Tagged “advertising”

Apple has put its own adverts inside the iPhone Settings app, and dismissing them often does nothing

Prompts for iCloud+ storage, Apple Music and TV trials and AppleCare+ now sit at the top of the Settings screen. Tap the dismiss control…

25 Sep 2026

Apple will pay $250 million over the Siri that never shipped — who qualifies, what each person actually receives, and why the precedent is worth more than the money

Thirty-seven million buyers qualify and the cheque will be small, for reasons that are structural. The useful part is a template for suing…

10 May 2026

How does Facebook know what you are thinking? It is not the microphone

You thought about buying an air conditioner, told no one, and your feed filled with AC ads. Here is the actual mechanism, why the "it…

22 May 2022