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Illustration: The Verge Apple is finally opening the iPhone to third-party app stores in the European Union‚ kicking off a potentially vibrant‚ unwieldy‚ and eclectic new era for its app ecosystem. At least‚ it might‚ depending on how developers respond to a hurdle that is at once tiny and immense: a €0.50 fee. Apple is introducing a new fee structure for apps that want to operate on these third-party stores. On the surface‚ it looks great: apps pay no cut of sales to Apple if they’re distributed via a third-party store. And if a developer still wants to be distributed via Apple’s App Store‚ too‚ the cut drops from the traditional 30 percent fee down to 17 percent. It’s an even lower 10 percent fee for qualifying “small business” apps‚ down from the original 15... Continue reading…

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple is finally opening up the iPhone to sideloading and alternative app stores — at least in the European Union. It’s also allowing developers to use third-party payment processors in their apps. This is all part of Apple’s efforts to comply with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA)‚ and at the surface‚ these changes make it seem like Apple is giving in to regulatory pressure. But some developers are already responding with criticism about Apple’s new guidelines. Epic Games CEO (and part-time Apple critic) Tim Sweeney notably called out the changes as “hot garbage‚” even as Epic announced it would be launching its own app store through them. That’s because Apple’s new business terms come with some pretty big disadvantages —... Continue reading…

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The Denver pastor who faces charges over an alleged multi-million dollar cryptocurrency scheme said in a video to his congregation this week that he might have "misheard God‚" The Washington Post reported.

A Texas state senator who voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton in an impeachment trial last year wants colleagues to consider restarting proceedings against his fellow Republican.

U.S. — After many decades of going night after night without having their views represented‚ liberals are now relieved to finally have a white late-night host who agrees with them.

A 500-foot-thick layer of pumice rock on the Mediterranean seabed indicates Santorini volcano ejected 15 times more material than Hunga-Tonga during a previously unknown eruption.