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Apple forced to lock down App Store in China, VPN loophole won't work anymore

TechSpot

On Friday, Apple began complying with new Chinese regulations that require apps sold in China to carry an Internet Content Provider (ICP) license. Downloading iPhone apps in China just got a whole lot harder. Until now, Cupertino has taken advantage of a loophole that allowed users in China to download. Read Entire Article

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Apple has removed almost 42,000 games so far in App Store licensing purge in China

Venture Beast

To comply with Chinese law, Apple has removed nearly 42,000 games from its App Store in China because they didn't have proper licenses. Read More.

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T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service

The Verge

After years of anticipation , T-Mobile is finally getting into the live TV business with the launch of a new internet-based streaming service called TVision, launching on November 1st. TVision will be available on a variety of platforms, including iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire, and Google TV.

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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result of all this experience, companies should know what to do to make sure they’re using properly-licensed code, how to check for vulnerabilities, and how to keep everything patched and up-to-date. Weird new license terms The landscape of different open source license types is complicated enough. Here are the top ones.

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If Apple follows its own rules, you’ll soon be able to stream your Xbox to your iPhone

The Verge

Microsoft now tells me the goal is actually to have full parity between the iOS and Android apps, and that Apple is already reviewing the iOS version now. You see, Apple has a name for apps like these, distinct from the individual streaming game idea that we discussed last week.

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Apple is still tending its walled garden

The Verge

Apple has released public betas for the next big Apple Watch and Mac software updates. The link behavior popped up on Twitter yesterday : if you’re an Apple News Plus subscriber, clicking links to publications that are part of that subscription bundle will take you to the Apple News app instead of your browser.

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Apple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China

The Verge

The move is the latest concession Apple has made in order to offer its services in China, a market which Reuters notes accounts for almost 15 percent of its revenue. It’s worth noting that Apple isn’t itself calling Private Relay a VPN, citing technicalities in how it operates, but the service protects users’ privacy in a similar way.

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