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Apple’s long, bitter App Store antitrust war

Apple’s iPhone empire spans the globe — and so does legal pushback.

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Mar 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
5 Major Brands You Might Not Realize Are Owned By Amazon

Besides the major online store, Amazon also owns IMDB, MGM Studios, Whole Foods, Ring video doorbells, and the live-streaming platform Twitch.

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Mar 29 • 7:47 AM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Sports Highlights 3/28/26

Hudson Giboney: Hudson Giboney, a senior pitcher/infielder on the Lake Oswego baseball team, got it done with his arm and his bat in the Lakers’ 10-0 win over Colorado’s Chatfield […]

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Mar 29 • 2:12 AM EDT • Sports • lakeoswegoreview.com
Bethesda delists Elder Scrolls game from all platforms, and will take it offline in June

Bethesda has officially delisted Elder Scrolls Blades, the unpopular free-to-play microtransaction-driven mobile game, and will take it offline this June.

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Mar 28 • 3:32 PM EDT • Technology • tweaktown.com
Netflix's Barren, Empty April Schedule Is The Future Of Entertainment

It’s no secret that Netflix is the largest streaming platform in the world. Over the last 10 years, it’s been … Continue reading "Netflix’s Barren, Empty April Schedule Is The Future Of Entertainment"

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Mar 28 • 12:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • giantfreakinrobot.com
Apple Releasing Two New iPhone Apps This Year

Apple is expected to release two new iPhone apps this year, including an Apple Business app and a Siri app with chatbot-like functionality. With the Apple Business app, employees at businesses using the new Apple Business platform will be able to install apps for work, view contact information for colleagues, and request support. Apple Business is launching on April 14, and it replaces Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple Business Connect.

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Mar 28 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
12 Cool New Apps That Will Upgrade Your Mac Experience In 2026

The Mac has a thriving developer community, with independents and large companies both introducing new and interesting apps for the platform in 2026.

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Mar 28 • 10:02 AM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Skeleton of massive blue whale expected to make final migration to Hatfield Marine Science Center in May

If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, completing a journey from surf to scientific centerpiece.

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Mar 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • klcc.org
Science in Sport (SiS) Partners with Fuel Goods to Expand Athlete Access to Endurance Fueling Products

Fuel Goods, an online platform helping athletes discover and personalize fueling strategies, today announced that Science in Sport (SiS) products are now available at FuelGoods.com.

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Mar 28 • 7:55 AM EDT • Science • endurancesportswire.com
How the landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube could hit their businesses

Meta and Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube, saw their stock price drop this week after a jury found the companies liable for the design and operations of their platforms, harming a young user.

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Mar 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size

The clear winner for anyone who has limited space to store an extra solar panel.

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Mar 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Sony temporarily suspends memory card sales due to shortages

Sony Japan stopped accepting SD and CFexpress card orders from dealers and consumers today.

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Mar 27 • 6:21 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Anker’s 160W Prime Charger can power three devices at once, and it’s $50 off

That’s the steepest discount since Black Friday.

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Mar 27 • 2:30 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
UAH Professor’s Research Challenges Traditional Marketing Strategies

In a crowded digital marketplace where brands compete for attention across social media, search engines and streaming platforms, one marketing approach may

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Mar 27 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • huntsvillebusinessjournal.com
Corebridge, Equitable agree $22 billion merger

Move will create a $1.5 trillion platform

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Mar 27 • 11:46 AM EDT • Business • insurancebusinessmag.com
Boston Children's enhances care with clinical intelligence platform

Two of the hospital's physicians explain how the decision support technology aggregates patient signals to indicate health trajectories – which tells clinicians when to evaluate a patient's evolving state and determine an appropriate response.

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Mar 27 • 10:53 AM EDT • Health • healthcareitnews.com
Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April

Even the PlayStation Portal is getting more expensive.

