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Apple opens iOS to alternative app marketplaces in Brazil and changes App Store commission structure following a settlement with competition watchdog CADE (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/18/apple-an…

Apple announces major App Store changes for Brazil - 9to5Mac
App developers can now distribute apps through alternative app marketplaces in Brazil, as part of a broader set of changes in the country.

News organizations sue to unseal filings in DOJ's Fulton County election investigation (Jane C. Timm/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/news-organizations-sue-unseal-filings-doj-fulton-county-election-probe-rcna345700
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p19#a260519p19

Shopware 6 Hidden Gems #3: sw-expect-packages — let your integration fail fast
Here is a support ticket I have seen in about five different costumes: a middleware pushes orders into Shopware via the Admin API. One day the payloads start failing — or worse, they don't fail, they just silently write incomplete data. After an hour of digging it turns out someone deactivated a plugin on the shop side, or updated it to a version with a different custom field layout.

Shopware 6 Hidden Gems #3: sw-expect-packages — let your integration fail fast - Winkelwagen GmbH
Here is a support ticket I have seen in about five different costumes: a middleware pushes orders into Shopware via the Admin API. One day the payloads start

Irgendwann mal schreibe ich selbst AGB, welche auf private Regelwerke verweisen, die nur kostenpflichtig verfügbar sind 🤬
So was wie "Für die Gültigkeit dieses Vertrags und der daraus entstehenden Pflichten gelten, sofern nicht schriftlich anders vereinbart, ausschliesslich die Regeln des Handbuchs DMG D&D 5e 2024 in der deutschen Fassung."
#Recht

Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/20/trump-likely-drain-reflecting-pool-again-following-peeling-paint-algae/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260620/p53#a260620p53

John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner and chair of the ICO, the country's data and AI regulator, resigned following a workplace investigation (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eyq7rnn22o

ICO boss John Edwards announces resignation following investigation
Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.

I hope Andy Burn 'em has some advisor who actually reads Environmental Research Letters. The review essay by Emily Grubert, summarizing a frustrating 25 years of research with no apparent effect on climate overheating, is blunt.
" For people and places that rely on fossil fuel production and face major transition challenges (Xenarios et al 2026), failing to be explicit about the degree to which transition must proceed, or the extent to which alternatives might actually be ava…

"Durchsage ihres Lokomotivführers: Wegen einer Stellwerkstörung kann diese S11 ab Winterthur nicht weiterfahren. Sie müssen mit einem anderen Zug nach Zürich weiterfahren."
Montag.
#SBB #övlife #Winterthur

Replit says it has "worked things out with Apple", which has approved a Replit update after four months, following a reported dispute over vibe coding apps (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/15/iphone-

iPhone vibe coding app ships first update in four months after App Store review issue - 9to5Mac
All’s well that ends well in App Store review controversies. Back in March, a major agentic coding company made news...

Vance defends stock-trading spree in Trump financial filings: 'Come on, man' (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/trump-vance-stock-trades.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p108#a260519p108