Joe Rossignol (Slashdot): Due to regulatory action, Apple has agreed to allow alternative app stores, third-party payment systems for in-app purchases, and in-app links to external offers on iOS in Brazil, according to legal news website MLex and Brazilian blog Tecnoblog. Previously: Japan: App Marketplaces, External Payments, New Fee Structure UK: Commission Lawsuit Ruling and […]

Juli Clover: Apple and Google are teaming up to make it easier for users to switch between iPhone and Android smartphones, according to 9to5Google. There is a new Android Canary build available today that simplifies data transfer between two smartphones, and Apple is going to implement the functionality in an upcoming iOS 26 beta. […] […]

Thijs Xhaflaire: Jamf Threat Labs observed a signed and notarized stealer that did not follow the typical execution chains we have seen in the past. The sample in question looked highly similar to past variants of the increasingly active MacSync Stealer malware but was revamped in its design. Unlike earlier MacSync Stealer variants that primarily […]

Joe Rossignol (Hacker News, ArsTechnica): Italy’s Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. […] In a press release and executive summary today, the AGCM said the App Tracking Transparency rules are “disproportionate,” and “harmful” to app developers and advertisers. Ultimately, it found that […]

John Daniel (via John Siracusa, Reddit): As of 26.1, when you encode a security-scoped bookmark to “file:///”, what you decode will be a bookmark to “file:///.nofollow/”. So the decode method now succeeds, but the value is wrong. I actually preferred the behaviour of the original bug. Kevin Elliott: The “.nofollow” syntax is a new part […]