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Mar 27 • 8:20 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Super Meat Boy 3D physical editions announced for PS5, Switch 2

Meridiem will release physical editions of Headup-published and Sluggerfly- and Team Meat-developed 3D platformer Super Meat Boy 3D for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2, the distributor announced. They w…

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Mar 27 • 7:45 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Here’s how to rank the 50 best Apple products ever

With more than 1,200 possible pairings, which product will come out on top?

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Mar 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Entertainment Industry Veterans Launch Unified Production Platform (UPP)

Unified Production Platform (UPP) today announced its official launch, led by founder Mujeebur Rahmansaher and partners Greg Smith and An De Vooght—three ent...

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Mar 26 • 10:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • businesswire.com
How to improve mental health safety on social media – not just for young people

With social media companies losing or settling court cases about their products' impact on young peoples' mental health, experts offer tips for reducing impacts for those who use the platforms.

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Mar 26 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • michiganmedicine.org
Sensitive patient health information leaked in Texas third-party software breach

Multiple Texas home health care providers are notifying patients of a data breach at Doctor Alliance, a third-party software platform, that exposed sensitive medical and personal information.

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Mar 26 • 6:07 PM EDT • Health • fox4news.com
Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini

Prompt your AI to copy-paste its memory into Gemini.

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Mar 26 • 5:44 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri

Other AI chatbots, like Gemini or Claude, could help Siri fetch answers.

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Mar 26 • 5:31 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Anker’s wireless charging pad offers Qi2 speeds for $15

You can leave your phone’s case on while you recharge.

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Mar 26 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants in iOS 27 Update

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform.The company is preparing to make the change as part of a Siri overhaul in its upcoming iOS 27 operating system update, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The assistant can already tap into ChatGPT through a partnership with OpenAI, but Apple will now allow competing services to do the same.The changes are part of an attempt to tu

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Mar 26 • 2:24 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants in iOS 27 Update

Apple Inc. plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform.

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Mar 26 • 2:06 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Xbox’s latest games showcase had Hades 2, The Expanse, and Bluey

A nice lineup.

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Mar 26 • 1:42 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Hades 2 Coming To PS5 And Xbox Next Month

The popular roguelike action game starring sexy gods is finally coming to more platforms

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Mar 26 • 1:34 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
My brief, weird time with the Samsung TriFold

A funny thing happened on the way to the TriFold.

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Mar 26 • 1:30 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
WhatsApp rolls out updates including multiple accounts for iOS

WhatsApp shared multiple quality of life updates coming to its messaging platform starting today.

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Mar 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations

The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.

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Mar 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
The versatile Play speaker is a great way into the Sonos world

It works well both at home and out in the world.

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Mar 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
WEBTOON Entertainment Announces Unified International CANVAS Platform, Helping Creators Grow Their Audience and Earnings

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: WBTN), a global entertainment company and home to some of the world’s largest storytelling platforms, today announced a u...

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Mar 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • businesswire.com
South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment appoints JungHee Ko as Co-CEO alongside Joseph Chang in

Ko takes on an additional role as Chief Platform Officer, overseeing a newly created unit responsible for Kakao Entertainment’s platform services…

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Mar 26 • 8:07 AM EDT • Entertainment • musicbusinessworldwide.com
DJI’s Avata 360 is a more functional, flexible 360 drone

There’s a second 360-degree drone in town — except in the US.

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Mar 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies

Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.

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Mar 26 • 7:30 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Apple Testing 200MP iPhone Camera That Could Ship Next Year

Apple is evaluating a 200-megapixel telephoto camera sensor that could potentially ship in an iPhone as soon as next year, according to Digital Chat Station, a leaker on Chinese social media platform Weibo with a decent track record. In a post shared today, the leaker said Apple is actively testing a 200-megapixel 1/1.2" sensor similar to the one rumored for Oppo's upcoming Find X9 Ultra.

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Mar 26 • 7:04 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Prediction market bets on sports, election, war would be verboten under new legislation

Lawmakers have introduced a flurry of measures to rein-in prediction markets in recent weeks, as the platforms have come under increased scrutiny.

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Mar 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
Trump says the Iran war is over. So why won’t he end it?

It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.

