The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 were up 60% year-over-year across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play. That percentage was an even higher 80% when looking at the iOS…

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Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

Epic Games’ popular battle royale, Fortnite, has returned to the U.S. Google Play Store following a court order. The game maker had recently settled its five-year legal battle with the tech giant, which stemmed from a dispute around the percentage of in-app purchase sales that app developers had to share with the platforms. However, the…

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From coders to CEOs: Who’s earning in Bitcoin and Ether in 2025

From coders to CEOs: Who’s earning in Bitcoin and Ether in 2025

From coders to CEOs, crypto careers span six-figure salaries to billion-dollar fortunes, shaped by the industry’s market cycles. Developers command high salaries even for junior positions. On average, a North American blockchain developer can earn over $150,000. The crypto job market extends beyond technical positions, with product managers, CTOs and compliance officers all commanding well-compensated…

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Firedancer devs want to remove Solana’s block limit to speed up network

Firedancer devs want to remove Solana’s block limit to speed up network

Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to prioritize high-performance validators to handle complex blocks over suboptimal validators. Web3 infrastructure company Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to strengthen network performance and incentivize validators with suboptimal hardware to upgrade. Jump, which is building a high-performance Firedancer validator client…

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