From CNET: Apple is preparing to give outside app stores access to its iPhones and iPads in the European Union to comply with a new competition law, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

As part of the changes, Apple users would be allowed to install third-party apps...

From PC Mag: Twitter has suspended the account notorious for tracking Elon Musk’s jet—even though Musk originally refused to ban it. 

The suspension targets the @ElonJet(Opens in a new window) account for violating Twitter’s rules. Which rule was broken remains unclear, but the takedown is raising...

From Tom's Hardware: With their 10 TFLOPS infotainment system, the newest versions of Tesla's Model S and Model X electric vehicles have been poised to gain thousands of games to play on the in-vehicle displays. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first promised Steam integration earlier this year, and on Wednesday...

From PC Mag: Boom Supersonic has found a source for the engines on its upcoming Overture passenger jet—and it’s none of the usual suspects. 

The Denver-based startup's Mach 1.7 airliner will use a new-design engine called Symphony to be developed by a company with roots in military drones instead...

From CNET: We'd known it was coming for some time, and now it's here. Apple released its iOS 16.2 update for iPhones earlier Tuesday, along with iPadOS 16.2, Watch iOS 9.2 and MacOS Ventura 13.1, according to an Apple support page. 

The highlight of the update is the new app Freeform, a shared...

From PC Mag: For the first time, a US lab has created a fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to start the reaction.

On Tuesday, the US Department of Energy confirmed(Opens in a new window) the research breakthrough, which promises to help humanity end its reliance on fossil fuels...

From TechCrunch: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially charged disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) with defrauding investors, it revealed on Tuesday morning follwing his arrest in the Bahamas. The SEC said in a press release that in addition to being charges...

From PC Mag: Twitter abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council on Monday night, marking the latest in a series of tumultuous moves at the company since Elon Musk’s takeover in October.

Members of the council, which formed in 2016 and comprised various civil rights organizations, academics...

From ExtremeTech: Buying a video card over the last few years has been an exercise in frustration, but in 2022, your cup runneth over with choices. Nvidia launched its new and very expensive RTX 40 Series this fall, and now we have AMD’s answer in the form of the Radeon RX 7000 Series. There are two...

From The Verge: Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has proposed legislation that would ban TikTok from the US, the latest in a series of political blows to the social media platform — albeit one that seems relatively unlikely to land.

The tortuously named Averting the National Threat of Internet...