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Apple is set to confront the European Union's stringent measures against Big Tech's market dominance, marking the onset of expected multiple appeals against the Digital Markets Act. The EU's decision to include the entire App Store in the bloc's new antitrust measures will be challenged, reported by Bloomberg. Sources familiar with the situation also reveal...

In a landmark move today, the European Commission has designated six major tech companies as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft, are among the named firms. They now face a six-month deadline to ensure complete compliance with the DMA obligations relating to their core platform services....

The European Commission announced on Wednesday that Google may have violated EU antitrust regulations in the advertising technology industry. The commission alleges that Google has been unfairly favouring its own online display advertising technology services, disadvantaging competing adtech service providers, advertisers, and online publishers. The adtech industry is essential for advertisers and publishers, providing digital...

Apple will reportedly be introducing alternative App Store options via sideloading in Europe in an effort to comply with the EU's incoming Digital Markets Act.

Come late 2024, Apple — and other tech manufacturers — will be required to have USB-C ports on smartphones and most other devices

The European Parliament has successfully voted on a proposal that sees the enforcement of USB-C adoption.

"Apple Pay is the only mobile wallet solution that may access the necessary NFC input on iOS. Apple does not make it available to [competitors]."

The European Union's head of digital policy believes Apple would rather continue to pay fines than accept new App Store regulation.

"Requiring sideloading on iPhone would be a step backward," says Apple's Senior VP of Software Engineering.

EU antitrust regulators are prepping themselves to charge Apple for anti-competitive practices surrounding the use of contactless payments.

"I think customers will not give up neither security nor privacy if they use another app store or if they sideload," said Margrethe Vestager.

The European Commission has begun drafting a "hit list" of big tech companies is wishes to impose tougher restrictions on.