A Texas federal judge temporarily blocked a new state law requiring adults and minors to verify their age before downloading apps or making in-app purchases Tuesday. Senate Bill 2420, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, passed almost unanimously in this year’s legislative session. Also known as the App Store Accountability Act, the law would require … Read more
After a federal judge on Tuesday blocked Texas from implementing a new age verification law for app stores, Apple announced it will pause previously announced plans for the state as it continues to monitor the “ongoing legal process.” Apple said its previously announced developer tools for age assurance would remain available for testing and use. … Read more
Updated on: Dec 24, 2025 04:52 am IST According to DownDetector, outage reports of issues began around 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, with most users saying that both the app and website were not working. AI chatbot platform Character.ai has reportedly been experiencing outages for several hours. According to DownDetector, reports of issues began around … Read more
Published on: Dec 24, 2025 12:21 am IST APPLE-ALPHABET/TEXAS (PIX):US judge blocks Texas app store age law meant to protect children By Mike Scarcella US judge blocks Texas app store age law meant to protect children WASHINGTON, – A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from enforcing a new state law aimed at … Read more
A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users’ ages from taking effect on January 1st. In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute “is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to … Read more
Apple has been fined more than €98 million (about $116 million) by Italy’s antitrust regulator over the “excessively burdensome” privacy rules it imposes on third-party apps. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) says that Apple abused its dominant app store market position by burdening developers with “disproportionate” terms around data collection that exceed privacy law requirements, … Read more
Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it’s complying with Judge James Donato’s order to crack open Android for third-party app stores, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to download their apps outside the Play Store in the US. But Google … Read more
Updated on: Dec 22, 2025 10:25 pm IST Apple will appeal the regulator’s decision and reiterated its commitment “to defend strong privacy protections”. Italy’s competition authority (AGCM) said on Monday it had fined U.S technology giant Apple and two of its divisions 98.6 million euros ($115.53 million) over alleged abuse of their dominant position in … Read more