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Mar 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Nintendo Switch 2 digital games to cost less than physical versions in US

Platform holder says change "simply reflects the different costs associated with producing and distributing each format"

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Mar 26 • 4:36 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Intel and LG Display may have beaten Apple and Qualcomm with the best laptop battery life ever

Over 26 hours of web browsing in one test.

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Mar 25 • 8:33 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
PhysioNet as a global platform for biomedical research

Nature Health - Twenty-five years after its first public repository was established, the PhysioNet resource for biomedical and clinical data has enabled tens of thousands of research papers....

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Mar 25 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Q&A: An AI-Powered Way to Help Detect Brain Bleeds Faster

Timing and accuracy are vitally important when it comes to a brain bleed. Viz.ai, the company behind an artificial intelligence platform for disease detection and workflow optimization used in about 2,000 U.S. hospitals, wanted to streamline the process of identifying hemorrhages. Their solution,

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Mar 25 • 6:12 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Meta and YouTube fined $3 million for harming mental health

In a landmark trial, social media giants Meta and YouTube were found negligent and ordered to pay for harming a user's mental health. The decision could force major changes in how social platforms work

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Mar 25 • 4:52 PM EDT • Health • newscientist.com
Razer’s new Blade 16 gaming laptop has an Intel Panther Lake chip and very fast RAM

Thin is still in but AMD is out.

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Mar 25 • 4:36 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Woot is offering over 20 percent off Switch 2 controllers and games today

Mario Kart World is nearly $30 off right now.

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Mar 25 • 3:04 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Nintendo is going to charge less for digital Switch 2 games

The new pricing goes into effect in May.

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Mar 25 • 1:45 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Meta and Google damaged girl’s mental health, landmark trial concludes

Social media giants deemed responsible for a teenage user, known as KGM, growing addicted to their platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram and YouTube

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Mar 25 • 1:30 PM EDT • Health • thetimes.com
Jury finds Meta, Google liable in landmark social media addiction trial, awards $3M in damages

Los Angeles jury delivers verdict in landmark case accusing Meta and YouTube of designing platforms to addict young users, setting major precedent.

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Mar 25 • 1:28 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools

Apple is adding 100+ new App Store Connect metrics, giving developers deeper, first-party insights into monetization, subscriptions, and user behavior as it doubles down on its app ecosystem in the AI era.

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Mar 25 • 1:26 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
ESPN earns industry-leading 63 Sports Emmy nominations

ESPN earned an industry-leading 63 nominations for the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today. The total marks ESPN’s 13th consecutive year leading the industry in Sports Emmy nominations. The nominations span content and accomplishments presented across ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App.

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Mar 25 • 1:14 PM EDT • Sports • espnpressroom.com
Google Claims Android Is Now Faster Than iPhone for Web Browsing

Google today said that Android has set a new record for mobile web performance, making it the fastest mobile platform for web browsing. The newest Android devices have set new records on web performance benchmarks like Speedometer and LoadLine, which Google attributes to "deep vertical integration across hardware, the Android OS, and the Chrome engine".

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Mar 25 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Google says Android with Chrome is ‘fastest mobile platform for web browsing’

Google shared today that Android and Chrome have set “new performance records” for mobile web browsing in two benchmarks...

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Mar 25 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Reddit accounts with ‘fishy’ bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they’re human

Human verification ‘will be rare and will not apply to most users,’ according to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.

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Mar 25 • 12:10 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Trump to name Zuckerberg, Ellison, Huang to tech panel, WSJ reports

U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌plans to appoint Meta ​Platforms ​CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle ⁠Executive ​Chairman Larry ​Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen ​Huang ​to a panel ‌that ⁠weighs in on AI ​policy ​and ⁠other issues, WSJ ​reported ​on ⁠Wednesday

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Mar 25 • 9:12 AM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Shark scientists gather in Newport for the Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium

Shark scientists gathered at Oregon State University's Glady Valley Marine Science Building on the Hatfield campus in Newport to share research about shark species found on the west coast at the Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium.

