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A U.S. judge has ordered Google to open its Android smartphone operating system to rival app stores, in a fresh legal setback for the tech giant.

The order is the result of Google's defeat in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games, where a California jury decided that Google wields illegal monopoly power through its Android Play store.

Fortnite-maker Epic Games is suing tech giants Google and Samsung, it announced Monday, accusing them of illegally colluding to block competition on Samsung devices.

CEO Tim Sweeney said his company would file a claim in a U.S. federal court in California, the same jurisdiction where the company won a years-long legal battle with Google in 2023.

If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel.

Since August 2023, the world's largest digital platforms have faced the toughest tech regulations in the European Union, with enforcement showing no signs of slowing.

Apple risks billions of euros in fines after the European Union on Monday accused the iPhone maker of violating the bloc's landmark digital rules by hindering competition on its App Store.

The European Commission informed Apple in a "preliminary view" that the "App Store rules... prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content".

On June 10 the Greek government launched mAiGreece, a digital assistant application offering tourists easy access to essential information in 31 languages, simply by downloading the app from the Play Store or App Store and asking the AI chatbot any travel-related questions.

Users of myAADEapp, the official mobile app of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), now have direct access to their income tax applications, cleared tax statements, and tax owed through the upgraded version available through the Google Play Store and the App Store (Apple).

Users of the MyAADEapp, the official mobile app of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), now have direct access to their income tax applications, tax clearance statements and taxes owed, following an upgrade of the app.

The new version, improved and enriched with new features, is available through Google Play and the App Store.

According to a study commissioned by Apple, users have downloaded apps more than 370 billion times in the past 15 years

Apple has said its quarterly profit ebbed but topped market forecasts as it announced an unprecedented $110 billion share buyback.

The iPhone maker reported a profit of $23.6 billion on $90.8 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year.

As expected, iPhone sales dropped with pressure growing from China and increased competition from Huawei.

The application became a hit before the end of the week on the App Store