Apple News & Updates

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• The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Apple in a case involving its signature electronic marketplace, the App Store, allowing iPhone users to move forward with an antitrust suit against the company.
• The iPhone users argued that Apple’s 30% commission on sales through the App Store was passed along to consumers, an unfair use of monopoly power. Apple argued that only app developers, and not users, should be able to bring such a lawsuit.
• “Apple’s line-drawing does not make a lot of sense, other than as a way to gerrymander Apple out of this and similar lawsuits,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.

Supreme Court rules against Apple in App Store antitrust case

 

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From August this year Apple may start selling iPhone XS and iPhone XR that are assembled in India, this will lower iPhone prices in the country as Apple will save high import taxes.

Apple's India-made top-end iPhones to hit stores next month

 

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Apple has acquired Intel's 5G business for $1 billion: What it means for iPhone users and more | Gadgets Now

 

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Apple removes Quartz news app from the Chinese App Store over Hong Kong coverage

Apple Removes App That Tracked Hong Kong Police

 

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France's national competition regulator announced on Monday it has fined American tech giant Apple a record €1.1 billion ($1.23bn) for anti-competitive practices after nearly a decade of investigations. The decision comes over Apple's alleged anti-competitive behavior in its distribution and sales networks.

France hits Apple with record €1.1 BILLION fine for monopoly practices

 

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The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019. Zuk Avraham, ZecOps’ chief executive, said he found evidence the vulnerability was exploited in at least six cybersecurity break-ins.

An Apple spokesman acknowledged that a vulnerability exists in Apple’s software for email on iPhones and iPads, known as the Mail app, and that the company had developed a fix, which will be rolled out in a forthcoming update on millions of devices it has sold globally.

Flaw in iPhone, iPads may have allowed hackers to steal data for years

 

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Apple patches iOS flaw that allowed access to your data

Apple has acknowledged that the flaw exists and that it's working to fix it. A patch has apparently been included in the iOS 13.4.5 beta, which is yet to be released to all devices.

 

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Apple's App Store, Apple Pay targeted by EU antitrust regulators