An investigation finds thousands of iOS and Android apps, including from the CDC and US Army, used Russia-based tech company Pushwoosh’s code for notifications (Reuters)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores and other changes on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, spurred by EU requirements coming in 2024  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores and other changes on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, spurred by EU requirements coming in 2024  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.

TechCrunch:
India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps and the IT ministry plans to ensure that only approved apps are hosted on app stores  —  India plans to mandate which loan apps are allowed on app stores in the country, the latest in a series of recent steps …

Reuters:
Canalys: China’s Q3 smartphone shipments fell 11% YoY to 70M; Vivo, Oppo, and Honor fell 23%, 27%, and 16% respectively, Apple rose 36% on iPhone 14 Pro demand  —  Smartphone shipments in China fell 11% year-on-year in Q3 2022, with privately-owned Vivo taking the top spot, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday.

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces a new 11″ and 12.9″ iPad Pro with M2 chip, Wi-Fi 6E, and a new Apple Pencil hover feature, in stores October 26 and starting at $799 and $1,099  —  Apple today unveiled the new generation of 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, powered by the latest M2 Apple Silicon chips.

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Analysis finds 16 smartphone apps, used as alternatives to ankle monitors in the US, allow access to wide swaths of information and are frequently unreliable  —  Researchers at the University of Washington and Harvard Law School recently published a groundbreaking study analyzing …