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Mar 25 • 9:03 AM EDT • Science • klcc.org
Dell made its new Pro laptops thinner and tweaked their naming scheme, again

Say goodbye to Plus, Premium, and Max (mostly). And say hello to a series of odd numbers.

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Mar 25 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Samsung’s Galaxy A57 gets thinner, faster, and more expensive

Samsung’s 2026 midrangers have arrived.

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Mar 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Compilation of Events Supported by Heron Sports & Entertainment

With the opening of Nu Stadium in Miami, Heron Sports & Entertainment, the dedicated platform focused on arranging, promoting, and producing major events in South Florida and Globally enters a new era. Since opening its doors in 2020, the Club’s state-of-the-art facilities have staged hundreds of events including Major International

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Mar 25 • 7:54 AM EDT • Sports • intermiamicf.com
Compilation of Events Supported by Heron Sports & Entertainment

With the opening of Nu Stadium in Miami, Heron Sports & Entertainment, the dedicated platform focused on arranging, promoting, and producing major events in South Florida and Globally enters a new era. Since opening its doors in 2020, the Club’s state-of-the-art facilities have staged hundreds of events including Major International

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Mar 25 • 7:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • intermiamicf.com
Pitch deck: StoReel startup raised $34M to build AI micro dramas

StoReel describes how it uses AI and a user-generated platform to make micro dramas at a fraction of the cost paid by established players.

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Mar 25 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Is Trumpism dead?

Right-wing populists say that Trump has embraced George W. Bush’s foreign policy. They’re half right.

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Mar 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • vox.com
The BB-777 is the ultimate in boombox nostalgia

It’s a modern recreation of the iconic Sharp GF-777.

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Mar 24 • 10:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Meta found liable in New Mexico suit for failing to protect children

A jury in New Mexico found Meta liable for failing to protect kids from sexual exploitation across its social media platforms.

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Mar 24 • 6:15 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
New Mexico jury finds Meta violated consumer protection law at trial over child safety

A jury in New Mexico has found that social media conglomerate Meta violated state consumer protection law and failed to disclose the risks of its platforms to children.

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Mar 24 • 5:11 PM EDT • Health • apnews.com
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New Mexico jury finds Meta violated consumer protection law at trial about child safety

A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children's mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. Jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — prioritized profits over safety. The jury determined Meta violated parts of the state’s Unfair Practices Act on accusations the company hid what it knew about about the dangers of child sexual exploitation on its platforms and impacts on child mental health.

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Mar 24 • 5:11 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Apple launches iOS 26.4 with AI playlists, purchase sharing, and more

You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description.

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Mar 24 • 3:22 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Apple Combines Business Offerings on Single Platform

Apple has introduced a platform that brings together several of its business offerings. Dubbed “Apple Business,” the platform will be launched April 14 in

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Mar 24 • 3:05 PM EDT • Business • pymnts.com
Marathon has sold 1.2M copies across Steam, PS5, and Xbox

