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On March 5, US lawmakers introduced a bill to penalize app stores in the country from listing TikTok or any other application developed or provided by TikTok’s parent company ByteDance. The bill, called “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” classifies ByteDance as a foreign adversary. It defines a foreign adversary as—

• a company or entity domiciled or headquartered in a foreign adversary country (this includes China, North Korea, Russia and Iran)
• any entity in which individuals or entities from a foreign adversary country own a minimum stake of 20%
• a person subject to the directions/control of a foreign adversary country.

Any app store or web hosting service that fails to comply with the bill will be fined any amount that results from…

As launch day for Apple’s Vision Pro approaches on Feb. 2, the company shared which video streaming apps will be accessible on day one. Netflix is noticeably missing from the list, and according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, the streaming giant purportedly did not create a native app for the VR headset, nor will it support its iPad version. 

Rather, Netflix is urging Vision Pro users to stream its content on a web browser such as Safari. Though it’s one of the few major streaming platforms that will not have a presence in the app store, Apple is touting the inclusion of Disney Plus, Max, Tubi, ESPN, NBA, MLB, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Pluto TV, Fubo, Crunchyroll, IMAX, TikTok and others. Disney Plus offers an immersive viewing experience using visionOS that allows you to watch select…