Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia
Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia Epic Games has announced that it’s bringing Fortnite back to iOS in Australia, after the country’s federal court ruled that Apple and Google’s app marketplaces are anticompetitive. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said on X that Fortnite will be made available on iPhones via the Epic […]
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. This is the second episode of my productivity-focused Decoder series that I’m doing while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m […]
7 password managers to help keep your apps safe
7 password managers to help keep your apps safe Passwords still seem to be the most popular method of ensuring that the right person is using the right app or service, despite the slow adoption of passkeys, which are considered more secure. And because we should be using different ones for each device and/or app, […]
Nintendo’s new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario’s face
Nintendo's new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario's face Nintendo’s new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario’s face Hello, Mario! lets kids interact with Mario’s smiling face. | Screenshot: X Nintendo has announced a new free mobile app coming to iOS, Android and the Switch. It’s called Hello, Mario! […]
The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription
The Browser Company's AI browser now has a $20 subscription The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription […]
The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT
The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT GPT-5 has finally arrived. Along with the announcement of the highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI also previewed several updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from visual changes to improvements to the chatbot’s performance. Here’s a rundown of all of the changes you can expect to see in ChatGPT. Say […]
Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories
Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called “Storybook,” generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud, along with an accompanying illustration. You […]
WhatsApp will show a ‘safety overview’ before you join unknown group chats
WhatsApp will show a 'safety overview' before you join unknown group chats WhatsApp will show a ‘safety overview’ before you join unknown group chats WhatsApp is adding another feature designed to protect you from group chat scams. Now, when someone you might not know invites you to a group chat, the app will display a […]
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing Yesterday, when Epic won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a second time, it wasn’t quite clear how soon Google would need to start dismantling its affirmed illegal monopoly. Today, Google admits the answer is: 14 days. Google has just 14 […]
TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them
TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them TikTok will start giving contributors the option to write Footnotes. TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this update, US-based users will start seeing Footnotes on videos in the coming weeks, and […]