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Google's defeat in its antitrust battle with Epic Games was a sweeping victory for the Fortnite maker and a significant upset to the business model underpinning the mobile app ecosystem, where platforms host app stores and then take a cut of developer revenues. A San Francisco jury on Monday swiftly returned a verdict in Epic's favor in a matter of hours -- not days or weeks -- finding that Google "willfully acquired or maintained monopoly power by engaging in anticompetitive con...

Google’s court loss is one of many threats that could derail the software profit machines for Apple, Google.

Google's defeat in its antitrust battle with Epic Games was a sweeping victory for the Fortnite maker and a significant upset to the business model

The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), which represents more than 70 tech firms, accused Apple of using the tax to boost profits and maintain market dominance.

And misinformation groups are catering their messaging to communities of color.

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will seek to level the playing field in digital markets by empowering regulators with new tools and powers to directly enforce competition and consumer protection laws.

Coalition for App Fairness (CAF) and its members speak to Computer Weekly about alleged anti-competitive practices of Apple and Google in their respective app stores, and call for urgent regulatory action to level the playing field.

Ministers are preparing new competition rules — and US tech giants are already pushing back.

And the Fulton County grand jury report will be partially released Thursday.

"Apple Tax" may disappear as the EU cracks down on Apple. The company may not have any option but to accept the EU's standard