Richard Lawler

Microsoft 365 office suite users on TikTok are picking up on the switch to Aptos that was announced and started rolling out last fall:

Or, more specifically, Visa Cash App RB, which is the new name of the team formerly known as Alpha Tauri. The rebranding is apparently part of an attempt to move the team, now called V-CARB internally, according to ESPN, up within the sport’s midfield runners.

Well, everyone of a certain age, anyway.

Apple and Google have defended their app stores as necessary tools to protect users, but Verge alum Russell Brandom highlights this article focusing on loan apps Google Play allows even though its own rules say it shouldn’t. Rest of World found dozens of apps in Mexico and Peru that broke Google’s TOS by requesting access to things like a user’s contact list, information which has been used to harass people over debts.

Microsoft’s flagship FPS has had a bumpy ride since its release, and there are rumors a “Tatanka” battle royale project was canceled. What isn’t a rumor is that Halo is dropping some conventions borrowed from other live service games, like marking big updates as “seasons.”

As preorders opened for Apple’s new headset, Tim Cook posted this video showing shots of mostly-automated production steps involved in building the Vision Pro.