Alinea Analytics estimates show that Marathon has generated gross revenues of $55M via 1.2M copies sold on Steam, PS5, and Xbox: Looking at the split between Steam, PS5, and Xbox, Steam is clearly the main platform for Marathon, accounting for a little under 70% of the audience (800K copies sold). Meanwhile, PS5 takes about 19% (217K) and Xbox (including console, PC, and cloud) accounts for a bit over 11% or 133K. Marathon is technically a first-party Sony title, so seeing the home console struggle to break 20% of the volume is a notable data point for the ongoing platform-agnostic debate. PlayStation Studios online games will almost certainly continue being multiplatform (despite Sony reportedly pulling back on PC releases). Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe As for Marathon, the consensus among hardcore players who pushed through the awkward onboarding phase – myself included – is that it’s fantastic. The gunplay, aesthetic, and presentation are among the best in the shooter genre. A great game doesn’t always equal an immediate hit, though, as shown by our estimates. Things are looking lukewarm right now. But this might be one of those marathon-not-a-sprint situations. Had to, didn’t I? Why wasn’t Marathon a hit on the same level as Arc Raiders? One topic that came up in a lot of conversations at GDC this year was why Marathon hasn’t hit the same stratosphere as Arc Raiders. On paper, they’re both extraction shooters, and Marathon has the Bungie pedigree – the house that built the gold standard for gunplay in Halo and Destiny. Marathon’s neon-futuristic aesthetic also distinguishes itself from the gritty realism of Tarkov or the post-apocalyptic hope of ARC Raiders. But vibes can only get you so far for first impressions if the onboarding feels like a brick wall. Marathon is a sweaty PvP-focused experience with a first-time user experience and UI that I can only describe as dreadful. Players are dropped into a complex ecosystem where the UI, though visually striking, is functionally uninformative, forcing users to manually hover over nondescript, identical icons just to identify basic gear or weapon mods. This lack of clarity is compounded by punishing mechanics like a severe heat gauge for movement and a scarcity of vital resources, all without a clear tutorial or a low-stakes mode to learn the ropes. Most people – even top streamers and veteran shooter players – have no idea what’s going on in Marathon at first. Arc is on the complete other end of the spectrum. As we covered here and here, Arc Raiders offers a more collaborative, approachable loop where players often work together toward shared goals. And the objectives are instantly clear. To many players, this contrast only emphasised Marathon’s issues, especially during the testing period. Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon acts as a massive filter, chewing up newcomers and spitting them out before they can experience the depth of Bungie’s signature gunplay. What I’m getting at here is that the poor first-time user experience of Marathon’s Server Slam likely stifled launch sales, while the opposite was true for Arc. Let’s look at the pre-launch copies sold for each game during their respective Server Slams (launch-aligned) : Looking at the trajectory: Arc Raiders saw a massive 80% jump in copies sold during its three-day Server Slam (day -13 to -11). Players jumped in, realised the water was fine, and immediately opened their wallets. Marathon, meanwhile, saw a 49% increase in the four days following its Slam (Day -7 to -3). At the time of each game’s respective launch, Arc Raiders had nearly double the Steam footprint of Marathon – and word of mouth only continued to grow. Bungie could have had more time to fix the onboarding process had the beta happened earlier. But Marathon launched three days after the beta finished. These factors limited the launch sales quite a bit, I reckon. Marathon has found a niche audience, though Despite the friction-heavy start, the data suggests that those who survived Marathon’s onboarding are loving life. We’ve been tracking cross-platform DAUs, and while there’s the expected post-launch leakage, many players are sticking with it. After peaking at 478K total DAUs on its first Saturday, Marathon has settled into a respectable rhythm, holding 345K DAUs as of yesterday and averaging 380K DAUs across the weekend. Steam continues to do the heavy lifting here, consistently accounting for the lion’s share of the daily players. Players have been putting in the hours, too: On Steam, Marathon’s average playtime has climbed to 27.8 hours, significantly outpacing the console averages on PS5 (16.5h) and Xbox (17.3h). Even more telling than the averages: 22% of the Steam audience has surged past the 50-hour mark, and nearly 7% have already logged over 100 hours. