The World Economic Forum (WEF) and major corporations, following talks at last month’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, launched a new initiative: “Defining and Building the Metaverse.”
A US federal judge has denied Apple’s request for a pause on a previous court order forcing the company to allow app makers to implement their own payment systems, after the tech giant was sued over alleged antitrust violations.
South Korea’s National Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday that bans app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems.
Apple plans to argue that it faces stiff competition in the video games market and that gamers would suffer should Fortnite developer Epic Games succeed in its legal battle to overturn Apple’s App Store policies, according to court documents the company filed Thursday, reiterating accusations that the lawsuit is part of a carefully curated PR campaign to revive interest in Fortnite.
