Apple Faces Developer Lawsuit After Defying App Store Injunction

Apple is being sued by developers unhappy with the company’s “willful violation” of the anti-steering injunction the court ordered as part of its legal battle with Epic Games. A company called Pure Sweat Basketball has teamed up with law firm Hagens Berman to file a class-action lawsuit against Apple in an attempt to win some […]

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Apple Banned Epic Games’ Developer Account, So How Is Fortnite Coming Back to the U.S. App Store?

In the early days of the Apple vs. Epic Games legal battle, Apple banned the Epic Games developer account and all of Epic’s titles, like Fortnite, disappeared from the App Store. ‌Epic Games‌’ U.S. developer account has been banned for almost five years now, so when Epic said last week that it would bring Fortnite […]

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FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on the ground this season, including ending federal door-to-door canvassing of survivors in disaster areas, WIRED has learned. A memo reviewed by WIRED, dated May 2 and addressed to regional FEMA leaders from Cameron Hamilton, a senior official performing […]

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PayPal Launching Contactless iPhone Payments in Germany to Compete With Apple Pay

PayPal today announced that it is planning to debut contactless payments in Germany, allowing German iPhone users to make tap-to-pay purchases in stores using their PayPal accounts. PayPal is able to offer this feature because Europe’s Digital Markets Act has forced Apple to open up the NFC chip in its devices to third-party apps. NFC […]

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Apple Intelligence to Evolve in Two Ways Across iOS 18.6 and iOS 19

While the more personalized version of Siri is infamously delayed, Apple Intelligence will continue to evolve in other ways in the meantime. In a later-than-usual Monday edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman outlined two additional Apple Intelligence enhancements that are likely planned for the upcoming iOS 18.6 and iOS 19 software updates. […]

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