3D social space. The “Obscura Society,” launching in early 2026, aims to be a low-stakes virtual hangout where community members can explore strange places together, with or without a headset.
The controversial indie horror game ‘Horses’ was pulled from Steam and the Epic Games Store just before launch. Despite that, it has sold 18,000 copies in two weeks, generating $65,000 in net revenue for developer Santa Ragione. That money was enough to pay off the loans taken to finish the game’s d
NASA’s Perseverance rover is in excellent health and certified to drive 100 kilometers on Mars. But the $11 billion mission to retrieve its rock samples is in limbo, with no launch before the 2030s.
New benchmarks pit AMD’s RDNA4-based RX 9000 series against NVIDIA’s new RTX 50 cards on Linux. The test uses the latest open-source drivers, including Nouveau and NVK for NVIDIA hardware. It’s a fresh look at the competitive landscape as 2025 comes to a close.
Apple is implementing specific changes to its iOS App Store for users in Japan to comply with the country’s new Mobile Software Competition Act. The move highlights a starkly different, more cooperative relationship with regulators compared to the contentious battle unfolding in the European Union.
In a major philanthropic push, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is spending $75.8 million on 149 grants across 13 countries. The goal is to fund AI that serves public institutions, from climate resilience to human rights, rather than concentrating power.
