Apple faces its biggest antitrust challenge

Apple is about to face its biggest antitrust challenge yet as the Department of Justice (DOJ) takes aim at the tech giant’s alleged control of the smartphone market. Apple faced a high-profile antitrust challenge a few years ago from video game company Epic Games over the company’s app store rules, and the tech giant mostly … Read more

Apple has made major changes to the App Store due to new EU rules. Could iPhones now be more vulnerable to hacking?

Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone’s digital fortress as part of a tougher regulatory push in Europe that aims to give consumers more choices – at the risk of creating new opportunities for hackers to steal personal and financial information stored on the devices . The overhaul, which rolled out in the European … Read more

Meta had to bring the metaverse to life. Epic really does it.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta (META) would bring the metaverse to the homes of billions of users via the company’s Quest AR/VR headsets. Heck, Zuckerberg even changed the social media giant’s name to reflect his lofty ambitions to create a series of interconnected, permanently online worlds. But it’s looking more and more like Epic Games will be … Read more

Fortnite maker Epic Games wins case against Google with court ruling against ‘illegal monopoly’

A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store is protected by anticompetitive barriers that have harmed smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a key pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached on Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial around a lucrative … Read more