Apple's App Store in China gets lower 25% commission to appease regulators

The controversial 30% App Store commission continues to be attacked by regulators worldwide. China is the latest region with a win, where Apple has pushed the rate down to 25%.

Wesley Hilliard 2 months ago 0

Shareholder lobs lawsuit at Apple execs, claims they engaged in anticompetitive behavior

Apple's leadership is now being accused of knowingly steering the company through years of antitrust risk to maintain App Store dominance.

Amber Neely 3 months ago 13

AI apps without age checks may soon be removed from the App Store in Australia

Australia could soon force the Apple App Store to remove AI apps that let users access adult or violent content without age verification.

Marko Zivkovic 3 months ago 0

App Store age verification tools upgraded to comply with emerging laws

Apple's App Store age verification system has been updated to ensure compliance can be maintained in places like Louisiana, Utah, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore.

Marko Zivkovic 3 months ago 0

Lawsuit alleges Apple and others were coerced to censor ICE monitoring tools

A new lawsuit claims federal officials pressured Apple, Meta, and Google to suppress apps and online groups that document ICE activity, raising fresh First Amendment concerns.

Lou Hartle 3 months ago 8

600 companies in Japan want the Epic treatment — a free ride in Apple's ecosystem

Apple set up alternative app stores and external payments in Japan similar to how it is being handled in the EU, but developers say it has "no economic incentive" and want to pay nothing to Apple.

Wesley Hilliard 3 months ago 9

UK gets Apple and Google to agree to easy App Store changes

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has extracted promises from Apple and Google over their App Stores, really just bringing over the same features already in place in Europe.

William Gallagher 3 months ago 4

Moral low ground: App Store is rife with AI 'nudify' apps

While Grok faced most of the heat in the AI porn backlash, Apple isn't doing itself any favors by allowing dozens of "nudify" apps to stay in the App Store.

Malcolm Owen 4 months ago 9

Apple's utter silence about AI-generated child porn on X is appalling yet unsurprising

It's now been weeks, Apple, Do the right thing by users instead of your shareholders and block the child porn factory that is still X and Grok, because it's clear that they aren't going to make changes that matter until they have to.

Mike Wuerthele 4 months ago 55

Epic hypocrisy — Google gets $800 million in 'Fortnite' antitrust settlement

Forget about Epic's moral high-ground. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Google are looking to settle the Google Play app store antitrust lawsuit, in new partnership deal that sees the "Fortnite" maker pay Google $800 million.

William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele 4 months ago 7

Apple goes on the offensive, lashes out at EU about alternative app store failure

MacPaw is shutting down the Setapp alternative app store in the EU, and Apple hopes to get ahead of the European Commission by releasing a statement of its own, citing "political delay tactics."

Wesley Hilliard 4 months ago 12

The App Store will have even more ads in March 2026, starting with the UK

Apple has announced its decision to implement additional advertisements within App Store search results, though the upcoming change will initially be limited to users in the UK and Japan.

Marko Zivkovic 4 months ago 7

Apple services outage hit Apple TV, Maps, & App Store

Catching up on "Pluribus" or updating your apps might not have been possible, as an outage struck multiple Apple Services affecting developers and users alike Tuesday evening.

Wesley Hilliard 4 months ago 2

Highly insecure AI apps in the App Store are leaking tons of user data

Extremely poorly constructed AI apps available in the App Store are leaking the data of millions of users, a repository from a security research team has revealed.

Malcolm Owen 4 months ago 1

Grok now bans illegal porn generation, after monetizing it

Following worldwide pressure including bans in certain countries, Elon Musk's X has announced it will no longer allow Grok to create child porn and deepfake nudes. There is a catch.

William Gallagher 4 months ago 24

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