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Game emulators arrive in App Store following rule changes (2 minute read)

A recent change to Apple's App Store Review Guidelines means that a rule that effectively banned the submission of console and classic game emulators for iOS and iPadOS has been reversed. The first wave of game emulators have now made their way to the App Store. Emu64 XL is a Commodore 64 emulator and iGBA is a Gameboy Advance and Gameboy Color emulator. Both are free to download without any in-app purchases. Under Apple's rule changes, emulators still have to filter objectionable content, follow all privacy guidelines, and not share data or privacy permissions with other software, but it is unclear how some of the rules will be enforced.

Apr 15 | Webdev

Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed! (YouTube Video)

Devin AI, the “first AI Software Engineer,” was misrepresented - for example, in one of its demos, Devin is shown fixing errors in the source of a GitHub repository, but the errors it's fixing are bugs that Devin itself created.

Apr 15 | AI

OpenAI Fires Researchers For Leaking Information (2 minute read)

OpenAI has reportedly fired two researchers who were allegedly linked to the leaking of company secrets following months of leaks and company efforts to crack down on such incidents.

Apr 15 | Infosec

Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident (3 minute read)

Roku acknowledged a security breach where hackers gained access to around 576,000 user accounts. This is the second such incident for the streaming device maker, raising concerns about the company's data security measures and the potential exposure of users' personal information.

Game emulators arrive in App Store following rule changes (2 minute read)

Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed! (YouTube Video)

OpenAI Fires Researchers For Leaking Information (2 minute read)

Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident (3 minute read)

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