Neowin News Feed for: Api

Google announces Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model for high-volume developer workloads

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:02:01 +0000

Google has launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, a high-speed, budget-friendly model optimized for high-volume API workloads. Read more...

Elon Musk's X starts suspending people using third-party apps like OldTweetDeck

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:48:01 +0000

If you are using OldTweetDeck, and your account has not yet been suspended, it's imperative that you stop using the unofficial app as the platform is now suspending users of it. Read more...

Anthropic bans OpenAI's access to Claude due to ToS violation

Usama Jawad — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:02:01 +0000

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI's access to the Claude API after learning that it was being misused in a way that violated its terms of service. Read more...

NHS patient data could have been exposed due to misconfigured APIs

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:12:01 +0000

An NHS private contractor has been found to have had a misconfigured API that potentially allowed outside actors to retrieve patient data. An ongoing audit seems to suggest no data was taken. Read more...

Google makes it easier for developers to switch to Gemini from OpenAI

Pradeep Viswanathan — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 06:52:02 +0000

Google has made its Gemini AI models compatible with OpenAI's libraries, allowing developers to easily integrate Gemini into their existing projects. Read more...

Apple working on an onscreen awareness functionality for Siri

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:02:01 +0000

Apple has provided developers with App Intent APIs for an onscreen awareness functionality for Siri. Read more...

Inflection for Enterprise promises tailored AI co-workers, powered by Intel

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:10:02 +0000

Inflection for Enterprise will deliver customized AI co-workers trained on company-specific data, addressing the need for more robust enterprise-grade AI tools. Read more...

ElevenLabs unveils text-to-speech Turbo 2.5 model with 32 languages

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:16:01 +0000

The AI company ElevenLabs has launched a new text-to-speech model called Turbo 2.5. It introduces support for three new languages: Vietnamese, Hungarian, and Norwegian. The API is available too. Read more...

ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator API so that it can be used in third-party apps

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:34:01 +0000

ElevenLabs has released the API for its new Voice Isolator so that third-party developers can use it in their apps. It's a new tool that removes background noise to produce clear audio. Read more...

Vodafone and Broadcom develop API to cut down on web waste

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:34:02 +0000

Vodafone and Broadcom have developed new software that helps to reduce the amount of pre-fetched data. This will help cut down on wasteful data usage and reduce the energy usage of carriers. Read more...

Vodafone launches API so people can see what business is calling them

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:18:01 +0000

Vodafone Germany has developed a new API for third-party companies and organizations called CallerID. It lets people they call know who is calling and could help against spam callers. Read more...

OpenStreetMap Turns 19, Eyes Drinking Age

Dean Howell — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:18:02 +0000

OpenStreetMap (OSM) turned 19; founded in 2004, it's now the largest open-source map. Supporting 50+ languages, millions use its API. Its community-driven model promotes innovation & accessibility. Read more...

Apple's new App Store policy requires developers to explain API usage

Anurag Singh — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:30:01 +0000

The App Store review process is soon going to get even more rigorous. Apple will start requiring developers to explain why their apps use certain APIs before submitting them for approval. Read more...

Twitter is now limiting how many posts users can read each day

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 18:02:15 +0000

Elon Musk has announced that there will be a daily limit to how many tweets users can read. The number varies based on the type of account you have. He called it a temporary measure. Read more...

Following in Apollo's footsteps, Reddit is Fun will be shutting down on June 30

Steve Bennett — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 20:24:01 +0000

Reddit's recent changes to how it will be charging for use of its API by third party applications has resulted in widespread backlash, and Reddit is Fun is the latest app to announce closure. Read more...

Reddit wants to make a 'million dollars' from API following Twitter

Omer Dursun — Wed, 31 May 2023 21:32:01 +0000

A popular Reddit client raises concerns over Reddit's API pricing. The cost of $12,000 for 50 million requests threatens the future of third-party apps. It is equivalent to $20 million annually. Read more...

Brave Search API is now open for use by companies and developers worldwide

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 May 2023 03:46:36 +0000

The Brave Search API is now live. The service is free for companies and developers for limited use but also offers several paid tiers for those who have more demanding requirements. Read more...

Twitter gives academics 30 days to delete Twitter data or pay $42,000 a month for API access

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 26 May 2023 16:16:01 +0000

Twitter has recently been on a spree where it is asking companies and parties to pay more and more for access to APIs. Now, researchers with access to Decahose are being targeted to pay $42K a month. Read more...

Twitter has sent a letter to Microsoft claiming it used data without paying for it

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 May 2023 23:30:14 +0000

Twitter has written a letter to Microsoft to review its use of Twitter data and to complain that the company hasn't paid for access. It wants a report back from the company by next month. Read more...

OpenAI no longer uses API customer data to train its LLMs

Paul Hill — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:10:02 +0000

OpenAI no longer uses data from API customers to train its large language models, according to CEO Sam Altman. If you use ChatGPT directly, though, your information will be used to train the LLMs. Read more...

