The Morning After: UK competition regulator investigates Apple and Google’s mobile dominance

Apple and Google’s domination throughout the cell web is beneath scrutiny once more. Earlier this yr, the UK’s Competitors and Markets Authority (CMA) mentioned it was consulting on a attainable probe into Google and Apple’s dominance within the cell phone market. Now, the regulator has introduced it obtained “widespread help” for its proposals and has launched a market investigation into the 2 tech large’s “duopoly” in cloud gaming and cell browsers. The CMA famous that Apple and Google have a “stranglehold” over cell system working methods, app shops and browsers, with 97 % of UK internet shopping in 2021 on both Apple- or Google-owned browsers.

– Mat Smith

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It’s… iconic?

Hyperkin is making a licensed duplicate of the Xbox 360’s iconic gamepad. It’s known as Xenon – a reference to the console’s pre-release codename and IBM-made PowerPC processor. The controller brings again the practically two-decade-old design however with a removable USB-C cable and headphone jack. It additionally comes with Menu, View and Share buttons, guaranteeing the controller is absolutely suitable with the Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. No phrase on the discharge date or pricing simply but.

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Not each console is on sale, nonetheless.

Demand for present consoles has been by way of the roof for the higher a part of two years now. Sadly, which means there’s not a lot of an incentive for retailers to supply heavy reductions. Nonetheless, in the event you’re considering of getting the fundamental Nintendo Change or Xbox Sequence S, you is likely to be in luck. Nintendo’s repeating the identical deal as Black Friday in earlier years: a base-model Change with a duplicate of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and a three-month subscription to its Change On-line service. 

In the meantime, Microsoft Xbox Sequence S is out there for $250, $50 off its commonplace going charge. The Sequence S has fallen to $250 previously, however that is nonetheless an excellent worth if you would like a secondary console or a extra reasonably priced route into the Xbox sport library. Make certain to keep watch over our deals account on Twitter for the largest breaking offers this Black Friday.

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It is the primary time the company has shut off entry to different networks.

The FCC has lastly lower off supplier World UC from different networks after it allegedly failed to fulfill necessities for safeguarding towards rip-off robocalls. Now the corporate is now not within the Robocall Mitigation Database, different carriers (together with intermediaries) should cease accepting its visitors. In October, the FCC mentioned it could lower off seven companies that did not share their anti-robocall methods regardless of warnings.

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The replace will deliver a survival golf mode to the ‘Wii Sports activities’ successor.

Nintendo Change Sports activities is lastly getting golf – one of many key sports activities lacking from the non secular successor of Wii Sports activities. From November twenty eighth, you will have entry to 21 holes from the Wii Sports activities sequence. Together with informal modes you’ll be able to take pleasure in with household and buddies, you’ll be able to try a survival golf mode.

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