iCloud.Info

Epic is not pleased with how Apple has responded to court orders. It thinks Apple’s new 27 percent tax on developers that link to non-Apple payment methods defies a court order to let developers provide those links and yesterday notified the court that it plans to lay out exactly how.

To refresh, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez

TV streaming records were broken in 2023, with some surprising shows named as the most streamed in the U.S. last year, according to media audience measuring firm Nielsen.

In Nielsen's new report tracking American streaming habits over the year, Suits was crowned a winner as 2023's most popular TV show on streaming.

It's an awkward time to be a PC player. The platform has more games covering more genres than ever, and even standard PC hardware can deliver pristine, photorealistic graphics. At the same time, some of the biggest titles in recent memory have been absolute messes on PC at launch, like Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Redfall, the Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 remakes, and The Last of Us

This article was originally published on .cult by Patrick Helm. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Once, there was a little online quiz with 10 questions. Each question displayed a tiny method and one had to guess if it was defined

The music catalogs of Taylor Swift, Drake, Harry Styles, and many other artists represented by Universal Music Group (UMG) are expected to be pulled from TikTok following accusations that the video platform attempted to “bully” and “intimidate”

Philips announced on Tuesday that it won’t sell sleep apnea machines in the US after a global recall over concerns that its devices could cause cancer risks and other health problems for hapless sleepers.

Read more...

Sony is ending the first month of the year with a big ol’ livestream full of gaming news. The next PlayStation State of Play kicks off this afternoon, and the company is promising 40 minutes that will cover quite a few video games — more than 15, in fact.

Only two titles have been confirmed, with Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin and the anime

• Elon Musk just had his $55.8 billion Tesla pay package voided in a Delaware court ruling.
• The decision, which Tesla can still appeal, goes beyond just damaging Musk's personal gain.
• Musk's ambitions for Tesla and SpaceX were on the line, as was his confidence in the Diamond State.

Elon

• Kari Lake may have lost the AZ governor's race, but she's still making money off her MAGA brand.
• She disclosed earning at least $175,000 from paid speeches and book royalties since then.
• She was also paid $100,000 by the party official she accused of bribing her

• Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas set sail from Miami on its first official cruise this month.
• The world's largest cruise ship has over 40 restaurants and bars, seven pools, and a water park.
• See what it's like traveling on the 9,950-person floating resort.

Introverts, look

• Congress is set to grill leaders from Meta, X, TikTok, and other tech companies about child safety.
• TikTok's CEO plans to announce $2 billion for user safety at the hearing.
• It will also be X CEO Linda Yaccarino's first time testifying before Congress.

Tech leaders are arriving in Washington, DC — voluntarily or not — to answer for their platforms'