Tether QVAC SDK Powers AI Across Devices and Platforms
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 by Austin Harris
Tether has launched QVAC SDK, an open source framework that lets developers run AI features directly on device with no cloud, no server dependency, and no data leaving the device. The SDK is built to deliver private, fast, and reliable intelligence in applications where responsiveness and control matter. By bringing AI to the device, QVAC gives teams a way to ship exper...
The App Economy Is Thriving
Monday, April 20, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
The app economy keeps accelerating, generating jobs, revenues, and new services for consumers and businesses. Drawing on market data and a national survey of 1,250 U.S. app based business leaders, this press release outlines why the ecosystem is strong, what risks could slow it down, and how balanced policy can protect consumers while preserving innovation and growth.
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AI model poisoning is real and we need to be aware of it
Monday, February 16, 2026 by Richard Harris
On a clear night I set up my telescope in the yard and let the mount hum along while the camera gathers light from something distant and patient. The workflow is a ritual. Focus by eye until the airy disk tightens. Shoot test frames and watch the histogram. Capture darks, flats, and bias frames so the quirks of the sensor can be cleaned away later. That discipline is no...
What's in Store for Open Source in 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 by Mike Milinkovich
As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take stock and to imagine what the next chapter might bring.
In that spirit, I'd like to share a few ...
2026 redesigned: What is next for developers
Monday, December 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
Matt Tubergen, EVP of Global Strategy & Partnerships at Digital Turbine, shares (below) his 2026 outlook for software, and the technology industry at large.
What I'm seeing today is a reorganization of the mobile economy driven by changes in consumer spending and global market dynamics, as well as the overwhelming integration of Artificial Intelligence into, ...
Tebex Predictions for 2026
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 by Austin Harris
2025’s fight for developer choice and fair platform fees brought us a turning point in digital monetization: Google’s settlement allowed lower Play Store fees but also opened the door to rival third-party app stores on Android. This set a precedent that will create lasting momentum that snowballs into 2026, where alternative payment systems will continue to ...
Anaconda enterprise AI Catalyst launches
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Richard Harris
Anaconda has introduced AI Catalyst, a suite designed to support enterprise artificial intelligence development with a focus on transparency, governance, and deployment flexibility. The offering is part of the Anaconda Platform and operates on Amazon Web Services (AWS), giving organizations a way to identify, test, and operationalize AI models within controlled environm...
New report reveals a thriving app ecosystem is valued by developers
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
A major new survey of U.S. app-business leaders shows strong confidence in the app economy and in the tools available for developers. The research, released by the Developers Alliance, found high proportions of respondents reporting that the app ecosystem remains robust, efficient, and supportive of growth.
Survey methods and key findings
The report draws on respo...
Nvidia results highlight AI's strength as stocks hit records
Monday, October 20, 2025 by Austin Harris
Nvidia has reported earnings and revenues that exceeded analysts’ expectations, with sales guidance of $54 billion for the current quarter. The results underscore the ongoing expansion of infrastructure driven by artificial intelligence, as demand for AI-powered computing continues to accelerate.
The company’s earnings announcement arrived as the S&P ...
Tiledmedia unveils how a durable cross-platform player fuels streaming
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 by Richard Harris
Tiledmedia is using IBC 2025 (Stand 5.F83) to demonstrate how its pioneering Tiledmedia Player helps service providers launch innovations faster, reap transformative return on technology investment, and deliver loyalty-generating viewer experiences.
This September in Amsterdam, the company will reveal the Tiledmedia Player’s full set of capabilities that c...
OpenAI social app Sora rolls out as standalone platform with Sora 2
Friday, October 10, 2025 by Richard Harris
OpenAI has launched a new social platform called Sora, designed around AI-generated short form video. The release coincides with Sora 2, the company’s upgraded video generation model. Together, the app and the model represent a move into the social media space, where OpenAI is positioning its technology against platforms such as TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Intr...
Phishing sites seized by Microsoft in major crackdown
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has intensified its efforts to combat cybercrime by targeting Raccoon0365, a subscription-based phishing service that enabled wide-scale credential theft. Working through the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the company successfully obtained approval to seize nearly 340 internet domains associated with fraudulent login pages.
