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    Temu is the most downloaded iPhone app of the year — again.

    The ultra-cheap online shopping app was also Apple’s most popular app in the US in 2023. On this year’s list, Temu is followed by Threads, TikTok, and ChatGPT.

    Screenshot: The Verge
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    Emma Roth
    DoorDash will ask drivers to re-verify their identities more often.

    As part of efforts to combat account sharing, DoorDash will now require “select” drivers to verify their identity with a selfie between deliveries, while also using machine learning to detect “potential unauthorized account access.”

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Apple crowns Kino the iPhone app of the year.

    The $9.99 video-capturing app comes from Lux, the same developers behind the popular photo app Halide. Here are some of this year’s other winners:
    iPad app of the year: Moises

    • Mac app of the year: Adobe Lightroom

    • Vision Pro app of the year: What If...? An Immersive Story

    • iPhone game of the year: AFK Journey

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    Emma Roth
    Matt Mullenweg says it’s “hard to imagine” wanting to work on WordPress after WP Engine ruling.

    The WordPress co-founder posted the message in a Slack community and changed his username to “gone 💀” after a judge granted WP Engine’s preliminary injunction, 404 Media reports:

    I’m sick and disgusted to be legally compelled to provide free labor to an organization as parasitic and exploitive as WP Engine. I hope you all get what you and WP Engine wanted.