Apple is tightening App Store age restrictions in Texas. Here's what it means for parents.

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A Texas law requires Apple to tighten its restrictions.

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OpenAI just launched its own version of an app store, taking aim at Apple and Google

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Sam Altman

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Apple's ICEBlock takedown shows how easily Washington can pull the plug on the internet

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says she told Apple to take down an ICE-tracking app.

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OpenAI's Sora officially hits No. 1 on Apple's App Store

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OpenAI's Sora app topped the Apple App Store charts days after its release.

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Neon, a buzzy app that pays to record your calls for AI training data, goes offline to address a security scandal

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The Neon app, which offered to pay users to record their phone calls, went offline on Thursday after a TechCrunch report detailing a security vulnerability.

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Using AI tools, this LinkedIn VP built and launched an app in a few weeks

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The LinkedIn logo is displayed in the Apple App Store on an iPhone.

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Hank Green's 'Focus Friend' unseated ChatGPT on the App Store. I used it to help concentrate while writing this article.

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YouTuber Hank Green launched "Focus Friend." The app quickly went No. 1 in the App Store.

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Elon Musk said Apple made it 'impossible' for non-ChatGPT AI apps to top the App Store. DeepSeek would like a word.

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While ChatGPT has long dominated the App Store, both DeepSeek and Perplexity have gone No. 1.

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Elon Musk is threatening to sue Apple over Grok's App Store ranking and escalating his feud with OpenAI

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"Unfortunately, what choice do we have? Apple didn't just put their thumb on the scale, they put their whole body!" Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday.

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Apple's chief people officer, who reports directly to Tim Cook, is leaving the company after less than 2 years

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Carol Surface, Apple's chief people officer, seen in 2007, is leaving the company.

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