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US sues Apple, alleging smartphone monopoly

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[ad_1] The US Department of Justice (DoJ), alongside 16 individual states and the District of Columbia, has launched an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of “broad-based, exclusionary conduct” that makes it harder for users to switch phones, undermines developers’ ability to innovate and imposes “extraordinary” costs on the mobile ecosystem. Filed in the US District Court […]

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China floats two-hour daily limit of smartphone screen time for kids

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[ad_1] Chinese regulators have proposed rules that would limit the smartphone screen time of people under the age of 18 to a maximum of two hours per day. The radical draft rules laid out by the increasingly powerful Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) highlight Beijing’s desire to exert control over more parts of the country’s […]