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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityTechnologyApple ‘like The Godfather’ with new App Store rulesPublished8 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Colton Adamski is hoping to launch one of the first alternative app marketplaces on iPhonesBy Joe TidyCyber correspondentThis week Apple made the long-awaited landmark move to allow other companies to launch app stores on iPhones.The tech giant was forced to act by EU politicians concerned about it having a market monopoly.The decision is being watched closely around the world and was initially celebrated as an industry victory for businesses and consumers in the EU.But Apple’s strict new rules and fees are being heavily criticised, with Spotify calling them “extortion”.It is one of many companies, including Fortnite maker Epic Games, that has been pushing Apple to allow alternative app stores on iPhones.’Grey business’The EU lawmakers hoped their rule change would encourage smaller challengers to enter the lucrative iPhone market.”Apple says it’s opening up, but it still has a tight fist around iPhones”, says Colton Adamski, a former hacker and businessman who lives near Chicago and is trying to launch one of the first alternative app shops in the EU. The 22-year-old has been running an unofficial iPhone app store for more than six years. It is, in his words, a “grey business” operating on the fringes of what is legal. For everywhere other than the EU, starting an app store is against Apple’s terms, and installing apps outside the official App Store is prohibited.The process, known as side-loading, is common practice on Android phones, but Apple has forbidden it since launching the iPhone, arguing it is a security risk. Apps need to be verified through the official App Store, the tech giant has long said.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Apple’s App Store has been the only accepted way to get apps on to iPhones until nowApple charges an average 30% commission to apps using its store, which it says is for the protection of consumers. Although the fee is controversial, it is true that generally Apple is more successful at keeping malicious apps out than other marketplaces like Google’s Play Store.Colton’s app shop has attracted hundreds of thousands of downloads of unofficial apps and games. The BBC tried his service and was able to download apps to an iPhone through a simple workaround that changes the phone settings to override security warnings. He has made a decent living operating his under-the-radar app shop, but has long wished to make one legitimately. So when the EU’s new laws were announced in January, he jumped at the chance.”It was so exciting we finally had the opportunity to go from a ‘grey’ store operating in the margins of what’s allowed to finally launching a legit store,” he says. Fortnite to come back to iPhones in EU Pornhub challenges EU over online content rulesApple is now the biggest smartphone seller globally and has the most affluent user base, so getting his store on to iPhones would be a major win. Colton’s excitement diminished though when he and his team started reading Apple’s terms and conditions.He compares Apple’s rules to a gangster from The Godfather or Sopranos. Yes, you can open your shop on their turf, but you have to do exactly as they say or they will shut you down. Apple insists that new app shops have €1m (£851,000) in the bank, but if their reserves dip below that figure, they can be closed down. Apple did not respond to our questions about why this is needed, but has previously said it is about weeding out dodgy, or scam, stores. In the last few weeks, since Colton secured his line of credit, Apple has said that app developers of “good standing” for at least two years can also build an app shop without the €1m.Colton’s next hurdle to overcome is how to make a profit. Apple automatically bills new app stores half a euro for every download after one million. Apple says this Core Technology Fee is about keeping iPhones safe through security updates. But Colton feels this is like a so-called protection fee paid to a mob under the guise of making sure a shop owner’s business is safe. So if someone downloads his app shop app but never uses it, he still has to pay Apple 50 cents. Image caption, Colton is determined to launch a challenger app marketplace in spite of the hurdlesApple is also applying the 50 cent fee to individual apps that receive more than a million downloads, which is worrying some popular app makers. The company has created a website where app developers can estimate how much money they would owe Apple if they choose to list their apps on other stores. It could total thousands if the million download figure is passed, but If they sold exclusively through Apple’s App Store it would cost nothing. Another charge being criticised is the 17% fee Apple will charge on any sales of an app sold on its App Store and elsewhere. Apple argues that 99% of apps it currently hosts are small enough that they can reduce or maintain their current fees. “Ultimately, we want developers to have the flexibility to choose the business terms that make the most sense for them,” a spokeswoman said.But, according to Colton, just like The Godfather, Apple is making companies an offer they cannot refuse to keep them listing only on the App Store. “Many app developers I know are angry and upset. How on earth can they explain this Core Technology Fee? We don’t see Android pulling that nonsense,” Colton says.Android phones, running Google software, have historically been more open, allowing other app shops to exist like Samsung Galaxy Store and Huawei AppGallery.