Decision Makers

Apple will soon allow third party developers in select EU and some other regions to access the NFC technology on iPhone devices. The development could also benefit crypto companies and associated industries. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has said that Apple's NFC feature will enable Web3 wallet makers to allow tap-to-pay transactions.

Epic Games' 'Fortnite' will be returning to Apple's iOS systems in the European Union soon. The company also said its video games will be leaving the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest of the phone maker's decision to block default side-loading

Samsung Galaxy S25 may not be powered by an Exynos 2500 chipset, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at market research firm TF International Securities. The South Korean smartphone maker's purported decision to skip the use of its own Exynos chips on the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones could benefit a US chipmaker and a Taiwan-based semiconduct...

Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic to put its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up a store and bringing back the popular game Fortnite, which Apple removed from its App Store...

Apple must explain its decision to halt Epic Games' effort to develop a competing app store for its devices, EU regulators said Thursday, as they consider whether the iPhone maker violated any laws.

Brussels on Monday fined Apple EUR 1.84 billion euros $2 billion for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store, the iPhone maker's first ever penalty for breaching EU rules.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, in its legal battle against Apple, declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan, acting for the Supreme Court, ...

Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles on Tuesday said it has petitioned the National Green Tribunal (NGT) expressing concerns against the government's move to cut FAME II subsidy and support a 'Green Tax' on fuel-based two-wheelers. The Ministry of Heavy Industries' latest decision to cut down FAME II subsidies is likely to disrupt India's ...

Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK's decision to veto its takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. Setting out five grounds for the appeal, Microsoft says the UK's CMA made "fundamental errors" when it assessed the firm's cloud gaming services.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming. The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by So...

Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit ...

Apple will soon allow third party developers in select EU and some other regions to access the NFC technology on iPhone devices. The development could also benefit crypto companies and associated industries. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has said that Apple's NFC feature will enable Web3 wallet makers to allow tap-to-pay transactions.

Epic Games' 'Fortnite' will be returning to Apple's iOS systems in the European Union soon. The company also said its video games will be leaving the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest of the phone maker's decision to block default side-loading

Samsung Galaxy S25 may not be powered by an Exynos 2500 chipset, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at market research firm TF International Securities. The South Korean smartphone maker's purported decision to skip the use of its own Exynos chips on the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones could benefit a US chipmaker and a Taiwan-based semiconduct...

Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic to put its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up a store and bringing back the popular game Fortnite, which Apple removed from its App Store...

Apple must explain its decision to halt Epic Games' effort to develop a competing app store for its devices, EU regulators said Thursday, as they consider whether the iPhone maker violated any laws.

Brussels on Monday fined Apple EUR 1.84 billion euros $2 billion for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store, the iPhone maker's first ever penalty for breaching EU rules.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, in its legal battle against Apple, declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan, acting for the Supreme Court, ...

Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...

Microsoft has been granted a two-month pause on its appeal against the UK's decision to block its takeover of Activision Blizzard. Both the Xbox maker and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had asked a London tribunal to grant a two-month stay as the two parties discussed a modified deal proposed by Microsoft.

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles on Tuesday said it has petitioned the National Green Tribunal (NGT) expressing concerns against the government's move to cut FAME II subsidy and support a 'Green Tax' on fuel-based two-wheelers. The Ministry of Heavy Industries' latest decision to cut down FAME II subsidies is likely to disrupt India's ...

Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK's decision to veto its takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. Setting out five grounds for the appeal, Microsoft says the UK's CMA made "fundamental errors" when it assessed the firm's cloud gaming services.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,64,100 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming. The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by So...

Microsoft's president Brad Smith said the UK regulator's decision to prevent its acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard "had shaken confidence" in Britain as a destination for tech businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which operates independently from government, blocked the deal on Wednesday, saying it could hit ...