Fortnite creator Epic Games launches Australian legal action against Google

Epic’s court battle with Google over being banned from the Play Store, mirrors one it has launched against Apple over its App Store removal

Apple and Google face new antitrust battle over Arizona app store bill

Measure would allow developers to use own payment systems as tide turns against industry that has been largely unregulated

Feature-packed health and fitness-tracking smartwatch has advanced sensors but failure to address screen and battery repairs is poor

A federal government-funded project looked at how devices might help keep people in their homes longer

News media bargaining code passes Senate after government reaches 11th-hour agreement with Facebook

Departing CEO reports 53% profit rise from digital businesses while revenue from mastheads including Sydney Morning Herald and the Age falls 9%

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces a compromise has been reached at the 11th hour as the legislation is debated in the Senate

Companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple face increased scrutiny from CMA

Let’s hope Canberra’s challenges to Facebook are just the start. Elected leaders can’t allow unaccountable corporate powers to do as they like

Campaign groups say blocking access to reliable news sources leaves a void to be filled by misinformation and hate speech

Multi-year agreement is one of more than 50 the tech giant has made with Australian media companies

The dismissal comes after prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru was fired in December; both had called for more diversity among research staff

Politicians and news providers in UK and US condemn site after blocking access to media content

Trade group chairman says robust regulation is needed to rein in monopolistic tech firms

By turning off news sharing, Facebook has turned attention away from flawed government legislation and on to its own reckless opaque power