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Apple Pay gets Transit Express feature to speed up paying for tube fares.
The US Department of Justice sues Apple for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant costs on consumers. "Apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal antitrust law," US Attorney General Merrick Garland tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Apple launches the iPhone 15, equipped with a universal USB-C charger instead of the company's usual Lightning port, after the EU ordered manufacturers to adopt a common connection. IMAGES
The EU accuses Apple of blocking rivals from its popular "tap-as-you-go" iPhone payment system, opening a fresh battlefront between the US tech giant and Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Images of the opening bell ringing at the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street stocks rose early as the Federal Reserve unveiled another round of massive stimulus even as another 6.6 million US workers filed jobless claims spiked due to business closures to counter the coronavirus. IMAGES