How Apple lost control of the App Store
How Apple lost control of the App Store “Cook chose poorly” is one of those phrases you’ll someday read in a history book about the tech industry. That’s just one of the memorable lines from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ stinging rebuke of Apple this week, in which she ruled that Apple needed to change the […]
Apple approves Spotify app update with external payments
Apple approves Spotify app update with external payments Apple has approved an update to Spotify’s iPhone app that makes it the first major app to support direct links for US users to pay for plans on an external site, without restrictions. Apple has been forced to change its rules on external payments following an order […]
TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China
TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China TikTok has been ordered to pay €530 million (around $600 million) for sending European users’ data to servers in China, a breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). TikTok has six months to bring its data processing into compliance, pending any possible […]
Apple changes App Store rules to allow external purchases
Apple changes App Store rules to allow external purchases Apple has updated its App Store Guidelines around external payments and links in response to the injunction issued this week in the Epic Games v. Apple case. The changes, spotted by 9to5Mac, allow developers to steer users outside Apple’s App Store to make external purchases in […]
‘Cook chose poorly’: how Apple blew up its control over the App Store
'Cook chose poorly': how Apple blew up its control over the App Store ‘Cook chose poorly’: how Apple blew up its control over the App Store In 2021, a federal judge ruled that Apple had to loosen its grip, ever so slightly, on the App Store. On Wednesday, nearly four years later, that same judge […]
Apple exec ‘outright lied’ during Epic trial
Apple exec 'outright lied' during Epic trial Apple exec ‘outright lied’ during Epic trial In her ruling banning Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside the App Store, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says that an Apple executive “outright lied under oath.” According to Gonzalez Rogers, Alex Roman, vice president of finance at Apple, […]
A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store
A judge just blew up Apple's control of the App Store A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers just ruled that, effective immediately, Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps and blocks the company from restricting how […]
Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump
Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his 'subservience' to Trump Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to know whether Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received any “promises or favors” from President Donald Trump in exchange for his […]
FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp
FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp Meta antitrust trial The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social […]
France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks
France accuses Russia of a decade's worth of high-profile cyberattacks France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks France’s President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with representatives of the sectors affected by US tariffs, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on April 3, 2025. | Image: MOHAMMED BADRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images In an […]