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EU hits Apple and Google hard…

The EU has ordered both Apple and Google to cough up some large fines. Apple has to pay back £11 billion in taxes and Google has been fined £2 billion for market dominance abuse. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwkwxr4eqo… 

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Apple hits patreon hard!

Now call me a cynic – but this seems yet another step too far from Apple but I seriously doubt anyone will care. In a cynical move Apple will take 30% from your money by… 

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Meta charged by EU over DMA

Meta has been formally charged by the EU for violating the DMA after Apple was also charged last week. These big companies are trying so hard to get around privacy legislation it is unreal. Both… 

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Apple welcomes OpenAI to the fold

Amongst the slew of AI announcements recently, Apple was pretty quiet – until now! It has announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to Siri. Pretty quickly the MuskMan got involved and said he… 

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Apple geofences 3rd party browser work

Apple really does not want to go along with the EU and its DSA. They geofence working with a 3rd party browser making development of EU work difficult. In an ideal world the EU would… 

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Apple removes headphone jack from iPad

The last Apple ipad with a headphone jack has been removed from sale. I reckon that the humble 3.5mm jack will be gone in 2024. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151124/apple-ipad-headphone-jack

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Big drop in Apple sales

Apple sales have fallen in nearly all markets in the first 3 months of 2024, with drops of over 10% in most markets. This is similar to all the other tech giants reporting lower sales…