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FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in the city center of Munich, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Apple has reversed course Friday, March 8, 2024, under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Sweden. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple will allow iOS apps to be distributed on websites in the EU

The company has made some major App Store changes to comply with new rules in the bloc.

Apple will soon allow developers who meet certain criteria let iOS users in the EU download their apps from the web. The company has made some major App Store changes to comply with new rules in the bloc.

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Kris Holt
Kris Holt
03.12.2024
Lifestyle image of the Microsoft Surface Pro 9. A person holds a blue (patterned) version of the hybrid device (back-facing).

What to expect at Microsoft’s March 21 event

The company may brand its next Surface Pro and Surface Laptop as “AI PCs.”

Microsoft is holding a digital event on March 21. Among the expected announcements are Windows AI updates and new Surface devices, potentially the first to be branded as “AI PCs.”

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Will Shanklin
Will Shanklin
03.12.2024
FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. Most taxpayers will be able to digitally submit a slew of tax documents and other communications to the IRS next filing season and the agency plans to go completely paperless in 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

You can try the IRS alternative to Turbo Tax in 12 states today

You'll need a pretty simple return to use it.

The IRS has released a pilot program called Direct File that gives users free, step-by-step instructions for filing their taxes.

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Sarah Fielding
Sarah Fielding
03.12.2024
A visitor looks at NFT (non-fungible tokens - blockchain tokens) works featured in Tomorrow, a digital multimedia exhibition at Ramat Gan stadium in Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. The exhibition combines the works of Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley among others with digital, multimedia art from the NFT and Virtual Reality realms, closes on Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

The US Government says IP infringement is all over NFT marketplaces

A study concluded that current laws are sufficient to deal with copyright or trademark issues.

The US Copyright Office (USCO) and the Patent and Trademark Office have published a report on the legal framework around NFTs. They say current laws are sufficient to deal with IP issues, but "trademark infringement and misuse is prevalent on NFT marketplaces."

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Kris Holt
Kris Holt
03.12.2024

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