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe This data suggests that once the Bungie magic clicks, it hooks players deeper than the average extraction shooter. There’s also started to be a shift in the game’s discourse. Marathon launched as one of those games that’s cool to hate. But as Marathon’s 100-hour club grows, we’re seeing conversations around its mechanical merit outweigh the negativity. Several high-profile creators, who were initially vocal critics, have spent the last week coming around on the mechanical depth of the endgame. It’s a subtle but positive signal; the hate train is losing steam, and a new narrative about the game is emerging. Bungie faithfuls unite Another interesting metric in Marathon’s first few weeks is who, exactly, is playing. Bungie leans heavily on its prestige as the “makers of Halo and Destiny,” in its marketing, and that message has clearly hit the mark. On Steam, the gravity (hammer) of Bungie’s previous work is unavoidable. A staggering 78.2% of Marathon players also played Destiny 2. The trend carries across other platforms, with 74.2% of PS5 players and 82.7% of Xbox players also having played Destiny 2. The Halo legacy lives on, it seems. More on that in a bit. While Destiny 2 went free to play, these numbers still represent a high-intent migration of a fanbase that trusts Bungie’s specific brand of kinetic gunplay and cryptic world-building. The Xbox data adds another layer of legacy. About 85.7% of Marathon players on Xbox have played Halo Infinite, while over half of the Steam audience has spent time in Halo Infinite and 36.1% in the Master Chief Collection (a paid collection of the old Bungie-made legacy games). Interestingly, we see a 55.9% overlap with ARC Raiders on Steam. Overlap is even higher there on PlayStation (60.5%) and Xbox (66.5%). And there’s also significant crossover with Helldivers 2 on all platforms, too. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe Bungie has found some of its fans with Marathon, and the challenge now is keeping this engaged in a high-stakes PvP environment when they’ve spent the last decade primarily enjoying the power fantasies of PvE. On that note… Go the full 26 miles? Or cut and run? Time for some could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. These things would have improved Marathon’s performance at launch: A more robust onboarding process, perhaps in the form of a short single-player/PvE campaign. We know Bungie fans love this stuff. A traditional arena-based mode akin to Destiny’s Crucible could have been a bridge for the cautious players who’d have been otherwise deterred by the Server Slam. It’s also a great palate cleanser after getting merked. Introducing a dedicated PvE environment would have similarly diversified the conversation and lowered the barrier for the Bungie faithful who found the pure PvP extraction loop too abrasive. PvE is safer than PvP these days. There’s an argument that a thin PvE mode would have just felt like a budget Destiny, potentially hurting the brand more. But given how dire the FTUE is, I think it would have been a net positive. Any kind of tutorialised loop that demystifies the stakes, really. While there is merit in a studio sticking firmly to a singular creative vision, and going all in on the hardcore extraction loop. Less forgiving is the technical reality is that the user interface and first-time user experience (FTUE) were not at a commercial standard for launch. Subscribe for free to get the most accurate games estimates in your inbox twice a week 🫶 Subscribe In a landscape where player time is oversaturated and the most contested currency, a flawed FTUE is a critical failure point. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Marathon has an incredible, unique gameplay loop, suggesting that financial success is still attainable if Bungie can pivot effectively. Bungie and PlayStation now face a difficult strategic crossroads, though – one within a challenging games market. They could: Double down on Marathon with a long-term Rainbow Six Siege- or No Man’s Sky-style recovery plan, which is something I heard Last Stand Media’s Chris Maldonado mention last week. While this could be a sunk-cost fallacy in action, it could eventually yield the audience the game’s mechanical depth deserves. Shift focus toward the inevitable Destiny 3 or another project, mitigating the escalating opportunity cost and cutting their losses, so to speak. Doing both is an expensive proposition, given the high overhead and burn rate of operating out of Bellevue, Washington. With Sony recently demonstrating a lower threshold for underperforming studios and projects, the margin for error has vanished. Whatever happens, the next six months will determine whether Marathon becomes a cornerstone of Sony’s live-service portfolio or a cautionary tale of vision exceeding accessibility. I’m hoping it’s the former, because Marathon rocks. As always, hit subscribe to get updates on Marathon and other relevant games. Subscribe Want to get your hands on our data for yourself – for free? We’re offering a free trial of our platform for games companies. Send us a message here, or reply to this email, and we’ll set you up. The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]