The campaign represents one of...
Fast scalable web game design using Recraft
Thursday, August 28, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
As the global web gaming market grows more competitive, game creators are increasingly turning to new tools to meet the demand for fresh content at speed. To stay ahead of the constant need for new visuals and game assets, the Playgama team adopted Recraft, an AI design platform that enables developers and designers to generate consistent, high-quality images and UI ele...
AppDirect expands board of directors
Friday, August 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
AppDirect is a company that sits at the crossroads of business and technology. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, its purpose is simple to describe but ambitious in scope. It builds and operates a platform where businesses can buy, sell, and manage all sorts of recurring technology services in one place. That means software, cloud services, infrastructu...
Google appeal rejected in Epic Games app store antitrust case
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/epic-games-sues-google-for-blocking-app-distribution/Alphabet Inc.'s Google was unsuccessful in its attempt to overturn a federal court ruling that ordered the company to reform its Android app store practices. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a unanimous decision rejecting Google’s claims that the trial j...
Apple app store algorithm revealed
Monday, August 18, 2025 by Austin Harris
Under mounting regulatory pressure from the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple Inc. has made a landmark move by publicly disclosing the internal workings of the App Store’s recommendation algorithm for the first time. The release of the new document, titled “Store Services Tiers,” is being hailed by industry observers as a major tu...
Wayback 0.1 released
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The development team behind Wayback has announced the first preview release of version 0.1, marking a significant milestone in its journey toward becoming a full Xorg replacement. Wayback is a compatibility layer for X11 that enables the operation of traditional, X11-only desktop environments under Wayland. Functioning as an X11 server backed by Wayland, it leverages wl...
Python 3.14 release candidate 1
Thursday, August 7, 2025 by Austin Harris
The Python Software Foundation recently announced the availability of Python 3.14 Release Candidate 1 (3.14.0rc1), marking the penultimate preview of the upcoming Python 3.14 series. The release is now live and available for download. With this milestone, Python 3.14 enters the release candidate phase. From this point forward, only reviewed code changes that constitute ...
How composable architecture and AI are changing platform development
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
Businesses are under constant pressure to stay competitive and adapt to new technological trends. One approach gaining traction is composable architecture. When combined with AI, composable architecture offers the flexibility to build scalable, efficient systems that can evolve as market demands change. The aim goes beyond efficiency - it’s about building systems ...
Quickcode.ai expands around the globe
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
Quickcode.ai, the AI-powered trade compliance platform transforming how companies manage tariff classifications and regulatory changes, today announced sweeping updates that will significantly expand its impact on global trade. With the platform now supporting HS codes for every country and enabling users to manage millions of SKUs at scale, Quickcode.ai is redefining w...
Apple browser engine ban persists even under DMA
Monday, July 21, 2025 by Austin Harris
Apple’s rules and technical restrictions are blocking other browser vendors from successfully offering their own engines to users in the EU. At the recent Digital Markets Act (DMA) workshop, Apple claimed it didn’t know why no browser vendor has ported their engine to iOS over the past 15 months. But the reality is Apple knows exactly what the barriers are a...
Red Hat Generative AI
Friday, July 18, 2025 by Richard Harris
Red Hat, the provider of open source solutions, recently announced Red Hat AI Inference Server, a significant step towards democratizing generative AI (gen AI) across the hybrid cloud. A new offering within Red Hat AI, the enterprise-grade inference server is born from the powerful vLLM community project and enhanced by Red Hat’s integration of Neural Magic techno...
Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The "Mobile Gaming Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Platform, Device, Game Genre, Distribution Channel, Monetization Model, Age Group, and Region with Growth Forecasts, 2025-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets's offering.
Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report: The Mobile Gaming Market was valued at USD 139.38 billio...
Swift Project Launches Android Workgroup
Monday, July 14, 2025 by Austin Harris
The Swift programming language community has announced the formation of the Android Workgroup, a new initiative dedicated to making Android an officially supported platform for Swift. This landmark development marks a significant step forward in Swift's evolution as a truly cross-platform language for modern software development.
