The airline giant has been promising to accept Bitcoin as a payment method since 2022, but it might finally happen next year thanks to a preliminary deal with Crypto.com to explore integrations with the crypto trading platform’s payment service.
Smaller airlines like Latvia’s airBaltic and Japan’s Peach Aviation adopted cryptocurrency payments years ago, but Emirates would be the largest to do so.
The Cupertino company is in discussions with ESPN to acquire the Formula 1 broadcasting rights in the US next year, according to The Financial Times, following the success of Apple’s F1 Movie.
Apple TV Plus isn’t the only streaming platform rumored to be throwing its hat in the ring, however — reports from earlier this year also suggest that Netflix has its eyes on the prize, having helped to build US interest in the racing sport with its own Formula 1: Drive to Survive series.
According to Similarweb data reported by TechCrunch, the Threads mobile app reached 115.1 million daily active users in June, compared to the 132 million daily actives for X and 4.1 million for Bluesky. But while X’s growth declined by 15.2 percent year-over-year on mobile, Threads has increased by 127.8 percent during the same period.
X only has to take Meta seriously on iOS and Android, however, given it’s still thrashing both Threads and Bluesky for web visits.
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic have funded a $23 million training hub in downtown Manhattan that will train teachers how to use AI tools and apply them in educational environments. The “National Academy for AI Instruction” will provide free access and training to the nearly 2 million members of the American Federation of Teachers.
This is the latest of several efforts across the US to make AI usage the new normal for faculty members and their students.
This expected development follows App Store changes being introduced in June to avoid being slapped with additional fines for violating anti-steering rules under the EU’s DMA. Apple spokesperson Peter Ajemian sent the following statement to The Verge:
“Today we filed our appeal because we believe the European Commission’s decision—and their unprecedented fine—go far beyond what the law requires. As our appeal will show, the EC is mandating how we run our store and forcing business terms which are confusing for developers and bad for users. We implemented this to avoid punitive daily fines and will share the facts with the Court.”
[bloomberg.com]
Some images that reportedly show the new Galaxy Watch 8 (40mm/44mm dial size), Watch 8 Classic (46mm), and Watch Ultra (47mm) have leaked ahead of the Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday, where they’re expected to be officially unveiled. The round body of the Watch and Watch Classic has notably been updated to the round watch face and squircle body design used by the Ultra, alongside other changes and specification upgrades.
