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Tech headlines for Friday, May 2, 2025. I'm Rob Dunwood. Following a legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has updated its App Store guidelines to comply with a recent injunction. The revised rules, as stated in an email to developers, now permits apps distributed in the United States to include buttons, external links and other calls to action. These changes to the new App Review Guidelines are specifically for the US Storefront of the app stor. And with these new app review guidelines, Spotify's iPhone app update version 9.0.40 has been approved, making it the first major app in the US to allow users to directly link to and pay for subscriptions on external websites, bypassing Apple's restrictions. Spotify spokesperson Jean Morin celebrated this as a victory for consumers, artists, creators and authors, noting that after almost 10 years, Spotify can now openly display pricing and purchase links, offering users more choice and potentially lower prices and easier access to their services. Microsoft is now making new Microsoft accounts passwordless by default, offering users options like passkeys for signing in. This announcement coincided with the inaugural World Passkey Day, a successor to the FIDO Alliance's World Password Day. Microsoft, a key collaborator with the Fido alliance alongside other major tech companies, has been instrumental in promoting passwordless authentication, having already implemented passkey support for Microsoft accounts. The European Union, through Ireland's Data Protection Commission, has fined TikTok owner ByteDance 530 million euros for unlawfully transferring European user data to China, a violation of the EU regulations that also necessitates a six month suspension of these illegal transfers. TikTok admitted to storing this data in China, contradicting prior statements to the regulator, and failed to adequately address the risk of access by Chinese authorities under laws differing from EU standards. TikTok intends to appeal the decision, asserting that it is never received nor provided European user data to Chinese authorities. Google is significantly enhancing its Google Voice app, introducing a redesigned in call interface reminiscent of Google Meet, featuring a row of easily accessible call control buttons including new transfer and add merge options. A key addition is the ability to initiate three way conference calls by tapping the add button and merging the subsequent call. While the new interface is slated for all Google Voice users, the three way calling feature is initially exclusive to Google Workspace subscribers with specific voice or SIP link plans and is currently on an extended rollout primarily showcased on Android. Temu, the popular Chinese E commerce platform, has seemingly removed all products on its US Site that ship directly from China. This sudden change has created confusion for both suppliers and customers. The removal occurred earlier this week, just before new U.S. import duties eliminate a trade loophole that currently allows U.S. consumers to purchase tariff free goods from China. Anthropic has introduced Integrations, a new feature enabling connections between apps and its AI chatbot Claude. Additionally, it launched Advanced Research, an extended deep research tool allowing Claude to search the web and enterprise accounts. These features are currently in beta for Claude, Max team and Enterprise subscribers, with Pro Access coming soon. Anthropic also increased rate limits for Claude code, its AI powered coding tool for Max customers. Airbnb has launched an AI powered customer service bot in the US with CEO Brian Chesky reporting that 50% of US users are already utilizing it and a full rollout is planned for this month. Chesky highlighted the positive impact of AI, noting a 15% reduction in the need for human agents and emphasizing its role in simplifying the customer experience. While competitors like Expedia and booking.com are aggressively implementing AI for various travel related features, Airbnb is taking a more cautious approach, initially focusing on customer service due to the technology's nation stage. Microsoft has addressed an issue where a faulty machine learning model in Exchange Online incorrectly marked legitimate emails from Gmail accounts as spam. This resulted in these emails being automatically moved to the junk folder. Microsoft identified that the ML model was misclassifying emails due to their resemblance to spam, and on May 1st resolved the problem by reverting to a previous model. While the incident caused noticeable user impact, Microsoft is now investigating ways to enhance its ML detection process to prevent future false positives, though the extent of the impact remains undisclosed. And finally, Rockstar Games has announced that the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed to May 26, 2026, pushing it back from its originally planned fall 2025 launch. The development team expressed their apologies for the later than expected release, stating that the extra time is necessary to meet the high standards of quality that players expect from the franchise. 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