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Apple and Google account for more than 95% app store market share outside China according to information platform BusinessOfAppsBut Google’s own app shop – Google Play – is by far the most dominant player and, like Apple’s App Store, charges apps on average 30% of their profits or subscriptions as commission. EU lawmakers who created the Digital Markets Act have not yet given an opinion on Apple’s alternative app store rules, and say they will assess them once they are seen in practice. For now, Colton says he is determined to make his app store work. “It’s proving to be really tough but me and my team are working hard because this is literally the future of iPhones,” he said. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaBiden classified documents: Special counsel raises questions about the president’s ‘poor memory’Published41 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024Image source, Getty ImagesBy Matt MurphyBBC News, WashingtonA landmark report from Special Counsel Robert Hur has raised serious questions about President Joe Biden’s memory, allegations the White House has been quick to rebuff. Declining to prosecute Mr Biden for retaining troves of classified documents, Mr Hur – a Republican – said the 81-year-old would likely present himself at trial as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”. Elsewhere, the report challenged Mr Biden for retaining reams of classified information, and for storing it improperly and insecurely. The White House has already attacked the report, saying the descriptions of the president’s memory were not “accurate or appropriate” and said that they had no place in a Department of Justice report. Major questions raised about the president’s memoryThe report found that the president’s memory “appeared to have significant limitations”.The quotes are among dozens of examples in the report which raise major questions about Mr Biden’s memory and mental agility. In one passage, the special counsel described extended interview with the ghost writer of Mr Biden’s book, Mark Zwonitzer, where the president appeared to struggle to recall significant events from his time serving as vice-president to Barack Obama. “Mr Biden’s recorded conversations with Zwonitzer from 2017 are often painfully slow, with Mr Biden struggling to remember events and straining at times to read and relay his own notebook entries.” The report then details Mr Biden’s interviews with the special counsels’ office, for which he sat voluntarily, six years later. It describes his memory as having become worse in intervening period. “In his interview with our office, Mr Biden’s memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (‘if it was 2013 – when did I stop being Vice President?’), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (‘in 2009, am I still Vice President’).” Elsewhere, the report says that Mr Biden struggled to remember key events that caused divisions in the early days of the Obama administration. In particular, it suggests that Mr Biden struggled to describe the intricacies of a debate surrounding the surge of troops into Afghanistan in 2009. The then vice-president was opposed to President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional US troops into the country to support the government of Hamid Karzai. Instead, Mr Biden wanted to expand special operations missions and drone strikes. “His memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he “had a real difference” of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mr Biden disagreed with Mr Obama’s decision to send 30,000 US troops to shore up Hamid Karzai’s governmentElsewhere, Mr Hur’s report also suggests that Mr Biden could not recall when exactly his son, Beau, passed away. “He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.” The president’s son, a former US army soldier in Iraq and Delaware’s ex-attorney general, died in May 2015, aged 46. Mr Biden has described the event as one of the worst days of his life. While Mr Hur’s report offers these examples as evidence of Mr Biden’s diminished mental faculties, the report has already come under attack from Democrats. Richard Sauber – Mr Biden’s special counsel – condemned the report and urged Mr Hur, who has no medical training, to “revisit [his] descriptions of President Biden’s memory and revise them so that they are stated in a manner that is within the bounds of your expertise and remit”.Mr Sauber also observed that the interviews began the day after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October last year, and that Mr Hur seemed to accept it was reasonable that other witnesses could not recall events which, in some cases, occurred almost 15 years ago. Biden stored classified documents next to a dog bedIn another section of the report, Mr Hur described how investigators who raised Mr Biden’s home in Delaware found scores of classified documents relating to Afghanistan in his cluttered garage. The report said the files were discovered “near a collapsed dog crate, a dog bed, a Zappos box, an empty bucket, a broken lamp wrapped with duct tape, potting soil, and synthetic firewood”.Image source, FBIImage caption, A number of classified files were found in Mr Biden’s cluttered garageBut it noted that “reasonable juror could conclude that this is not where a person intentionally stores what he supposedly considers to be important classified documents, critical to his legacy”. Instead, Mr Hur once again raised questions over Mr Biden’s memory, saying the discovery looked “like a place a person stores classified documents he has forgotten about or is unaware of”. Biden thought Obama was making a major mistake with Afghanistan surgeShortly after coming to office, Mr Obama became convinced that a surge of US forces into Afghanistan was the only way to maintain stability in the country. Mr Biden, as previously stated, was strongly opposed to the policy. The then vice-president viewed himself as “a historic figure” who frequently maintained diaries and records with a view to later writing his legacy. The report says Biden had a strong motive to keep the classified documents about Afghanistan, because he wanted to prove that he was opposed to Mr Obama’s decision to