Apple drops commission rates in China without a fuss TechCrunch By: Sarah Perez 13 March 2026 at 23:12 Apple dropped its App Store commission rates to 25% in China, and commissions on auto-renewed subscriptions down to 12%.
US military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine TechCrunch By: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 11 March 2026 at 01:44 Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.