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Report: Apple Seeks to Edit Wording of Chinese Court Ruling

July 03, 2024
Apple’s ‘Big Assumption’ on App Store Fees Draws Judge’s Ire
Apple // May 20, 2024

A federal judge is questioning Apple’s 27% fee on in-app purchases via outside payment platforms. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has been hearing evidence concerning the tech giant’s compliance with an order she handed down in 2021. That ruling requires Apple to allow developers...

Apple Accused of Limiting Russian Users’ Banking Options
Apple // April 04, 2024

Russia says the country’s Apple users don’t have full access to payments and banking services. As Reuters reported Thursday (April 4), Russia’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), has written to Apple about the issue. The report notes that the FAS has fined Apple $26 million in...

Apple Insists It Complies With EU’s Digital Markets Act
Apple // March 18, 2024

Apple is defending its practices under Europe’s newly adopted Digital Markets Act (DMA). At a hearing Monday (March 18), the tech giant said that it has followed the landmark law, and pushed back against criticisms that it had not done enough to open its ecosystems to others,...

Report: Apple Removes Generative AI Apps From China App Store
artificial intelligence // August 01, 2023

Apple has reportedly removed more than 100 generative artificial intelligence (AI) apps from its China app store. The move was made Tuesday (Aug. 1) and comes ahead of China’s new regulation of generative AI that will be implemented in two weeks, the South China Morning...

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Report: Apple Seeks to Edit Wording of Chinese Court Ruling

July 03, 2024
After winning a lawsuit in China, Apple is reportedly seeking to get the court to edit the written ruling it handed down. The tech company objects to the Supreme People’s Court’s ruling saying that Apple has a “dominant position” and that the firm’s “unfair pricing may hurt consumers,” Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 2), citing an […]

Apple’s ‘Big Assumption’ on App Store Fees Draws Judge’s Ire

May 20, 2024
A federal judge is questioning Apple’s 27% fee on in-app purchases via outside payment platforms. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has been hearing evidence concerning the tech giant’s compliance...

Apple Accused of Limiting Russian Users’ Banking Options

April 04, 2024
Russia says the country’s Apple users don’t have full access to payments and banking services. As Reuters reported Thursday (April 4), Russia’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), has written to Apple...

Apple Insists It Complies With EU’s Digital Markets Act

March 18, 2024
Apple is defending its practices under Europe’s newly adopted Digital Markets Act (DMA). At a hearing Monday (March 18), the tech giant said that it has followed the landmark law, and pushed...