Apple's measures against fraudulent app activities on the App Store, including billions in thwarted transactions, WhatsApp officially releases its iPad app, Invites gets a new feature, and Apple aquires the studio behind Sneaky Sasquatch.

The App Store prevented more than $9 billion in fraudulent transactions

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/the-app-store-prevented-more-than-9-billion-usd-in-fraudulent-transactions/

PopSockets’ new Kick-Out Grip and Stand can finally prop your phone up vertically

https://www.theverge.com/news/674371/popsockets-kick-out-grip-portrait-stand-vertical-magsafe

Apple acquires videogame studio behind hit Arcade title Sneaky Sasquatch - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/27/apple-acquires-videogame-studio-behind-hit-apple-arcade-title/

Apple’s Invites app just got its first new feature since launch - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/27/apples-invites-app-just-got-its-first-new-feature-since-launch/

WhatsApp for iPad Now Available

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/27/whatsapp-for-ipad-now-available/

Nintendo's move beyond gaming into theme parks and Hollywood films, alongside a focus on the Switch 2, new design features of Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro. We also cover the anticipated release of a WhatsApp app for iPad, marking Meta's broader strategy for increasing its presence on the platform.

Nintendo’s bold new era is full of safe bets

https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/671949/nintendo-switch-2-era-risks

Here's how iPhone 17 Pro will differentiate itself from previous iPhone models - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/26/apple-iphone-17-pro-differentiate-from-previous-models/

Tim Cook thanks American heroes in Memorial Day post on X - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/26/tim-cook-thanks-american-heroes-in-memorial-day-post/

WhatsApp Teases Long-Awaited iPad App

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/26/whatsapp-teases-ipad-app/

iPhone App for Keeping Track of More Than 800 Apple Watch Bands Receives Major Update

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/26/bandbreite-app-version-2-0-update/

Apple CEO Tim Cook challenges a Texas age verification bill, President Trump announces potential 25% tariffs on iPhones, Apple’s hiring for its Calendar team.

Pocket alternatives for bookmarking your content

https://www.theverge.com/22927750/bookmarks-pocket-firefox-instapaper-raindrop

Trump demands Apple make iPhones in the United States, threatens new 25% tariff if they don't - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/23/trump-demand-us-iphone-tariff/

Apple Calendar App Revamp Confirmed by Job Posting

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/23/apple-calendar-app-job-posting/

Mozilla's shift away from Pocket and Fakespot as it repositions its focus within the browser market, Apple working on smart glasses for 2026, and more details about the OpenAI X Ive partnership.

What in the world are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building?

https://www.theverge.com/column/672505/jony-ive-sam-altman-smart-glasses-ai-hardware-wearables-gadgets

Apple's AI glasses are coming sooner than we thought - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/22/apple-smart-glasses-release-date/

Apple products transform care at Emory Healthcare

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/apple-products-transform-care-at-emory-healthcare/

Anthropic’s Claude 4 AI models are better at coding and reasoning

https://www.theverge.com/news/672705/anthropic-claude-4-ai-ous-sonnet-availability

Sam Altman and Jony Ive announce io and promises OpenAI hardware is coming next year, more highlights from Google I/O, and Fornite is once again in the U.S. App Store.

Wedding Invite from Sam and Jony
https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/

Google’s SynthIdD Detector
https://www.theverge.com/news/672013/google-synthid-detector-ai-generated-content-watermark-i-o-2025

Gemini gains more powers in Gmail, Chrome, Search, and everywhere else. Veo, Google vAI video generator can now generate audio, and it announced Flow which is an AI film creation tool. Amazon expands drone delivery to electronics like iPhones, and the Chicago-Sun Times published a story with AI generated content.

The Verge's Google I/O Roundup
https://www.theverge.com/news/669408/google-io-2025-biggest-announcements-ai-gemini

Apple Newsroom with WWDC Details
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-kicks-off-june-9/

Microsoft Build announcements, Google I/O developer conference tomorrow, Apple’s AI blunders revealed by Gurman, and Epic Games revisits discussions with Apple about Fortnite in the App Store.

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