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Apple’s reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill

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Apple is on a roll when it comes to having its hand forced by state entities and governing bodies: Alternative payment methods, stripping features from existing hardware, allowing alternate app stores and genuine browser default competition — everywhere you turn it seems to be satisfying some reversal, owing either to trial judgments not going its … Read more

As Israel pushes punitive demolitions, household of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose its residence

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JERUSALEM — With the partitions stripped naked and furnishings dismantled, the east Jerusalem condominium is a far cry from the vividly-hued haven it was in early February, when members of the Zalabani household performed playing cards on the cobalt sofa and feasted on stewed rooster with richly spiced rice. That February dinner — a day … Read more