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Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/google-ordered-to-make-it-easier-to-download-alternative-android-app-stores/ @TechCrunch1

France's top court strikes down social media ban for children under 15 https://www.engadget.com/2237141/frances-top-court-strikes-down-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15/ @TechCrunch1

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/google-will-now-allow-users-to-remove-visible-watermark-from-its-ai-generations/ @TechCrunch1

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal @TechCrunch1

Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series https://www.theverge.com/tech/980467/google-pixel-11-camera-looks-older-phones @TechCrunch1

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/apple-proposes-to-take-a-15-cut-of-purchases-made-outside-the-app-store/ @TechCrunch1

Apple proposes taking a 5-to-15 percent cut from external App Store payments https://www.engadget.com/2236861/apple-proposal-5-to-15-percent-cut-external-app-store-payments/ @TechCrunch1