Engadget: The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has. “The European Commission has started proceedings to ensure Google complies with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in certain ways. Specifically, the European Union’s executive arm has told Google to grant third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini has.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/engadget-the-eu-tells-google-to-give-external-ai-assistants-the-same-access-to-android-as-gemini-has/
Engadget: The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has
Engadget: The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has. “The European Commission has started proceedings to ensure Google complies with the Digi…
Tubefilter: Fortnite’s new developer-made item sales: Loot boxes yes, outfits and emotes no. “Starting today, Fortnite developers (who have been able to make custom Islands/game modes on Fortnite‘s platform since 2018) will be able to make and sell their own in-game items to its tens of millions of players.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/12/fortnites-new-developer-made-item-sales-loot-boxes-yes-outfits-and-emotes-no-tubefilter/
Fortnite’s new developer-made item sales: Loot boxes yes, outfits and emotes no (Tubefilter) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Tip of the day: In
#macOS’ System Settings or Houdah CustomShortcuts, you can set up a keyboard shortcut to quickly open documents from
#DEVONthink in a specific application. Here is, how to set up the very same keyboard shortcut for different file types.
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#DEVONthink databases continue to grow, there are always certain documents or groups we deal with daily. Here is a way to create a launch palette in the popular Keyboard Maestro utility to quickly jump to an item in your database.
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Third Parties: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
You're in a country where third parties always fail. What should you do?
https://www.youtube.com/@history-nine #ThirdParties #politics #socialismBefore you continue to YouTube
Tip of the day: A popular application for making notes is Apple Notes. But maybe you would like to transfer your notes to
#DEVONthink, individual notes or all? While there isn’t a way to sync your notes with
#DEVONthink, here are a few options for copying your notes into our application.
#notetaking #pkm #productivity #thirdparties #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230509-switch-from-apple-notes
Video Privacy Violations? Join Others Taking Action
Several websites are under investigation for possibly sharing users’ video viewing histories with Facebook in violation of the law. See if the sites you use are included and join others taking action.
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