From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel. As the first year of Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war winds down, the tech industry is stuck scratching its head, with no practical way to anticipate what twists and turns to expect in 2026. Tech…
Apple can’t force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says. Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its dominant position to harm third-party developers in its App Store. In a press…
Government seeks “nudity-detection algorithms” in iOS and Android, report says. The UK government reportedly will “encourage” Apple and Google to prevent phones from displaying nude images except when users verify that they are adults. The forthcoming push for nudity-blocking systems was reported by the Financial Times today. The report…
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple. Back in April, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers delivered a scathing judgment finding that Apple was in “willful violation” of her 2021 injunction intended to open up iOS App Store payments. That contempt of…
ICEBlock creator sues to protect apps that are crowd-sourcing ICE sightings. In a lawsuit filed against top Trump administration officials on Monday, Apple was accused of caving to unconstitutional government demands by removing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-spotting app from the App Store with more than a million users.…
Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says. Apple reportedly won’t comply with a government order in India to preload iPhones with a state-run app that can track and block lost or stolen phones via a device’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code. While the…
With bonuses, maximum rewards can be as high as $5 million. Since launching its bug bounty program nearly a decade ago, Apple has always touted notable maximum payouts—$200,000 in 2016 and $1 million in 2019. Now the company is upping the stakes again. At the Hexacon offensive security conference…
Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says. Apple yesterday announced a plan to comply with a Texas age verification law and warned that changes required by the law will reduce privacy for app users. “Beginning January 1, 2026, a new state law in…
SpaceX Starlink’s mobile power play: 50 MHz of spectrum and 15,000 new satellites. SpaceX’s $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar should help Starlink satellites deliver better service to smartphones, and it might give a few large corporations second thoughts about their current partnerships with Starlink competitors.…
Apple nixes tracking apps after Trump admin claimed they put ICE agents at risk. Acting on a demand from the Trump administration, Apple has removed apps that let iPhone users report the locations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove…