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Pacers Sports & Entertainment Launches Fieldhouse Media Network, Delivering First-Of-Its-Kind Global Media Channel for Partners

Deloitte and Yieldmo help PS&E to grow market size through first-party fan data while producing convertible ROI INDIANAPOLIS, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacers Sports & Entertainment today launched the Fieldhouse Media Network, a first-of-its-kind global AI-powered media platform built on authenticated sports fandom, giving brands measurable access to one of the most engaged audiences – the fan. Developed in collaboration with Deloitte and Yieldmo, the network leverages Yieldmo’s YMax.ai

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Mar 24 • 12:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car

Better voice assistants and more predictive vehicle maintenance alerts

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Mar 24 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Russia turned cheap 'Molniya' strike drones into advanced recon tools

The modifications allow Russia to use these drones for battlefield reconnaissance instead of relying on more expensive platforms.

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Mar 24 • 11:21 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Apple takes aim at Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 with new hosted business email

The new Apple Business platform is expanding beyond device management. It now includes fully integrated email, calendar, and directory services for business domain.

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Mar 24 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Apple Business Essentials goes free as Apple merges enterprise tools into Apple Business

Apple is offering Apple Business Essentials for free as it merges device management, branding tools, and support under the new Apple Business platform.

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Mar 24 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Pacers Sports & Entertainment launches retail media network

Pacers Sports & Entertainment has launched Fieldhouse Media Network, a retail platform one year in the making that expands the footprint of its partners through the data analytics of Deloitte and the ad tech of Yieldmo.

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Mar 24 • 9:58 AM EDT • Sports • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Pacers Sports & Entertainment launches retail media network

Pacers Sports & Entertainment has launched Fieldhouse Media Network, a retail platform one year in the making that expands the footprint of its partners through the data analytics of Deloitte and the ad tech of Yieldmo.

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Mar 24 • 9:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer

Its only a research preview for now.

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Mar 24 • 9:32 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Ayaneo says selling its Windows gaming handheld ‘is no longer sustainable’

The RAM shortage claims another victim.

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Mar 24 • 9:05 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
UW-Oshkosh nursing students among first to try new electronic health record platform from Epic

Thanks to a partnership with Epic, UW-Oshkosh nursing students are early adopters—among the very first to try a new electronic health record platform called Lyceum.

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Mar 24 • 8:41 AM EDT • Health • uwosh.edu
ENvue Medical Expands Presence within a Major Michigan Health System and Grows U.S. Hospital Footprint to 39

Premier 714-bed teaching hospital and Level I Trauma Center purchases ENvue™ Navigation Platform system and feeding tubesTYLER, Texas, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ENvue Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEED) (“ENvue,” “ENvue Medical” or the “Company”), a medical technology company specializing in the advancement of intelligent, non-invasive solutions for enteral care across clinical and home care settings, today announced a purchase of the ENvue™ Navigation Platform and feeding tubes by a premier t

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Mar 24 • 8:07 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Notre Dame, NBC Sports panel reflects on 20 years of ‘What Would You Fight For?’ storytelling

On Thursday (March 19), the University of Notre Dame hosted an event celebrating 20 years of storytelling through the “What Would You Fight For?” (WWYFF) campaign. Part of the 2025-26 Notre Dame Forum, the panel discussion brought together leaders from the University and NBC Sports to reflect on the impact and evolution of this storytelling platform.

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Mar 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • news.nd.edu
Pacers Sports & Entertainment Launches Fieldhouse Media Network, Delivering First-Of-Its-Kind Global Media Channel for Partners

Deloitte and Yieldmo help PS&E to grow market size through first-party fan data while producing convertible ROI INDIANAPOLIS (March 24, 2026) – Pacers Sports & Entertainment today launched the Fieldhouse Media Network, a first-of-its-kind global AI-powered media platform built on authenticated sports fandom, giving brands measurable access to one of the most engaged audiences – the fan. Developed in collaboration with Deloitte and Yieldmo, the network leverages Yieldmo’s Ymax.ai, an advertising platform with a dedicated sports vertical, and Converge™ by Deloitte for Sports fan data platform built on Deloitte Ascend™ to activate first-party, authenticated data from approximately 250 million sports and entertainment fans worldwide in a privacy-safe, cookieless […]

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Mar 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • fever.wnba.com
Pacers Sports & Entertainment Launches Fieldhouse Media Network, Delivering First-Of-Its-Kind Global Media Channel for Partners

