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Google rejected 1.75 million policy-violating Android apps and blocked more than 80,000 developer accounts on Google Play in 2025, compared to 2.36 million apps and 158,000 accounts in 2024 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: Céline Halioua de Loyal: from defying skeptics to pioneering dog longevity Veteran technology journalist Alex…

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How Lego’s Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors and proprietary communications system to integrate seamlessly with existing sets (Jeremy White/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Venture is in its peak growth era A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela…

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Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: AppNumbers: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6%…

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A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Review of the year 2025”, with René Ritchie The director’s commentary track…

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Sources: Google is expected to face a potentially large EU fine in the first quarter of 2026 if it does not do more to ensure Google Play complies with EU competition rules (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: Google is expected to face a potentially significant EU fine in the first quarter…

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A look at rapid commerce in India and China: India’s ecosystem is evolving into a retail media play, while China’s is being used as a weapon in the platform wars. (Manish Singh/Indian Dispatch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 14, 2025

Manish Singh / Shipping to India: A look at rapid commerce in India and China: India’s ecosystem is evolving into…

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How multifamilial offices play commercial real estate

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 12, 2025

A version of this article appeared for the first time in the Newsletter of the CNBC property with Diana Olick.…

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An investigation reveals that spammers deploy Ai Sold images on the theme of Holocaust on Facebook, in order to play the Game Meta content monetization program (BBC)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 29, 2025

Featured podcasts BG2 POD: China, China, China. Decompose the technological overvoltage of China Podcast Open Source on all that concerns…

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The government will not be on the board of directors or will not play a major role in the governance of Intel (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 22, 2025

Featured podcasts Tech Brew is home: Has China closed the door on Nvidia? Tech News titles every day. 15 minutes…

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The English Premier League recently signed agreements with Adobe and Microsoft to offer tools fueled by the AI to fans, including those who play fantasy Premier League (Josh Noble / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 27, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: Price of your AI product: lessons of more than 400 companies and 50 unicorns |…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Private jet companies battle for biggest spending customers at Masters

Amazon Launches Masters Golf Coverage as Fourth Media Partner

American Airlines Makes Baggage Fees Even More Expensive for Basic Economy

DOJ investigates NFL over media rights, antitrust issues

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Democrats will act to force Pete Hegseth out

Epstein survivors denounce Melania Trump’s performative press conference

Thomas Massie, Jeffrey Epstein and the biggest sign yet that Trump and MAGA are dead

House Democrats accelerate efforts to impeach Trump

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Investigation details Webloc, an advertising-based geosurveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of recordings from up to 500 million mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)

How AI is transforming golf: Optimizing course operations, virtual assistants managing tee time reservations, and AI instructor apps improving player performance (Bradley S. Klein/Wall Street Journal)

Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

U.S. CFTC says a district court judge has granted its request for a temporary restraining order barring Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi (Jack Queen/Reuters)

Browsing: play

Google rejected 1.75 million policy-violating Android apps and blocked more than 80,000 developer accounts on Google Play in 2025, compared to 2.36 million apps and 158,000 accounts in 2024 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

How Lego’s Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors and proprietary communications system to integrate seamlessly with existing sets (Jeremy White/Wired)

Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

Sources: Google is expected to face a potentially large EU fine in the first quarter of 2026 if it does not do more to ensure Google Play complies with EU competition rules (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

A look at rapid commerce in India and China: India’s ecosystem is evolving into a retail media play, while China’s is being used as a weapon in the platform wars. (Manish Singh/Indian Dispatch)

How multifamilial offices play commercial real estate

An investigation reveals that spammers deploy Ai Sold images on the theme of Holocaust on Facebook, in order to play the Game Meta content monetization program (BBC)

The government will not be on the board of directors or will not play a major role in the governance of Intel (Wall Street Journal)

The English Premier League recently signed agreements with Adobe and Microsoft to offer tools fueled by the AI to fans, including those who play fantasy Premier League (Josh Noble / Financial Times)