send extra troops there.He “believed President Obama’s 2009 troop surge was a mistake on par with Vietnam”, the report states, adding: “He wanted record to show that he was right about Afghanistan; that his critics were wrong.”Contrast drawn with evasive TrumpMr Hur credits Mr Biden with immediately handing over the documents to investigators after he found them. “Mr Biden turned in classified documents to the National Archives and the Department of Justice, consented to the search of multiple locations including his homes, sat for a voluntary interview. and in other ways cooperated with the investigation.” And he drew a strong distinction with former President Donald Trump, who he says adopted the opposite approach. Mr Trump is facing multiple charges for obstructing efforts to investigate the storage of the files at his Florida home. “Unlike the evidence involving Mr. Biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of Mr Trump, if proven, would present serious aggravating facts.”Most notably, after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, Mr Trump allegedly did the opposite. According to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Donald trump allegedly kept secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left office and obstructed government efforts to retrieve themIt was reasonable for Biden to keep some classified diaries Mr Biden has long kept notebooks in which he would write classified information during meetings. The report noted that during his eight years as vice-president, Mr Biden regularly kept notebooks that included details of classified subjects, including the President’s Daily Brief and National Security Council meetings. These notebooks were later removed from the White House and discovered in unlocked drawers and from the basement of his Delaware and Virginia homes. Mr Biden, the report said, was aware the notebooks contained classified information but still read aloud from them to his ghost writer. But the report accepts that given the precedent set by former President Ronald Reagan – who also kept notebooks filled with classified information – that it may have been reasonable for Mr Biden to believe that he had a right to hold onto the information. “Many jurors would conclude that, given the Department’s treatment of Mr Reagan, who kept his classified diaries for more than a decade before his death, it would have been plausible for Mr Biden to believe he could properly keep his classified notebooks. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaIceland volcano: Grindavik’s people may never return after volcano spills lava into townPublished16 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Drone footage from 14 January shows lava engulf houses in GrindavikBy Hermann GunnarssonReykjavik, IcelandThe resilient community of Grindavik has for the past weeks and months experienced the relentless forces of nature, once again proving why Iceland is often called the “Land of Fire and Ice.”Three homes in this town on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland were destroyed this month when molten lava spewed through two fissures created by the Svartsengi volcanic system. Once a thriving fishing village with vibrant sports teams and a youthful population, Grindavik now lies empty. Its people have fled and are beginning to face up to the realisation they may never be able live there again.So uncertain is their future, one woman said she wished her home had been swallowed up by lava.Over the past three years, the peninsula – approximately the size of the West Midlands in the UK – has witnessed five volcanic eruptions.On 10 November, faced with an alarming number of earthquakes and suspicions of magma beneath the town, Iceland’s authorities ordered the evacuation of Grindavik, home to approximately 3,800 residents.Over the following days it became clear that several homes had been completely ruined by seismic activity. Residents hoped to return home as the frequency of the earthquakes diminished – but in mid-December, a strong eruption began in the nearby Sundhnuks crater series, lasting three days.I witnessed the eruption myself then three hours after it had begun I drove home.Image source, NurPhotoImage caption, The town of Grindavik now lies deserted and no-one knows if its people will ever returnAlong the road from the capital, Reykjavik, to Keflavik airport which leads to my town, Reykjanesbaer, I caught sight of fissure almost 4km in length, spewing molten lava. It felt as though I was watching the gates of hell opening. Grindavik was spared for the time being -the eruption took place about 3km (1.85 miles) away – but additional fissures were subsequently discovered in the town, prompting authorities to close them and begin repairing damaged infrastructure.Tragedy struck on 10 January when a man working in the town fell through one of the crevasses. After a brief search, the operation was halted due to the dangers involved.Four days later, another eruption began perilously close to Grindavik.From the Icelandic civil protection’s central command centre in Reykjanesbaer, I witnessed the live feed of the eruption from the Sundhnuks crater series. Image source, Hermann GunnarssonIn the weeks leading up to the January eruption, the government had decided to erect protective walls in an attempt to prevent lava flowing towards Grindavik and the nearby Svartsengi geothermal power plant.For the first few hours the protective walls proved helpful, though the fissure had to some extent opened through one of the walls. That meant some lava flowed toward the town, but the walls kept most of it at bay.Around noon on 14 January, I was watching with other reporters next to the protective walls in Grindavik, when I and others caught sight of smoke appearing from behind the walls, from the town itself.The sheer size of the protective walls prevented us from seeing what was causing the smoke. However, an eerie feeling struck me that this might be another