Apple allows "Marvel Snap" to return to the App Store, presumably thanks to new publishing arrangements that gets the game away from the still-banned ByteDance.

The buzz around Chinese AI startup DeepSeek began picking up steam earlier this month, when the startup released R1, its model that rivals OpenAI's o1.

Marvel Snap, a popular game that was caught up in the TikTok ban, returned to the App Store today and it is once again available for download.

Apple has announced its new Advanced Commerce API, designed to provide app developers the ability to manage large catalogs of in-app purchases or subscriptions.

TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps have been removed from the App Store, but why aren’t they available anymore?

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.

Following the release of R1, DeepSeek has achieved the number 1 position on the US App Store, overthrowing ChatGPT.

So, as this new Chinese AI app continues its ride atop Apple’s App Store, the question is whether it’s safe to install and use on your iPhone. And here there are some real parallels with TikTok. It’s not the app that’s the issue — it’s what the platform behind the app does with your data that matters.

Nearly a week after it was removed, the TikTok app is still missing from Apple and Google’s app stores. Because these app stores are the primary way many people get the software, TikTok’s absence basically means you can’t newly install the app — at least,

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Officials with the program say they received some federal stopgap funding from the DoD earlier this week to keep doors open through Jan. 31, but say STARBASE Maxwell will run out