Chrome 114 Beta is out with headline balancing, scroll listening API, and more

Taras Buria — Thu, 04 May 2023 10:30:02 +0000

Chrome 114 Beta is now available for download with several under-the-hood changes, such as improvements for headlines with CSS balancing, new scroll listening API, and new origin trials. Read more...

AT&T email users being hacked to steal cryptocurrency

Steve Bennett — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:44:01 +0000

Users of AT&T email accounts are facing a wave of hacks by bad actors who are seeking to steal cryptocurrency, by utilising API issues in the service to take control of email addresses. Read more...

Android 14 Developer Preview 2 is now available to download

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:04:01 +0000

The second Developer Preview of Android 14 is here that includes several enhancements to privacy and security, such as selected photos access, credential manager, safer implicit intents, and more. Read more...

Twitter's latest monetization effort makes its API go from free to fee

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:14:01 +0000

Twitter announced that API access will become paid starting February 9, a few weeks after it blocked some third party usage, marking another monetization effort under Elon Musk's ownership. Read more...

Some third-party Twitter apps have been broken since Thursday night

Justin Luna — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:18:01 +0000

Many third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific have been broken since Thursday night last week. Unfortunately, Twitter has not offered any details as to why the problem is occurring. Read more...

Google postpones switch to Manifest V3 again citing new features and unsquashed bugs

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:46:01 +0000

Google says that it won't disable Manifest V2 in January 2023 in developer-focused builds like Dev, Canary, and Beta as earlier planned due to insufficient time for testing and unresolved bugs. Read more...

Android 13 Beta 3 is out now, hitting Platform Stability

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:00:01 +0000

Google has rolled out Android 13 Beta 3, hitting Platform Stability. This means that all APIs and app-facing behaviors have been finalized and developers should complete compatibility testing of apps. Read more...

Snapchat introduces Lens Cloud and a new version of Lens Studio

Fiza Ali — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:56:01 +0000

With its Snap AR community, Snapchat is determined to prove the value and impact of AR by developing the latest Lens capabilities, tools, and infrastructure including Lens Studio, and Lens Cloud. Read more...

Adding a label to a Twitter bot will automatically exempt it from audits

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:32:01 +0000

Twitter will now allow developers who use the Twitter API to label their bots as "Automated". The label could help inspire trust, but the opt-in method seems open to misuse by bad bots. Read more...

Safari API bug can leak your personal data and enable online tracking

Usama Jawad — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:16:01 +0000

Security researchers have publicly detailed a Safari API bug which can potentially leak your personal data and unique identifiers to every website you visit with Safari. A fix is still not available. Read more...

Microsoft announces Video Encode API for DirectX 12, native in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed a new Video Encode API for DirectX 12, allowing developers to take advantage of GPU acceleration to encode H264 and HEVC content. The feature is native in Windows 11 too. Read more...

Samsung introduces Scalable Memory Development Kit for CXL memory platform

Fiza Ali — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:46:01 +0000

Samsung brings SMDK, which, leveraging a proprietary Intelligent Tiering Engine, is capable of identifying and configuring the bandwidth, capacity and memory type that are relevant to each use case. Read more...

38 million records exposed because companies used default configs in Microsoft Power Apps portals

Usama Jawad — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:36:01 +0000

38 million records from multiple companies including Ford, J.B. Hunt, and American Airlines were left exposed to the public internet due to a default configuration in Microsoft Power Apps portals. Read more...

Facebook's Oculus Quest 2 will allow developers to produce mixed reality experiences

Fiza Ali — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 22:06:02 +0000

Oculus's latest Passthrough API Experimental will make it possible for developers to integrate virtual reality with the real world of players. Initially, only Unity developers will get access to it. Read more...

Apple is shutting down Dark Sky's iOS app and website in 2022

Fiza Ali — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:02:01 +0000

Following an acquisition in 2020, Apple has decided that it is going to shut down Dark Sky's app and website by the end of 2022. The API service will reach its end of life on the same date as well. Read more...

Google enables low-power sleep tracking on Android

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:24:02 +0000

Google has made its Sleep API publicly available on Android so that third-party developers can use it inside their apps. The firm said that the API is more power-efficient at tracking user's sleep. Read more...

Google to limit Chrome sync API following audit

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:22:01 +0000

Google has announced that it will be restricting several Chrome APIs from March 15, 2021. An audit by the firm found that some unnamed third-party Chromium-based web browsers were leveraging them. Read more...

Microsoft is bringing DirectStorage from its Xbox Velocity Architecture to Windows

Usama Jawad — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it is bringing the DirectStorage API from its Xbox Velocity architecture to Windows PCs. The technology is supposed to drastically reduce load and render times in games. Read more...

Germany launches coronavirus contact tracing app

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:00:01 +0000

Germany has become the latest country to launch a contact tracing app. The new app is based on the decentralised model that uses an API released by Google and Apple back in mid-May. Read more...

Google will roll out COVID-19 contact tracing for Android devices via Play Services

Rajesh Pandey — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:30:01 +0000

Google has provided more details about how contact-tracing for coronavirus will work without revealing any personal user information and that it will roll out the feature via a Play Services update. Read more...