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Enlarge / A marketing image by Microsoft for the desktop version of Skype. Microsoft If you’ve used Microsoft’s Skype in recent years, you’ve probably noticed that the user experience is less than ideal because of the pervasiveness of ads in the software. Fortunately, that’s going to change in a new update coming to all platforms…

Reddit considers search ads, paywalled content for the future
Reddit executives discussed plans on Tuesday for making more money from the platform, including showing ads in more places and possibly putting some content behind a paywall. On Tuesday, Reddit shared its Q2 2024 earnings report (PDF). The company lost $10.1 million during the period, down from Q2 2023’s $41.1 million loss. Reddit has never…

Report: Apple’s external DVD drive is up burning discs in dongle heaven
Enlarge / Apple’s external DVD-burning SuperDrive may be fading away. Apple Apple has always been eager to dump technologies when the company feels they have outlived their usefulness. The original iMac came without a floppy drive. The iPhone 7 came without a headphone jack. Mid-2010s MacBooks and MacBook Pros came with USB-A ports. And the…

macOS 15 Sequoia makes you jump through more hoops to disable Gatekeeper app checks
Enlarge / The Mac’s Gatekeeper feature has been pushing developers to digitally sign their apps since it was introduced in 2012. Apple/Andrew Cunningham It has always been easier to run third-party software on a Mac than on an iPhone or iPad. Despite the introduction of the Mac App Store a couple of years after the…

iOS 18.1 developer beta brings Apple Intelligence into the wild for the first time
Enlarge / Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024. Apple As was just rumored, the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 developer betas are rolling out today, and they include the first opportunity to try out Apple Intelligence, the company’s suite of generative AI features. Initially announced for iOS 18, Apple Intelligence is…