Apple, Google Let Teens Download Nudify Apps
Test accounts for a 13-year-old downloaded 135 nudify apps from Apple and Google stores, where developer-set age ratings let them past parental controls.
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Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. Fiscal revenue and Services sales are distinct from AI revenue; no Apple Intelligence ARR is inferred.
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Begins rolling out Siri AI
Apple announces the more capable assistant with its new software releases, extending Apple Intelligence across supported devices and applications.
Source: AppleQ3 FY2026 revenue reaches $109.4B
Apple reports 16% growth in its June quarter. Company and Services sales are not standalone Apple Intelligence revenue.
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FY2025 sales reach $416.2B
Annual revenue grows from $391.0B in FY2024. Services forms a recurring business, but company sales are not ARR.
Source: Apple financial statementsJune-quarter revenue reaches $94.0B
Fiscal Q3 sales grow 10%, with double-digit growth in iPhone, Mac and Services.
Source: AppleApple Intelligence begins rolling out
The first features become available on supported iPhone, iPad and Mac devices through system updates.
Source: AppleIntroduces M1 and the Apple silicon Mac transition
The first Mac chip combines CPU, GPU and Neural Engine capabilities, strengthening Apple’s integrated hardware-software platform.
Source: AppleOpens the App Store
The store launches with 500 apps, establishing the distribution and commercial platform later used by mobile AI applications.
Source: Apple retrospectiveIntroduces iPhone
The device establishes the mobile platform that later supports Apple’s on-device AI and services strategy.
Source: AppleApple is founded
Apple’s 50th-anniversary account dates its founding to April 1, 1976, before its expansion from personal computers to mobile devices and AI.
Source: Apple retrospective
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