Kremlin demands an explanation from Apple after VK apps vanish from the App Store

Apple’s Removal of VK Apps Sparks Claims of Fear Over Russian Technology

Apple's decision to remove VK applications from the App Store has triggered a new wave of criticism in Russia, with public officials and technology experts offering competing explanations for the move. Members of Russia's Public Chamber and representatives of the digital industry argue that the removal reflects growing pressure on Russian technology companies and raises concerns about the future of domestic services on foreign platforms. Several VK applications disappeared from the App Store on June 25, including VK Music, VK Messenger and VK Video. Later, Apple's marketplace also removed the main VK application.

Apple removes Russian social network VK, Odnoklassniki, and Mail.ru from App Store

Several apps belonging to the VK holding company vanished from the App Store, the Russian business news outlet RBC reported on June 25. The affected apps include Dzen, VK Video, VK Messenger, VK Music, and VK Dating.

Apple Loses EU App Store Gatekeeper Appeal

Apple tried to convince a European court that one App Store was secretly five. The post Apple Loses EU App Store Gatekeeper Appeal appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights.

Apple internals: Swift in the kernel

Apple’s Swift has become the de-facto language for Apple’s own developers for a while now, and it seems that with the new operating system releases from the company unveiled during WWDC, Switch is now also being used in the kernel. Naturally I dropped what I was doing and went grepping through the iOS 27 kernelcache. Alas, nothing came of it. All is not lost though: I found the Embedded Swift runtime in macOS 27, sitting in com.apple.kec.pthread of all places. Then I went poking around the root filesystem and it turns out Apple gave the whole effort a name: KernelKit. Let’s dissect it. Josh Maine It’s still quite limited at this time, which makes sense – you don’t want to be too crazy with the core of the operating system that runs on god knows how many PCs, smartphones, and other devices. It’s also entirely contained within a few kexts as embedded runtimes, and the XNU kernel itself remains entirely C and C++.

Apple Removes Russia’s VKontakte From App Store

Apple has removed VKontakte, Russia’s largest social media platform, from the App Store, sparking outrage in Moscow. The move follows the recent removal of the state-backed Max messenger, as the Kremlin pushes users toward domestic services and seeks answers from Apple over the decision.