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News items you should check out: August 21

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites:

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites.

° From the Financial Times (a subscription is required to read the article): Meta purportedly inflated ad performance and bypassed Apple’s privacy rules. 

° From 9to5Mac: Apple details new App Store taxes and price changes in select countries.

° From T3: Apple Card could experience big changes on its 6th birthday, but will that include an international rollout?

° From Fast Company: Biden-era AI safety promises aren’t holding up, and Apple’s the weakest link.

° From The Sun: She was convinced her symptoms were nothing to worry about until a notification on her Apple Watch changed everything.

° From AppleInsider: Like a schoolyard bully, Google started the blue and green iPhone and Android user message bubble fight, and after taking a beating, it wants it to stop now.

° From MacVoices Live!: On the new episode, the MacVoices The panel explores Tim Cook’s high-stakes White House visit, where Apple secured tariff exemptions with a $100B U.S. investment, earning both praise and debate over strategy.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.