Swift Project Launches Android Wo...
Fortnite returns to iOS
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Richard Harris
Fortnite has returned to the iOS App Store in the United States after nearly five years of absence, marking a turning point in the strained relationship between Epic Games and Apple. This reappearance is not just a routine relisting of a popular mobile game, it signifies a dramatic shift in the power struggle between large tech platforms and the developers who rely on t...
PYUSD stablecoin adoption to increase
Friday, May 16, 2025 by Richard Harris
PayPal Holdings, Inc. and Coinbase Global, Inc. have announced an expansion of their partnership aimed at increasing the adoption, distribution, and utilization of the PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin. This collaboration is set to provide value for consumers, enterprises, and institutions as they continue to utilize digital currencies across platforms and borders with the ...
Coinbase partners with Riot Games Esports
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 by Richard Harris
Coinbase has announced a significant expansion of its presence in the esports world through a new partnership with Riot Games. As the new exclusive cryptocurrency exchange and official blockchain technology partner for League of Legends and VALORANT Esports global events, Coinbase will collaborate closely with Riot Games to enhance the fan experience. This partnership w...
Apple charged for illegal app store fees
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 by Austin Harris
The European Commission has recently found that Apple is violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA requires Apple to allow developers to direct customers outside of apps to make purchases and find other app distribution channels without incurring any charges. Apple has been breaking the law by imposing illegal fees, displaying scare screens, and placing restricti...
DataKrypto launches new AI models
Friday, May 9, 2025 by Richard Harris
DataKrypto launched a new solution that protects AI models and the data of businesses using them. Based on the company’s patented FHE technology, the solution, FHEnom for AI, addresses a critical security gap and delivers unprecedented AI protection.
FHEnom for AI is a zero-knowledge framework that safeguards both customized open-source AI models (adapted for s...
SingularityNET partners with ATMTA for web3 gaming
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 by Austin Harris
SingularityNET has announced a landmark partnership with ATMTA, Inc., developers of Star Atlas, the visionary on-chain space exploration MMO built on Solana.
The partnership explores the possibility of integrating advanced Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) into one of the top Web3 gaming ecosystems. The union has the potential to take the entire gaming industry a...
Red Hat Device Edge deployed to space station
Thursday, March 13, 2025 by Richard Harris
Red Hat, Inc. and Axiom Space, will collaborate on Axiom Space’s Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1), targeted to launch in spring 2025 to the International Space Station. Powered by Red Hat Device Edge, the data processing prototype will conduct tests on the space station and demonstrate initial Orbital Data Center (ODC) capabilities.
The prototype will te...
Developers Alliance announces new board chair
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Developers Alliance announced Jake Ward will chair a new board of directors tasked with addressing the mounting public policy challenges facing application developers. Ward co-founded the Alliance in 2012, leaving in 2017 to found developer-focused management platform Data Protocol.
"I’m excited to return to the Developers Alliance at this critical tim...
Origination to distribution technology launched by 129Knots
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
Global fintech venture 129Knots has launched with a $10 million investment led by Sing Fuels. Backed by a $500 million deal pipeline, it is set to revolutionize the industry with its real-world asset origination to distribution (OTD) technology.
The OTD technology will reinvent deep-tier industries by delivering and deploying scalable liquidity solutions through secu...
Record breaking year for fintech 2024
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
A new analysis of finance, fintech and crypto apps on the Google Play Store by app growth solutions company SplitMetrics, has found that UK neobanks have surpassed UK legacy banks in terms of app downloads for the very first time ahead of the festive season.
As it stands, UK neobanks have an estimated 71.78m Android users, 200k ahead of UK legacy banks with 71....
UK app developers file class action lawsuit against Apple
Thursday, December 19, 2024 by Richard Harris
A class action lawsuit has been launched in the UK against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has abused its dominant position in iOS app distribution to charge excessive commission fees. The case, Ennis v Apple, is being brought to the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal and seeks up to $970 million USD in damages on behalf of UK-based app developers. What you need to kn...