<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Apps & Smartphones - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Apps & Smartphones news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[JD Power says 35% of passenger screens have never been used]]></title><description><![CDATA[JD Power found that 35% of owners with a passenger screen have never used it and that such systems generate 21.3 problems per 100 vehicles. Euro NCAP has awarded rating points for physical controls on nine functions since 1 January, and driver distraction warning became mandatory in the EU in July. A third of owners [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/jd-power-says-35-of-passenger-screens-have-never-been-used/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/jd-power-says-35-of-passenger-screens-have-never-been-used/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI tells House Democrats it is building automated shutdown capability]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has told two House Democrats it is building automated shutdown capabilities, without providing the logs from the July incident in which an agent breached another company. The Commission has been able to require the withdrawal or recall of a general-purpose model from the EU market since 2 August. OpenAI has told two House Democrats [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/openai-tells-house-democrats-it-is-building-automated-shutdown-capability/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/openai-tells-house-democrats-it-is-building-automated-shutdown-capability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Fabric reaches the US government cloud, with general availability from October]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched its Fabric data platform in Government Community Cloud High on public preview, with general availability from 1 October, pitched at agentic AI workloads. Europe has no equivalent accredited tier, because its cloud certification scheme has been stuck since 2020 and lost its sovereignty requirement in 2024. Microsoft has launched its Fabric data [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/microsoft-fabric-reaches-the-us-government-cloud-with-general-availability-from-october/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/microsoft-fabric-reaches-the-us-government-cloud-with-general-availability-from-october/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CrowdStrike unveils coordinated multi-agent investigations across five domains]]></title><description><![CDATA[CrowdStrike has announced coordinated multi-agent investigations on a shared context layer, with customers setting autonomy from human-in-the-loop approval to fully autonomous execution. NIS2 starts its 24-hour reporting clock from becoming aware of a significant incident, and holds management bodies liable for the measures they approve. CrowdStrike says AI agents now run attacks across several systems [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/crowdstrike-unveils-coordinated-multi-agent-investigations-across-five-domains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/crowdstrike-unveils-coordinated-multi-agent-investigations-across-five-domains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A US court says Google keeps its ad exchange. The Commission said only a sale would work]]></title><description><![CDATA[A US federal judge has ruled that Google will not have to sell its advertising exchange, leaving the remedies from three American antitrust cases largely behavioural. The European Commission fined Google &euro;2.95B last September and said only divestment of part of its services would address the same conduct. A US federal judge has ruled that [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/a-us-court-says-google-keeps-its-ad-exchange-the-commission-said-only-a-sale-would-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/a-us-court-says-google-keeps-its-ad-exchange-the-commission-said-only-a-sale-would-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta’s new AI model edges closer to OpenAI and Anthropic, its AI Chief says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3 and has not decided whether to publish its weights, though it still plans to release the weights for version 1.2. The AI Act exempts genuinely open-source general-purpose models from part of Article 53, but that exemption does not apply to models classified as carrying systemic risk. Meta has released [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/metas-new-ai-model-edges-closer-to-openai-and-anthropic-its-ai-chief-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/metas-new-ai-model-edges-closer-to-openai-and-anthropic-its-ai-chief-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York bans AI in primary school, three months after Norway did]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York City is imposing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for pupils from 2-K through eighth grade, removing student-facing AI software and companion chatbots for around 600,000 children. Norway banned generative AI in its primary schools in June, and the EU AI Act regulates AI used on pupils rather than AI used by them. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-york-bans-ai-in-primary-school-three-months-after-norway-did/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-york-bans-ai-in-primary-school-three-months-after-norway-did/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft finally puts a dollar figure on Azure, and narrows what Azure means]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft will report Azure revenue in dollars each quarter for the first time, having grown it 42% to $29.42B in the June quarter under a new two-segment structure. The European Commission reached a preliminary position in June that Azure should be designated a gatekeeper, with a final decision expected by the end of the year. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/microsoft-finally-puts-a-dollar-figure-on-azure-and-narrows-what-azure-means/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/microsoft-finally-puts-a-dollar-figure-on-azure-and-narrows-what-azure-means/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to trust when attention becomes more valuable than the truth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have built an internet space where attention can be more valuable than truth. That decision is beginning to cost us something far more important: trust. What concerns me is how quickly attention has become its own form of currency. Social media did not invent anger, dishonesty, division or human frustration. Those things existed long [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/what-happens-to-trust-when-attention-becomes-more-valuable-than-the-truth/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/what-happens-to-trust-when-attention-becomes-more-valuable-than-the-truth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla’s driver assist faces new pressure after two fatal crashes where the cars stopped dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Electrek has matched two fatal US freeway crashes to redacted Tesla reports showing a driver assistance system verified as engaged with the car stopped at 0mph in a live lane. The Netherlands approved FSD Supervised in April under UN Regulation 171, sealed the reasoning as commercial secrets, and an EU-wide vote is expected in October. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/teslas-driver-assist-faces-new-pressure-after-two-fatal-crashes-where-the-cars-stopped-dead/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/teslas-driver-assist-faces-new-pressure-after-two-fatal-crashes-where-the-cars-stopped-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AI skills gap is growing while schools wait for perfect answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is no longer a future challenge for education. It is already changing how people write, analyze, design, and build. Yet many schools still treat it mainly as a shortcut students might misuse. That response is understandable, but it leaves teachers unsupported and students preparing for a world that is disappearing. That gap is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/the-ai-skills-gap-is-growing-while-schools-wait-for-perfect-answers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/the-ai-skills-gap-is-growing-while-schools-wait-for-perfect-answers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Department sides with OpenAI in publishers’ copyright fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department filed a statement of interest backing OpenAI&rsquo;s fair use defence in the consolidated publisher copyright cases, arguing that licensing costs would threaten national security. EU law has no fair use doctrine, and the AI Act applies its copyright obligations to any provider placing a model on the Union market wherever training occurred. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/justice-department-sides-with-openai-in-publishers-copyright-fight/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/justice-department-sides-with-openai-in-publishers-copyright-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA turns to a stripped-down Sortie Suit for the first Artemis landings]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA has told Axiom Space to develop a simpler Sortie Suit for the first lunar landings, cutting mass and complexity to support a 2028 target. The same acceleration cancelled the Lunar Gateway, and ESA&rsquo;s three guaranteed European astronaut flights were secured against Gateway hardware. NASA is simplifying the spacesuit for its first Moon landings. Axiom [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/nasa-turns-to-a-stripped-down-sortie-suit-for-the-first-artemis-landings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/nasa-turns-to-a-stripped-down-sortie-suit-for-the-first-artemis-landings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe for Slack turns chat threads into Firefly images, video and PDFs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adobe for Slack lets Slackbot turn conversations and shared files into images, video and documents using Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat and more than 70 other tools. Article 50 of the EU AI Act now requires synthetic content to be marked in a machine-readable format, and the Commission&rsquo;s own guidance names Adobe&rsquo;s C2PA standard as a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/adobe-for-slack-turns-chat-threads-into-firefly-images-video-and-pdfs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/adobe-for-slack-turns-chat-threads-into-firefly-images-video-and-pdfs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and a cybersecurity variant limited to governments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, its third Flash release in six weeks, with the cyber model restricted to trusted testers and governments. Under the EU AI Act every general purpose model placed on the market carries documentation, copyright and training data obligations, and a systemic risk model must be [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/google-releases-gemini-38-flash-and-a-cybersecurity-variant-limited-to-governments/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/google-releases-gemini-38-flash-and-a-cybersecurity-variant-limited-to-governments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World open-sources ProveKit to bring private ID checks to everyday smartphones]]></title><description><![CDATA[The technology behind World ID can let people prove their age, nationality or possession of a valid ID without handing over the personal information behind it World is opening up one of the privacy technologies behind World ID, giving developers a new way to build identity checks that can happen directly on a user&rsquo;s phone [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/world-open-sources-provekit-to-bring-private-id-checks-to-everyday-smartphones/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/world-open-sources-provekit-to-bring-private-id-checks-to-everyday-smartphones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber cuts 10% of its workforce and shuts down in Nigeria and Uganda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber is cutting about 3,300 roles, roughly 10% of its workforce, and shutting down in Nigeria and Uganda as it redirects spending towards robotaxis. Its internal memo says everyone affected has been notified except where local process applies, which in the EU means consultation with workers&rsquo; representatives and a 30-day wait after notifying the authorities. [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/uber-cuts-10-of-its-workforce-and-shuts-down-in-nigeria-and-uganda/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/uber-cuts-10-of-its-workforce-and-shuts-down-in-nigeria-and-uganda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coder launches Agent Relay with SpaceXAI, running Cursor’s cloud agents on customer infrastructure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coder has announced Agent Relay, a self-hosted execution environment that lets Cursor&rsquo;s cloud agents run inside a customer&rsquo;s own infrastructure, with SpaceXAI as launch partner and the product in private preview. Cursor continues to run inference and planning, so under the EU&rsquo;s Digital Operational Resilience Act it remains an ICT third-party provider. Coder has announced [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/coder-launches-agent-relay-with-spacexai-running-cursors-cloud-agents-on-customer-infrastructure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/coder-launches-agent-relay-with-spacexai-running-cursors-cloud-agents-on-customer-infrastructure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circular announces Ring 3 Pro and Slim at IFA with contactless payments and haptic alerts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Circular has announced the Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim at IFA in Berlin, adding contactless payments and haptic alerts, with no price or release date given. The Pro&rsquo;s ECG and atrial fibrillation detection is described as FDA cleared, and EU medical device rules require a separate conformity assessment that American clearance does not [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/circular-announces-ring-3-pro-and-slim-at-ifa-with-contactless-payments-and-haptic-alerts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/circular-announces-ring-3-pro-and-slim-at-ifa-with-contactless-payments-and-haptic-alerts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonderful raises $550M Series C at $5B valuation, led by Insight Partners with Salesforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wonderful has closed a $550M Series C at a $5B valuation led by Insight Partners with Salesforce participating, eighteen months after being founded and six months after a $150M round at $2B. Its press release is datelined Amsterdam while Israeli technology press covers it as an Israeli company. Wonderful has raised $550M at a $5B [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/wonderful-raises-550m-series-c-at-5b-valuation-led-by-insight-partners-with-salesforce/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/apps-and-smartphones/wonderful-raises-550m-series-c-at-5b-valuation-led-by-insight-partners-with-salesforce/</guid></item></channel></rss>