In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
The European Court of Justice rules against Google, keeping a 2017 decision for a €2.4B fine for Google abusing monopoly power to crush rival shopping services
and an existential crisis Verdict : Apple and Google lose EU court battles over combined $17bn Tom Jowitt / Silicon UK : Google Must Pay €2.4bn Fine, EU Court Rules Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Google Fai...
Twitter says it mistakenly suspended around a dozen accounts posting about Russian military movements near the Ukrainian border, and reinstates some accounts
including how to delete your account Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : Twitter shares tips for users in conflict zones amid Ukraine crisis Jose Montes de Oca / Newslit Daily : Twitter accounts shar...
A look at Tonga's internet blackout following the volcano blast, which initial investigations suggest destroyed the country's single undersea internet cable
a volcanic eruption broke it Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider : Tonga's volcanic eruption ruptured a giant undersea internet cable and knocked the country's internet offline João Tomé / The Cloudflare ...
Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others
Good morning! This Tuesday, Facebook says Instagram isn't bad for teens … Ben Lyons / Gamereactor UK : Development of Instagram Kids has been paused Barbara Ortutay / NBC Bay Area : EXPLAINER: Why Fa...
Apple removed Fakespot, which claims to detect bad sellers and fake reviews, from the App Store after Amazon complained that the app provided misleading info
here's why Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider : Apple accepted Amazon's request to boot an app that spots fake reviews from the App Store. Its owner has accused Amazon of bullying. Christina Maas / Recla...
The Pentagon says Microsoft will build 120K custom HoloLens headsets for the US Army; Microsoft says the contract could be worth up to $21.88B over 10 years
AR makes a spectacle Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News : Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops Kris Graft / Gamasutra : Controversial Hololens milit...
Epic Games sues Google in Australia, arguing Google forces developers to use its payments system, expanding on lawsuits in US and UK against Google and Apple
Epic gave Fortnite players on iOS and Google Play a choice between Apple/Google payment … Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider : Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” has filed yet another lawsuit in its fi...
Google Assistant and Apple's Siri now respond to a range of questions regarding Black Lives Matter, including context for “all lives matter” queries
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WhatsApp says it now has 2B users worldwide, up from the 1.5B it announced two years ago
Connecting the World Privately Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider : WhatsApp seized on US allegations against Huawei to defend encryption against the government's demands for backdoors Nikhil Pa...