Documents: Tencent, Xiaomi, and others begin enforcing China's new app store rules, which require regulatory disclosures; Apple has not yet begun checking apps (Josh Ye/Reuters)

Josh Ye / Reuters: Documents: Tencent, Xiaomi, and others begin enforcing China’s new app store rules, which require regulatory disclosures; Apple has not yet begun checking apps  —  Mobile app stores in... Read more »

An interview with Apple executives Susan Prescott and Steve Sinclair on building apps for the Vision Pro and how Apple is trying to lure developers to make apps (Alex Blake/Digital Trends)

Alex Blake / Digital Trends: An interview with Apple executives Susan Prescott and Steve Sinclair on building apps for the Vision Pro and how Apple is trying to lure developers to make... Read more »

CCData: the stablecoin market contracted 0.4% to ~$125B in August, the 17th straight month of decline, reflecting low trading volumes and reduced DeFi activity (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: CCData: the stablecoin market contracted 0.4% to ~$125B in August, the 17th straight month of decline, reflecting low trading volumes and reduced DeFi activity  —  – Total stablecoin... Read more »

The London Stock Exchange plans to add a blockchain-based digital assets business after a year of testing, but is "not building anything around cryptoassets" (Financial Times)

Financial Times: The London Stock Exchange plans to add a blockchain-based digital assets business after a year of testing, but is “not building anything around cryptoassets”  —  Exchange operator in talks with... Read more »

Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer sues co-founder Wright Thurston, alleging he stole 8.6B GALA tokens, worth $130M, from the Web3 gaming startup; GALA drops 13% (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Zack Abrams / The Block: Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer sues co-founder Wright Thurston, alleging he stole 8.6B GALA tokens, worth $130M, from the Web3 gaming startup; GALA drops 13%  —  –... Read more »

A look at Optima Academy Online, an all-virtual school launched in 2022 that lets US parents opt out of public school by putting their kid in a Meta Quest 2 (Emma Green/New Yorker)

Emma Green / New Yorker: A look at Optima Academy Online, an all-virtual school launched in 2022 that lets US parents opt out of public school by putting their kid in a... Read more »

How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires  —  We can already detect fires... Read more »

After ADL's CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts (Matt Binder/Mashable)

Matt Binder / Mashable: After ADL’s CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts  — ... Read more »

A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet ... Read more »

Emails: some UK Home Office officials lobbied the ICO to act "favorably" towards Facewatch, which is rolling out facial recognition tech across the country (Mark Townsend/The Guardian)

Mark Townsend / The Guardian: Emails: some UK Home Office officials lobbied the ICO to act “favorably” towards Facewatch, which is rolling out facial recognition tech across the country  —  Officials reflected... Read more »