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Supreme Court declines to rule on Apple app store case |
The Supreme Court declined to review a ruling in an antitrust case between Apple and Epic Games that largely leaves Apple's App Store rules in place, the court announced Tuesday. |
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Although the ruling was mostly in Apple's favor, the Supreme Court's decision to decline the case means Apple must comply with a portion of the lower courts' ruling. Apple now must amend its App Store rules that limit developers from telling users about other payment methods. Both Apple and Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, requested the Supreme Court review the case. California Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled mostly in Apple's favor in September 2021, and the Ninth Circuit upheld the decision in April 2023. The case centered on Epic Games's allegations that Apple's App Store rules are anti-competitive. The charge followed Apple booting Epic from its App Store when the company violated Apple's rules. Epic offered an alternative way for users to download its app and avoid 15 to 30 percent commission fees from in-app purchases that Apple collects. The lower courts' rulings, which remain in place, allow Apple to be the sole distributor of apps on its smart devices. This means app developers must comply with Apple's rules in order to reach customers using Apple's smart devices, such as the iPhone. However, the ruling included a partial win on Epic's side that found Apple's so-called anti-steering restrictions, which keep users from learning about alternative payment methods, are anti-competitive. The ruling included an injunction to force Apple to allow developers to direct customers to alternative payment methods. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Google announced Tuesday morning in an email to employees that “several hundred” more would be laid off in its latest round of cuts amid restructuring. In an internal memo, Google Chief Business Officer (CBO) Philipp Schindler confirmed that hundreds of jobs globally in the advertising sales department would be eliminated or “put at risk,” due to a shift in the operations of Google’s sales team. … |
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| Telsa founder and CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday he will focus his work in artificial intelligence (AI) outside of the electric carmaker without more control over the company. The billionaire said Monday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter and currently owned by Musk, that he is "uncomfortable growing Tesla to be a leader in AI & robotics without having ~25 % voting control.” Musk said that stake would be "enough … |
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Apple will remove pulse oximeters from its smartwatches to avoid an import ban that impacted the products, according to court filings Monday. The company briefly pulled its latest Apple Watch models from shelves last month after the International Trade Commission (ITC) ordered the company to stop selling them in the U.S. A federal court halted that order later last month, resuming sales temporarily. The import ban originated … |
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Microsoft surpasses Apple in value |
Microsoft surpassed Apple as the most valuable public company on Friday, taking the spot Apple has maintained for more than a decade, The New York Times reported. |
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Altman says energy breakthrough needed for AI |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Tuesday at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is dependent on an energy breakthrough, Reuters reported. |
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At Davos, Zelenskyy lashes out at Putin and presses allies to boost Ukraine's fight |
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came out swinging Tuesday against Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, while urging political and business leaders facing war fatigue in the West to enforce sanctions, help rebuild his … |
TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan said Tuesday it has no new safety worries and envisions no changes to the plant's decommissioning plans even after a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1 caused minor damage to another idled nuclear plant, rekindling concerns … |
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