fissure opening behind the walls, leaving the town completely unprotected.In the next few minutes, those fears of mine were realised.They fled as lava spilled into town – and they may never returnA fissure had opened less than 100m away from houses in Grindavik, and every first responder I spoke to on the scene came to the conclusion that now there was really nothing that could be done to save the houses.We were witnessing the most extensive natural disasters Iceland had seen for 51 years.Iceland EruptionIn the land of fire and ice, a volcano erupts after weeks of intense seismic activity. Watch now on BBC iPlayer (UK Only)Glued to their TVs, Icelanders watched as lava engulfed the first houses – a surreal and heart-breaking spectacle. Though the eruption was short-lived, three houses were lost.Now into February the people of Grindavik find themselves scattered across the country, unable to live in their hometown.Pall Valur Björnsson has had to leave his Grindavik home for Reykjavik and feels the government has not sufficiently managed to help ease the uncertainty that the town’s population feel about their future.
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Pall Valur BjörnssonIt is clear the responders were in no way prepared for an event like thisPall Valur BjörnssonGrindavik resident”So far, all [their] actions have been characterised by haste and bewilderment, and information given to the residents of Grindavik has confused people rather than solving problems,” he complained.”All the administration surrounding the efforts has been completely unacceptable, and it is clear the responders were in no way prepared for an event like this, which is absolutely incredible considering that these earthquakes and eruptions started three years ago.”Their lives have been upended since 10 November. They have not been given a return date by authorities, and it’s not clear if the town will ever be safe to live in. Even if residents are allowed back, some may be too traumatised to return.They also face the financial burden of mortgages on houses they cannot live in. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lava spilled into town and covered some of the streets, destroying homes in the processIcelanders and their government are united in offering help. The town’s residents are receiving housing benefit and parliamentary bill will aim to alleviate their problems.When Bryndis Gunnlaugsdottir told a meeting of Grindavik residents in January that she wished the lava had destroyed her house too, she was greeted with thunderous applause..Such a level of despair is hard to imagine, but when I asked her about it, it somehow made sense.
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Bryndis GunnlaugsdottirI said I wanted my house under lava because then there would be an end to the uncertaintyBryndis GunnlaugsdottirGrindavik resident”It’s been 80 days since the evacuation took place. In those 80 days, the people of Grindavik have not had a home,” she explained. “Our community is hurting, and we have no idea what the future holds for us.”Detailing the evacuation and closure of Grindavik and the death of a man in the town, she said there had been too many tragedies.”I said I wanted my house under lava because then there would be an end to the uncertainty. I’d be compensated and could build a new life and focus on the emotional pain that follows losing a community, at least for some time.”I feel many residents of Grindavik agree uncertainty is the worst enemy now.”Grindavik’s fate is unknown, although its community holds on to the hope of going back.There is no way of telling when or where the next eruption will begin on the Reykjanes peninsula. But Icelandic scientists mostly agree that it is not a matter of if but when. Related TopicsVolcanoesIcelandMore on this storyIceland lava slowing down after day of destructionPublished15 JanuaryTop StoriesWoman killed by dogs while visiting grandsonPublished30 minutes agoPolice hunting Clapham suspect offer £20,000 rewardPublished3 hours agoNew video shows Clapham attack suspect in Tesco. VideoNew video shows Clapham attack suspect in TescoPublished4 hours agoFeaturesNew video shows Clapham attack suspect in Tesco. VideoNew video shows Clapham attack suspect in TescoCan Musk’s Neuralink brain chip really change the world?How Imran Khan plans to win an election from jailDid bodybuilding bring on my early perimenopause?I almost died up a mountain scattering dad’s ashesThey fled as lava spilled into town – and they may never returnTeenage killers tried to get away with Brianna murderDoes Germany’s economy need more than a cup of coffee?One of worst halves of my career – Wales coach GatlandAttributionSportElsewhere on the BBCA Scottish wild swimming road-trip!Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill take the plunge at Scotland’s breathtaking wild swimming spotsAttributioniPlayer’I never tried to be famous…it was accidental’Michael Parkinson with guests Ricky Gervais, Michael Palin and Kate AdieAttributioniPlayer’I smashed all my trophies’Bradley Wiggins opens up about his mental health and imposter syndromeAttributioniPlayerBritish television’s greatest double actEric and Ernie share their remarkable journey through TV appearances, rare radio material and BBC archivesAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Woman killed by dogs while visiting grandson2Garraway to return to TV role after husband’s funeral3Police hunting Clapham suspect offer £20,000 reward4Is ford loved by TikTokers a danger or harmless fun?5Notorious gangster’s letters to be sold at auction6Did bodybuilding bring on my early perimenopause?7I would speak to killer’s mother – Brianna’s mum8No more easy deals for Russian convicts freed to fight9Free childcare: Keegan confident of April start10Bus driver who died after alleged assault named](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/DBBE/production/_132545265_559e6a9395d1478b218e7d3e8dad5b4864e6fd0b0_128_1501_8441000x563.jpg)
