(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. must lift restrictions that prevent developers from setting up rival marketplaces that compete with its Google Play Store, a...
-- Alphabet Inc . must lift restrictions that prevent developers from setting up rival marketplaces that compete with its Google Play Store , a judge ruled, upending the search giant’s dominance in the lucrative Android app market.
For a Master of Brutalist Provocations, a Modest Museum Appraisal A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday handed a big victory to Epic Games Inc. in its long-running antitrust challenge to the technology giant’s app store, which brought in $14.66 billion in sales in 2020. The ruling, which sent Alphabet’s shares down more than 2%, comes after the maker of the popular video game Fortnite convinced a jury that Google abused its power in the Android app market with its Google Play store policies. Epic had argued that Google Play rules and fees stifled competition and blocked app marketplaces launched by developers. The judge’s decision is likely to accelerate the weakening of app store controls held by tech giants Google and Apple Inc. that have been under fire from regulators and lawmakers around the world. US District Judge James Donato issued an injunction that takes effect Nov. 1 which bars Google from paying developers to exclusively use its app store or prohibit them from telling customers about how to directly download apps for the next three years. Google also cannot force developers to use its billing features during that time. The company must also let rival app stores have access to its catalog for the next three years in a bid to help them develop. Donato said that Google can take “reasonable measures” to ensure the security of its platform, and ordered the parties to recommend three people for a committee to review the technical aspects of those requirements. Developers who find that Google’s security measures are too stringent can challenge them, with the tech giant responsible for proving they are necessary.Representatives of Alphabet and Epic didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. 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Here's what to know.No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s economic plans.BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. — Milton strengthened rapidly Monday into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida, threatening the densely populated Tampa area with a potential direct hit and menacing the same stretch of coastline that was battered by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago.When is the US election? What are the key battleground states? What happens on election day? What time does polling end? When do we get election results? When does early voting start?Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman recap all the postseason action from the division round including both NLDS matchups being even after two games, the Yankees surviving a slop-fest and the Tigers looking for a bounce back in Cleveland.Investments in critical minerals infrastructure are essential to enable Canada to seize the enormous economic opportunity the low-carbon economy presents and to capitalize on our rich mineral resources. Canada is well positioned to be a global leader and a first-class producer of a wide variety of critical minerals that are essential to power the clean economy — including lithium and copper — and, in turn, create good jobs and support economic opportunities across critical mineral value chains —Milton rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and was forecast to become a Category 5 storm on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is promising synagogues, mosques, churches and community organizations more money for security measures, including the installation of surveillance cameras.Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest ‘weird’.... promoting raw milkIn 2010, Dreama Gentry met Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, a much-lauded nonprofit that supports youth from birth through college in a roughly 100-block area of central Harlem. The program was an inspiration for Gentry, who had launched a college-access program in rural eastern Kentucky about a decade earlier.DES MOINES, Iowa — The cost of buying a Mega Millions jackpot dream will soon more than double, but lottery officials said they're confident players won't mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners. Madelyn Cline and Madison Bailey Tease the 'Dream'“ Outer Banks ”Couple They're 'Plotting' to Make Happen The actresses tell PEOPLE which characters they've been secretly — or perhaps not-so-secretly — scheming to see explore a connection on the hit Netflix show Dow Drops 500 Points But Supermicro Soars As Nvidia Clears Entry; Cathie Wood Sells AI Chipmaker After 74% Gain Dow Jones and other indexes fell in early trades Monday as yields surged. Nvidia gained and cleared a trendline entry as Tesla fell ahead of the Robotaxi event.OTTAWA — The foreign affairs minister's office says another plane is set to leave Lebanon today to evacuate Canadians from the country as conflict escalates between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.Hot-air balloon bumps line, causing brief power outage during Albuquerque balloon fiesta ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot-air balloon bumped into a power line in northeast Albuquerque on Monday, leaving nearly 13,000 customers of a major electric utility without power for nearly an hour, authorities said.HORNBROOK, Calif. — For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — just days after the largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed.
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