European Commission on MacRumors
…Apple and Google are... EU to Target Apple Maps and Apple Ads Next The EU has begun looking into whether Apple Maps and Apple Ads should be designated as "gatekeepers" and subject…
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The MacRumors Show: WWDC26 Promises Apple Intelligence and Siri Upgrades
…The app could also launch labeled "beta" despite years of development, and is powered by Google Gemini, though Apple is said to be reluctant to emphasize that given Google's reputation as…
Play Store on MacRumors
…Google Follows Apple's Lead By Reducing Play Store Fee for App Subscriptions Google revealed on Thursday that it would follow Apple's lead in lowering the amount of money app developers…
The Information on MacRumors
…Apple Asks Google to Run Siri on Its Servers Apple has asked Google to investigate setting up servers in its data centers to run a future version of Siri powered by Gemini…
Android on MacRumors
…EU Takes Credit for Apple and Google's Upcoming iPhone-Android Data Transfer Tools The simplified smartphone switching Apple and Google are adopting is an example of how the Digital Markets Act…
Apple's Siri Chatbot: Everything We Know About the iOS 27 Overhaul
…Apple and Google are also discussing running the Siri chatbot on Google's servers powered by Tensor Processing Units, probably because Apple doesn't yet have the infrastructure to handle chatbot queries…
DuckDuckGo on MacRumors
…Apple Considered Making DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine in Safari Private Browsing Mode Back in 2018, Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Google as the default search engine in private browsing mode…
iPhone-Android RCS Conversations Are End-to-End Encrypted in iOS 26.5
…Along with Google, Apple worked with the GSM Association to implement E2EE for RCS messages. E2EE is part of the RCS Universal Profile 3.0, published with Apple's help and built…
Chrome on MacRumors
…Last year, Google was found... Apple Wants to Help Google Defend Search Engine Deal Worth Billions Apple wants to defend its multi-billion dollar search engine deal with Google, which is in…
Financial Times on MacRumors
…Apple's Google Gemini Deal Could Be Worth $5 Billion Apple's newly announced partnership with Google to use Gemini models for Siri and Apple Intelligence could be worth as much as…