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Apple Reaches Deal to Take Billions of Dollars in China's WeChat

13 novembre 2025 à 17:03
Apple has reached a new agreement with Tencent that will allow the company to process payments and collect a 15% commission on purchases made inside WeChat mini games and mini apps on the iPhone, establishing a major new revenue stream in China after over a year of negotiations, according to Bloomberg.


Under the arrangement, Apple will begin handling in-app payment processing for qualifying mini apps and mini games distributed inside WeChat, China's dominant all-purpose mobile platform. Developers participating in the system will need to adopt specific Apple software requirements, including a feature that allows parents to share a child's age range.

Unlike users in the rest of the world, most Chinese ‌iPhone‌ users do not access services by downloading separate apps from the App Store. Instead, they use WeChat as a single interface for services, utilities, and entertainment. These functions are powered by a vast network of mini apps contained entirely within WeChat.

Purchases made through these mini apps have historically not generated ‌App Store‌ commission because many developers direct users to external payment systems. As a result, Apple's new agreement gives the company a foothold in a major segment of Chinese mobile payments from which it previously received no revenue.

While the new 15% commission is half of Apple's standard 30% rate for many ‌App Store‌ transactions, Bloomberg estimates that the size of the WeChat ecosystem makes the agreement potentially worth billions of dollars to Apple. The agreement is expected to be disclosed publicly by the companies at a later date.

This article, "Apple Reaches Deal to Take Billions of Dollars in China's WeChat" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Ultra-processed foods may help explain rising bowel cancer in under-50s, study suggests

13 novembre 2025 à 17:00

Research among women finds those who eat more UPFs have greater risk of early onset of polyp that can lead to cancer

Women under 50 who have a diet high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) stand a greater risk of having abnormal growths in their bowel that can lead to cancer, research suggests.

Ultra-processed foods are typically defined as industrially produced products that are often ready-to-eat, contain little in the way of whole foods, fibre and vitamins, and are typically high in saturated fat, sugar, salt and food additives.

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‘We had to dumb ourselves down to fit in’: Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford on finally making the first album they wrote as teens

13 novembre 2025 à 17:00

Written in 1974, the Bowie-influenced songs on Trixies are set in a fictional south London nightclub, but were shelved when punk took the band in a new direction. Now, after Squeeze’s 50th anniversary, they’re seeing the light of day

In September 1974, when they were hopeful teenage unknowns in Deptford, Squeeze created a concept album, Trixies, set in a fictional south London nightclub. Believing they had come up with a substantial work, they recorded the 10 tracks on a borrowed Revox tape machine and expected the world to fall at their feet. But nothing happened. “All our friends liked it,” says singer and lead guitarist Glenn Tilbrook, who turned 17 just before the recording. “But that was the only feedback we had.”

The album was shelved, but less than five years later, the band began a run of classic hits, including Cool for Cats and Up the Junction, which had songwriting duo Tilbrook and fellow guitarist and vocalist Chris Difford hailed as heirs to Lennon and McCartney. Now, after recently celebrating 50 years as one of British pop’s best-loved bands, the pair have finally done their teenage vision justice. A fully rerecorded Trixies will be released in March 2026. Taster track, Trixies Pt 1, arrives this week and suggests that all the Squeeze hallmarks of melody, romance and storytelling were there from the beginning, even if few people heard them.

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© Photograph: Fin Costello/Redferns

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic

13 novembre 2025 à 17:00

Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species

Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species.

The remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean is home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population. Researchers estimate 53,000 females died after bird flu hit in 2023.

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COP30 : « Ceux qui sont séduits par le verdissement chinois devraient garder en tête quelques données »

13 novembre 2025 à 17:00
La Chine se présente comme le leader de l’économie des énergies renouvelables, face à des Etats-Unis arc-boutés sur les énergies fossiles. Mais cette transition se révèle trompeuse, écrit Pascal Riché dans sa chronique au « Monde ».

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COP30 : « Ceux qui sont séduits par le verdissement chinois devraient garder en tête quelques données »

13 novembre 2025 à 17:00
La Chine se présente comme le leader de l’économie des énergies renouvelables, face à des Etats-Unis arc-boutés sur les énergies fossiles. Mais cette transition se révèle trompeuse, écrit Pascal Riché dans sa chronique au « Monde ».

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Une employée chinoise nettoie un panneau solaire dans l’usine Shandong Hilight Solar Co, à Binzhou, dans la province de Shandong, le 23 octobre 2013.

Fini le fouillis, Google Messages muscle ses groupes avec cette nouvelle fonctionnalité

13 novembre 2025 à 16:58

Les discussions de groupe sur Google Messages vont bientôt gagner en clarté : Google commence à tester la mention @ dans les conversations RCS. De quoi transformer un dialogue brouillon en espace où l’on peut enfin interpeller directement ses amis.
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