Google’s mission to make Android more like iPhone continues, at least when it comes to security and privacy, narrowing the gap. Android 15 moves the bar significantly, with a raft of updates including AI-based live detection of malicious apps and even cellular network defense. But there are also huge changes coming to Play Store.

The Play Store hosts millions of apps, and it looks like Google is working on a way to warn users about potentially low-quality apps.

Despite Google's tight control over the apps and games that make it to the Google Play Store, poor quality and shady apps slip through. Users are often fooled into downloading scammy or poorly developed apps,

Brazil's antitrust regulator has ordered Apple to remove App Store restrictions on third-party payment systems and allow developers to

But regulators don’t seem terribly keen to wait and see. Regulators in India, Brazil, UK, US, Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere now seem to agree that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases. It’s going to happen in the end.

Apple has unveiled the app and game finalists for the 2024 App Store awards. Apple says these finalists represent