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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. You don’t need to have your Switch on hand to use your Joy-Cons. In fact, now that iOS 16 is available, you can pair the Nintendo controllers to your iPhone (and iPad when iPadOS 16 releases later this year) …

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new streaming device that’ll let people access movie and TV services as well as games through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The device, which will connect to TVs and may be shaped like a small stick or puck, is expected to be released in the next 12 months, according to a VentureBeat report on Friday.  …

Apple gained support in its argument for control of its App Store Thursday. In a series of filings related to Apple’s ongoing court case with Fortnite maker Epic Games, a group of former national security officials, developers and business advocacy groups largely said that the courts should not hamper Apple’s approach to managing apps on its iPhones and iPads. The …

Apple on Wednesday told developers they can now apply to allow “external link account entitlement,” a new designation that allows some apps to include signup links that point outside the App Store. The move, which was announced last year as part of a settlement with Japan’s Fair Trade Commission, will allow “reader” apps like streaming services more leeway in how …

Apple argued in court papers Thursday that appeals filings by Epic Games don’t point to legal errors by a US District Court judge who ruled last year that the iPhone maker hadn’t violated antitrust laws with its App Store. Instead, Apple cited the many times the judge said Epic had “failed to demonstrate,” “failed to show” and “failed to prove” the …

This story is part of Making the Metaverse, CNET’s exploration of the next stage in the internet’s evolution. To get a sense of the promise of the metaverse, take a look at 3D Charades. The video game has a simple premise. Players gather in a cafe-like room and divide into teams. One player sketches an image while team members guess …

A group of 35 states, along with Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations, have thrown their support behind Epic Games in the Fortnite maker’s legal battle with Apple. In a brief filed Thursday with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, attorneys general for the states argued that the court should overturn the earlier ruling that …

Apple scored another win in its legal battles with Fortnite maker Epic Games when the US District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed Wednesday to delay a judge’s order to make changes to the way app developers accept payments in Apple’s App Store. Apple now has until its appeals process with Epic concludes, which could take years. “Apple …

Apple said it may expand its App Store commission structure as it approaches a legal deadline to change how developers charge customers for items in apps for its iPhones and iPads.  Next week, the tech giant must begin implementing a federal court’s injunction from a legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games. The order, dated Sept. 10, says Apple must …

When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down her ruling in September saying the way Apple runs its iPhone and iPad App Store largely hadn’t violated antitrust laws, she included a caveat. The tech giant, she said in an order along with her ruling, must allow app developers to include links in their apps, steering people to alternative payment sites outside …