Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, May 2nd, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough.

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in the world of tech. Well here it is in what is called a preliminary view the

European Union says Apple has abused its dominance in mobile payments by limiting competitors access to the

NFC chips inside of iPhones quoting the Financial Times.

Antitrust investigators are concerned that the US Tech Group is preventing competitors

from accessing tap and go chips or near field communication, also known as NFC, chips, to benefit

its own Apple Pay System, the European Commission said in a statement

on Monday.

Margeth Vestager, the EU's Executive Vice President in charge of competition policy, said

Brussels had, quote, indications that Apple restricted third-party access to key

technology necessary to develop rival mobile wallet solutions on Apple's

devices end quote. She added that the Commission had, quote,

preliminarily found that Apple may have restricted

competition to the benefit of its own solution,

Apple pay, end quote.

If confirmed, such a conduct would be illegal under our competition rules, Vestager said.

The company could face fines worth up to 10% of global turnover if the charges are upheld.

The EU charge is the latest in a number of antitrust investigations

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