Deloitte and Yieldmo help PS&E to grow market size through first-party fan data while producing convertible ROI INDIANAPOLIS (March 24, 2026) – Pacers Sports & Entertainment today launched the Fieldhouse Media Network, a first-of-its-kind global AI-powered media platform built on authenticated sports fandom, giving brands measurable access to one of the most engaged audiences – the fan. Developed in collaboration with Deloitte and Yieldmo, the network leverages Yieldmo’s Ymax.ai, an advertising platform with a dedicated sports vertical, and Converge™ by Deloitte for Sports fan data platform built on Deloitte Ascend™ to activate first-party, authenticated data from approximately 250 million sports and entertainment fans worldwide in a privacy-safe, cookieless […]

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Mar 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • fever.wnba.com
Carbonsphere launches for carbon science and net-zero solutions

Tsinghua University Press is pleased to announce the launch of Carbonsphere, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to carbon science, technology, and policy. Sponsored by Qinghai University and Tsinghua University and published by Tsinghua University Press, the journal creates a new interdisciplinary platform for research spanning natural systems, engineered systems, and human systems.

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Mar 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production amid weakening console sales

Output is reportedly being reduced from six million to four million units, despite the console’s record debut.

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Mar 24 • 7:45 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
How Bans on Corporate Political Donations Influence Campaign Platforms

Julia Cagé, Caroline Le Pennec, and Elisa Mougin discuss their recent research on France’s 1995 ban on corporate contributions to political campaigns. The ban pushed candidates to de-emphasize local politics in favor of national issues and, in many cases, adopt more extreme rhetoric.

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Mar 24 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • promarket.org
Play! Pokémon Competitions Transition to Pokémon Champions on April and May 2026

Find out when you can play your next competitive battles on this new platform.

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Mar 23 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • pokemon.com
Anthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Computer

The developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw.

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Mar 23 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
Google’s new Pixel 10 ads made me go ‘wait, WHAT are they trying to sell?’

Confusing and a bit creepy.

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Mar 23 • 3:49 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Two of my favorite color e-book readers are the cheapest they’ve been in months

They’re the cheapest they’ve been since Black Friday.

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Mar 23 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
The Supreme Court seems alarmingly willing to trash thousands of ballots

At least four justices appear to be on board with a frivolous lawsuit attacking voting by mail.

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Mar 23 • 2:00 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Firefox 149 Now Available With XDG Portal File Picker, Rust-Based JPEG-XL Decoder

Firefox 149.0 release binaries are now available with a wide assortment of improvements for this month's update to the cross-platform Mozilla web browser solution.

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Mar 23 • 10:06 AM EDT • Technology • phoronix.com
Every bulb on Govee’s new outdoor string lights can display multicolor effects

Level up your patio.

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Mar 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Crimson Desert Steam Reviews Jump to 'Mostly Positive' as Latest Patch Makes Significant Improvements

Crimson Desert Steam reviews are improving, moving up from ‘mixed’ to ‘mostly positive’ on Valve’s platform as developer Pearl Abyss releases game-changing updates.

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Mar 23 • 7:42 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Samsung adds native AirDrop support to Galaxy S26 devices

Share files with Apple-using friends

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Mar 23 • 5:47 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Ambani's Reliance Jio: businesses and investors of the IPO-bound firm

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms is gearing up to file papers seeking regulatory approvals for a Mumbai listing, in what is likely to be the biggest-ever stock offering in the country.

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Mar 23 • 5:39 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Apple already has the perfect platform for deploying conversational AI

When Apple initially rolled out Apple Intelligence, the company was pretty openly against the idea of creating a Siri chatbot....

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Mar 22 • 6:10 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Nevada Wins Temporary Ban on Sports Betting on Kalshi

The prediction-market platform must obtain state gambling licenses and prohibit users under 21 to offer such contracts, a state court said.

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Mar 22 • 2:40 PM EDT • Sports • wsj.com
Immigration crackdown impact on local Latino-owned businesses

Latino business owners told WRAL News that fear and uncertainty following a nationwide crackdown in immigration enforcement are keeping some families out of public spaces, leaving small businesses struggling to survive. This story was written by Oriana Torre, a senior graduating journalism student at the University of Florida, participating in the CBC-UNC News Media Multiplatform Fellowship.

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Mar 22 • 1:39 PM EDT • Business • wral.com
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