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  "id": 7534647,
  "title": "India's Consumer Watchdog Escalates Probe Into Apple Over iOS 18 Warranty Row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/indias-consumer-watchdog-escalates-probe-into-apple-over-ios-18",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-15T10:27:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
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    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/indias-consumer-watchdog-escalates-probe-into-apple-over-ios-18-warranty-row"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Apple is facing renewed regulatory pressure in India, as the country's consumer protection authority has escalated its investigation into the tech giant's software warranty practices, tied to complaints that an iOS 18 update damaged iPhone functionality and left users footing hefty repair bills, according to a Reuters report. Probe moves into 'detailed investigation' stage India's Central…",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Exclusive-Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/exclusive-indian-consumer-regulator-escalates-probe-into-apples-7519052",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:10:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "Exclusive-Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/exclusive-indian-consumer-regulator-escalates-probe-into-apples",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:10:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/indian-consumer-regulator-escalates-probe-into-apples-software",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:58:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "Apple showed Google and Samsung how to do foldable software right",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/apple-showed-google-and-samsung-how-to-do-foldable-software-right",
        "published": "2026-09-15T10:30:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Apple faces India repair probe over a lack of software warranties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/apple-faces-india-repair-probe-over-a-lack-of-software-warranties",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:44:27.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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