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  Apple Follows Google in Blocking 14 Unregistered Crypto Exchange Apps in South Korea

  This week, Apple removed 14 crypto exchange apps from its App Store in South Korea for not being in compliance with the country’s licensing regime. KuCoin and MEXC are among the impacted apps. Unregistered crypto businesses lack government protection and can pose financial risks to the users – which is why South Korea believes in cutting access...

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  Google Chrome Fixes 23-Year-Old Bug That Let Sites See Your Previously Visited Links

  Google Chrome is set to fix a 23-year-old privacy bug that allowed malicious sites to track users' browsing history. Earlier measures partially addressed the issue, but Google says Chrome version 136, launching this month, will block exploits used to identify visited links. This update marks a significant advancement in user privacy protection.

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  Google to Ramp Up Android Security With New Features for App Developers

  Google is introducing measures to combat malicious and fraudulent apps on the Play Store. These include improved pre-review checks for developers, enhancing the Play Integrity API to block harmful apps outside the store, and expanded live threat detection to spot fake financial apps. Additionally, new badges will validate specific app categories, t...

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  Google Play Store Blocks 17 Unregistered Crypto Exchanges in South Korea, Apple May Follow

  Google Play has restricted access to 17 foreign crypto exchanges in South Korea, including KuCoin, in compliance with a regulatory directive. These exchanges can no longer be installed on Android devices within the country. The move aligns with South Korea’s efforts to regulate the digital asset market and enforce compliance among overseas platfo...

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  Google's Chrome Update Blocks Popular Ad Blockers, Including uBlock Origin

  Google's latest Chrome update has disabled several widely used ad-blocking extensions, including uBlock Origin.

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  DeepSeek Blocked on App Store, Google Play Store in Italy

  DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users.

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  Google Play Store, Apple's App Store Remove Multiple VPN Applications in India: Report

  Several VPN apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in India, marking the first crackdown since the government issued rules in 2022, requiring VPN providers to collect and store customer details. Despite closing physical servers in response to a government order issued two years ago, some VPN providers sti...

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  Apple Said to Offer $100 Million to Undo Indonesia iPhone 16 Ban

  After Apple submitted its increased offer, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry, which last month blocked a permit allowing the sale of the iPhone 16, is now demanding that the technology behemoth alter its investment plans to focus more on research and development for its smartphones in the country, the people said.

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  Indonesia Bans Sales of Google Phones Days After Blocking Apple's iPhone 16

  Indonesia has imposed a ban on the sale of Google Pixel smartphones, citing regulations that mandate the inclusion of at least 40 percent locally produced components. This move comes shortly after the prohibition of Apple's iPhone 16 sales in the country, for a similar reason.

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  Russia Fines Google $20 Decillion. That's 2 Followed By 34 Zeroes

  The unprecedented penalty targets YouTube, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, over the platform's decision to block Russian state-run media channels in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  Epic Games Accuses Samsung, Google of Scheme to Block App Rivals

  Epic said it would file a lawsuit in US federal court in California alleging that a Samsung mobile security feature called Auto Blocker was intended to deter users from downloading apps from sources other than the Play store or Samsung's Galaxy store, which the Korean company chose to put on the back burner.

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  Google API’s New Feature Allows Developers to Force App Downloads Through Play Store

  Android has rolled out an API for developers which allows them to have more control over how their apps are downloaded, according to a report. The API – dubbed “Play Integrity” – is said to carry a new functionality that forces users to only download the app through the Google Play Store, effectively blocking sideloading.

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  Google Photos Gets a New Feature That Lets Users Block a Person’s Face From Memories

  Google Photos is getting a new feature that lets users not just hide but block a person entirely from their media collection. As per the company, it can prove useful when users don’t want to see a person featured in their featured Memories tab. While a similar feature was previously available in Google Photos, it only allowed users to hide them f...

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  Google Threat Intelligence With Gemini AI Capabilities Introduced for Cybersecurity Professionals

  Google introduced its newest cybersecurity-focused threat detection and analysis product dubbed Google Threat Intelligence on Tuesday. The tech giant is offering the product as a part of the Google Cloud Security portfolio, and said it will assist cybersecurity professionals gain better visibility of global threats. The threat intelligence platform...

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  Google Wants to Improve Its Circle to Search Feature by Eliminating Accidental Touches

  Google is planning to improve Circle to Search by eliminating the accidental touch issue with the feature. Circle to Search was launched in January this year with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series as a visual lookup feature where users can circle an image or block of text and the feature recognises what is being highlighted and shows Google Search resu...