| Apple is a growing platform target for determined attackers. Better protect your Apple devices and organizational data with Jamf Threat Defense - a mobile threat detection and zero-day phishing prevention solution that provides consistent security for all your endpoints. Get started today!  | 
The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in the Netherlands has already fined Apple €5 million ($5.5 million) ten times because it failed to provide an actionable plan to let dating app developers in the country use third-party payment systems for in-app purchases (IAPs). One of Apple’s conditions was that developers would have to create separate app binaries for the Dutch market. The company has now eliminated this requirement. 
Apple could have unknowingly provided user data to a group of hackers masquerading as government officials last year. Apple didn’t explicitly confirm what happened, but reports suggest the iPhone maker wasn’t the hackers’ only target firm. 
Apple is already on the road to self-reliance in silicon with its M1 chips. Now, a report claims it could also reduce its dependency on external partners to develop financial products in the future. As the first step in that direction, Apple is said to be working on developing its own payment processing technology. 
After much anticipation, iFixit finally took apart the Apple Studio Display that launched at the Peek Performance event earlier this month. The display wasn’t well-received by reviewers due to teething troubles with the 12MP FaceTime camera, non-detachable power cable, and non-user-replaceable stand. But does it score high on iFixit’s repairability index? 
Tianfeng International Securities’ reputed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now has reason to believe Apple won’t use Touch ID technology in the 2023 iPhone 15 series and 2024 iPhone 16 models. 
Earlier this week, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in the Netherlands hit Apple with its tenth fine of €5 million ($5.5 million) for failing to offer alternative in-app purchase systems for Dutch dating app developers. Now, the Consumer Competition Claims Foundation (CCCF) is preparing to sue the iPhone maker over the App Store’s developer fees. It seeks a whopping €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in damages over the company’s “anti-competitive practices.” 
By default, Apple’s Automatic Updates feature lets iOS users get automatic updates overnight when their device is connected to a power source and a Wi-Fi network. However, the updates only tend to get installed days or even weeks after the initial rollout. A curious iPhone user emailed Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior VP of software engineering, asking him the reason behind the delay. Surprisingly, the executive responded to the email, saying that iOS updates are rolled out incrementally to those who “explicitly seek them out in Settings,” while it reaches those with auto-update enabled one to four weeks later. 
