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Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S. Stream Los ...
9to5google

Google will remove a carrier app from Pixel phones that left a ‘troubling’ security hole

A new report reveals that many Google Pixel phones sold over the past few years have a “Showcase” app installed that leaves open a worrying security hole, but it will be fixed soon. Affecting nearly ...
CNN

Apple and Google must prepare to remove TikTok from app stores by Jan. 19, lawmakers warn

Google-parent Alphabet and Apple must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on January 19, two US lawmakers said in a letter to the companies’ CEOs Friday. The bipartisan letter came ...
TechCrunch

German data protection official wants Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country’s app stores

A German data protection official has reported Chinese AI app DeepSeek to Apple and Google, saying the app transfers users’ information to China illegally. Meike Kamp, Berlin’s commissioner for data ...