VK, which owns Mail.ru and Russia’s largest social network VKontakte, says Apple has removed its apps from the App Store (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Apple restores Russia’s top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after removing them over UK sanctions; it is unclear why they are back  —  Apple has restored Russian social network VKontatke and webmail provider Mail.Ru to the App Store, three weeks after removing …

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple’s App Store that engaged in ad fraud, collectively had 13M installs, and have since been removed  —  Security researchers have discovered 75 applications on Google Play and another ten on Apple’s App Store engaged in ad fraud.

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google unveils search results with a “Discussions and forums” section, rolling out on mobile in the US, and with machine-translated news coverage, in early 2023  —  At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Apple has “paused ads related to gambling and a few other categories on App Store product pages” after criticism from developers and others  —  Apple has “paused ads related to gambling and a few other categories on App Store product pages” after developers and commentators criticized …

Max A. Cherney / Protocol:
Nvidia and AMD say the US imposed export restrictions on chips used for AI applications to Russia and China, affecting chips like Nvidia’s A100 and AMD’s MI200  —  The U.S. has begun to impose fresh restrictions on exports of advanced chips necessary for AI-related applications to Russia and China …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
NLRB: Apple’s Penn Square store employees in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize with the CWA, with 56 votes in favor and 32 against  —  Workers at Apple’s Penn Square store in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize with the Communications Workers of America, with 56 yeses, and 32 nos.