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The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to app intelligence firm Appfigures‘ annual report. In 2025, ...

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Earlier this year, SpaceX unveiled the new version of its Starship, termed the "V2 Starship" by Elon Musk. The V1 Starship was the prototype that gave engineers the information they needed to develop ...

A third high-profile technology executive is leaving General Motors amid a reorganization of the automaker's software and product businesses. Baris Cetinok, GM senior vice president of software and ...

SUNNYVALE — Software companies Synopsys and Clari have disclosed plans for layoffs that affect a combined 271 Bay Area tech jobs, a sign that staffing reductions for the sector could continue to haunt ...

GM's vice president of software and services engineering left the company this week. The vacuum has been filled by chief product officer Sterling Anderson under a new structure that aligns software ...

This week, Meta asked a US district court to toss a lawsuit alleging that the tech giant illegally torrented pornography to train AI. The move comes after Strike 3 Holdings discovered illegal ...

The big picture: The Trump administration is reportedly considering new restrictions on the export of products containing American software to China. A final decision has not yet been made, but ...

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According to new research from Google, 90% of software developers are using AI at work — with 65% "heavily reliant" on it. A staggering 90% of software developers now use AI to carry out their ...