TNB Tech Minute: Apple Reverses Ban on Fortnite-Maker’s in EU

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Sam Altman’s Worldcoin appeals ban in Spain. And Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers are using stolen information to access internal systems. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Apple has reversed its decision to ban Fortnite developer Epic Games from building its own
0:42.4	iOS App Store in the European Union.
0:45.0	Earlier this week, the Tech Giant banned Epic's developer account in Sweden after its CEO criticized Apple's response to new EU regulations on competition in tech, but the iPhone
0:55.4	maker changed course after a public rebuke from a top EU official.
0:59.8	An Apple spokesman said the account was restored after Epic agreed to follow its rules.
1:04.8	A cryptocurrency company co-founded by Open AI CEO Sam Altman is appealing a ban on its
1:10.3	activities by Spain. World Coin scans people's eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens.
1:16.6	But on Wednesday, Spanish officials ordered the company to stop collecting biometric data for
1:21.0	up to three months. Regulators said they received several complaints that
1:25.1	World Coin collected data from miners as well as other privacy concerns.
1:29.9	In its appeal, the company accused Spain of circumventing European Union processes and rules.
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