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Apple services hit as Amazon Web Services suffers outage

Services including Apple Music were among the hundreds of websites and apps that were down spanning the entire internet because of an Amazon Web Services problem.

William Gallagher 7 months ago 8

Apple killing ICE watching apps is the right business decision, but the wrong moral one

Apple's decisions to remove real-time ICE monitoring app ICEblock, and archival video tool Eyes Up may be good for Apple's global finances, but it's an incredibly bad one for a company that hinges its reputation on claims it stands up for the rights of users.

Mike Wuerthele 7 months ago 59

ICEBlock isn't the only ICE-tracking app that Apple and Google have removed

An app meant to archive video of actions taken by ICE has been removed from the App Store, with Apple still under pressure by the Department of Justice.

Wes Hilliard and Mike Wuerthele 7 months ago 17

Apple's EU Digital Markets Act antitrust debacle may be settled soon

Apple may be close to settling its current antitrust case with the European Commission, which could mean escaping the threat of daily financial penalties over App Store policies.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 7 months ago 9

Ex-execs slam Tim Cook for eroding Apple's moral authority after ICEBlock pull

Apple's decision to comply with an order to remove ICEBlock from the App Store goes against its previous stance to stand for the rights of its users, former Apple employees have declared.

Malcolm Owen 7 months ago 19

ICEBlock app removed from App Store after DOJ demands, citing safety concerns

Controversial app ICEBlock has been removed from the Apple App Store after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded its removal, suggesting it was being used to harm ICE agents.

Wesley Hilliard 8 months ago 36

It takes 6 seconds to install a third-party app store, and Epic is complaining about it

Epic Games will never just take the win — it's now appealing to the court of public opinion that it takes one more actual step to install a third-party App Store as it does to install an app from the App Store itself.

William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele 8 months ago 15

EU tells Apple to crack down on online fraud

The European Union is preparing to look into whether Apple and other major tech companies are doing enough to prevent online financial fraud.

Malcolm Owen 8 months ago 17

Punitive 'Fortnite' antisteering injunction unfair & unconstitutional, says Apple

On Friday, Apple filed another response to the 9th Circuit Court's App Store antisteering injunction, citing that it can't stand and, at the least, must be reduced in scope to be constitutional.

Wesley Hilliard 9 months ago 4

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