The Battle Rounds kicked off on season 25 of The Voice on Monday, and the very first Battle brought the house down! Team Legend’s Bryan Olesen and Nathan Chester took the stage with an epic performance of “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele that had this season’s coaches — Reba McEntire, John Legend, Chance the Rapper and Dan + Shay — totally … Read more
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Epic Games isn’t done with Apple. A 2021 ruling forced Apple to allow developers of App Store apps to link to outside payments, and Epic has now filed a motion asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to enforce her original order. Epic says Apple’s updated developer policy that still reserves 27 percent of outside payments (or … Read more
Some apples are sweet, some not so much. Apple reversed its ban on Epic Games’ developer account on Friday afternoon, according to an updated blog post, clearing a path again for an Epic Games Store on iOS devices in Europe. The decision comes just two days after Apple terminated Epic’s account over some tweets from … Read more
Well, that was fast. This past Wednesday, Fortnite maker Epic Games said Apple had prevented it from releasing its game and app store in the European Union by terminating Epic’s access to develop apps for iPhones and iPads. Now Apple has restored that access and Epic says it’ll proceed with its plans. “Apple has told us and … Read more
The Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new set of EU regulations that forces Big Tech companies to open themselves to competition on their core platforms, went into effect on Thursday. By Friday, the DMA had already resolved the latest conflict between Apple and Epic Games. “The DMA went through its first major challenge with Apple … Read more
Tim Sweeney, chief executive officer of Epic Games Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple has approved Epic Games’ developer account in Sweden, which will allow the company to offer an competing app store on iPhones in Europe under a … Read more
On Thursday, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) officially goes into effect in the EU. The new antitrust law aims to take on Big Tech’s stranglehold of certain markets and industries, forcing companies to open their core platforms to competition. However, on the DMA’s very first day, Apple is in the hot seat. According to a … Read more
If Fortnite fans were hoping that Apple and Epic Games were repairing their relationship after the latter announced that the popular battle royale game was headed back to iPhone in the EU – well, we have some bad news. According to Epic Games, Apple just completely terminated its developer account. As a result, Epic Games … Read more
Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two.Image: Warner Bros. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies are visually striking—cinematographer Grieg Fraser and production designer Patrice Vermette already have Oscars from Dune: Part One. But Dune: Part Two is even bolder, and includes a black-and-white sequence that leaves a lingering impact. Denis Villeneuve on Ending Dune: Part … Read more
Kevin Costner has released the first trailer for his new project! On Monday (February 26), the 69-year-old actor debuted the trailer for his four-part post-Civil War Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga, which he stars in, directed, produced, and co-wrote with Jon Baird. The cast also includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, … Read more