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  "title": "Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
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  "source": {
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  "summary": "Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.",
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        "outlet": "9to5Google",
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        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Android 17 QPR1 Beta 8 just landed with all of Google’s latest fixes",
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      {
        "outlet": "Slashdot",
        "title": "Google Plans To Exempt Sanctioned Nations From Android Developer Verification",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer",
        "published": "2026-08-01T15:00:00.000Z"
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