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Apple has blacklisted Fortnite from the iPhone maker's popular App Store for several years until all the court appeals are done, Epic Games Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney said on Wednesday. Epic Games' opening brief in its appeal to the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is due December 12, according to a court filing and Apple's reply is due by Jan. 20, 2022. The full appeal process could take years.Sweeney took to Twitter on Wednesday, calling out Apple's move and said the company will continue to fight the tech…

A court in Bogota, Colombia has granted Ericsson a preliminary injunction against Apple, which prevents Cupertino and its subsidiaries and partners from importing, selling and even advertising certain iPhones and iPads with 5G connectivity. This is the first major victory for Ericsson after it and Apple renewed legal hostilities earlier this year. The argument is over the licensing fees for certain Standard-Essential Patents (SEP) relating to 5G. Apple accepts that the patents are valid, but it believes that Ericsson…

Meta has told employees not to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to , according to . Pointing to a May 12th memo it shared after a draft of Friday’s decision was , the company has deleted messages on its internal communication tools that mention the topic. In the document, the social media giant reportedly said it “would not allow open discussion” about abortion within the workplace due to “a heightened risk of creating a hostile work environment.” One employee took to LinkedIn to voice their frustration with the…

The VPN controvery continues to rage. In a fresh directive, the government has reportedly barred its employees from using third-party virtual private networks (VPN) and anonymisation services offered by companies such as NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark and Tor. The directive comes days after after these VPN service providers threatened to remove their servers from India in protest against the new rules announced by India's cyber security agency Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In). Here's what the directive says and…

Image used for representation. (Photo: Twitter/SpiceJet)The domestic aviation regulator DGCA had recently fined SpiceJet for training pilots in faulty simulatorIANS Last Updated:June 07, 2022, 13:50 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Low-cost airline SpiceJet said that 90 barred pilots will undergo re-training after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) imposed a Rs 10 lakh fine on the carrier. The domestic aviation regulator had recently fined the carrier for training pilots on faulty simulators. The DGCA had barred 90 SpiceJet…

Did You Know? Angelina Jolie – A Licensed Pilot, Was Once Barred From Flying Her Private Plane ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Angeline Jolie, who is regarded as one of the most influential and powerful actresses in the world, has been an inspiration to many to follow their dreams. The Oscar and three-time Golden Globe Awards winner has never stopped when it came to perusing her dreams too – be it acting or obtaining a pilot license and flying her family where ever they want. The Maleficent actress is one…

A federal appeals court Monday blocked Florida from enforcing the bulk of a new state law that sought to make social-media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook potentially liable for removing political candidates and political content from their sites. A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Florida’s Republican-backed law intruded on the First Amendment rights of social-media companies to moderate and curate content on their…

Faulty and overwhelmed verification systems operated by telecom companies and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have kept millions of phone lines barred, weeks after their owners submitted national identification details for reactivation. The glitch means millions of users have been unable to make calls since April 4 and many businesses have been hit. Customers say short codes, apps or web services provided by MTN, Airtel and Glo, for NIN verification, have been largely…