Image: Foundry The battle royale between Apple and Epic Games over Fortnite doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. After a judge ordered Apple to allow developers to link to external payment systems, Epic Games rushed to deliver Fortnite to the App Store after a five-year absence. Earlier this week, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said...
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Court orders Apple to allow external purchase links in apps
Image: Foundry If it seems like we’ve been writing about this Epic vs. Apple Fortnite case for years, it’s because we have. The case has been raging since 2020, and finally ended (sort of) with a ruling in 2021. The gist of it is that Apple makes developers who sell digital goods process all payments...
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Precision neuroscience
News Feature Published: 28 April 2025 Melanie Senior 1 Nature Biotechnology (2025)Cite this article Developers are recombining or sharpening established drugs, molecules and mechanisms to create a new generation of neurology therapies. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get...
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iOS 18.5 beta 4 arrives, but we don’t see any major new features
Image: Foundry Two days after the release of iOS 18.4, Apple has begun the iOS 18.5 beta testing cycle. The first developer release landed on April 2, and we expect a wide release in May (or possibly late April). The last few iOS versions had their x.5 releases in May, with only minor features and...
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Gold standard tool for developers just went on sale for lowest price ever
Sponsored Content No subscription, no hidden fees, and it lasts for life. Published Apr 18, 2025 9:00 AM EDT Stack Commerce We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Visual Studio is the gold standard for development environments, loved by seasoned coders and beginners...
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AI drug development’s data problem | Science
The future of drug discovery may be artificial intelligence (AI), but its present is not. AI is in its infancy in the field. To help AI mature, developers need nonproprietary, open, large, high-quality datasets to train and validate models, managed by …Read whole article here
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AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boom Chris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever assembled, containing crowdsourced contributions from millions of humans worldwide – and it faces a growing threat from artificial intelligence developers. The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, says since January 2024 it has seen...
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The first iOS 18.5 beta arrives, here’s what to expect
Image: Foundry Two days after the release of iOS 18.4, Apple has begun the iOS 18.5 beta testing cycle. The first developer release landed on April 2, and we expect a wide release in May (or possibly late April). The last few iOS versions had their x.5 releases in May, with only minor features and...
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Apple’s new entry-level devices are the best possible trap
Skip to content Image: Foundry Spring is the time of somewhat odd Apple announcements. We all know we’ll see the revisions to all of the company’s software platforms in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference, and that new iPhones and Apple Watches arrive in September. But spring? Anything can happen! The field’s wide open. If...
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Apple outlines upcoming changes to child safety and age assurance
Image: Apple In a new white paper on Apple’s developer site (PDF link), Apple has outlined several big changes coming this year designed to help parents and developers produce a safer environment for kids when using Apple products. No timeline is given for when these features will arrive—some already appear to be in the iOS...