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By forcing app developers to use its payment system and comply with other rules, regulators said Apple broke European Union competition laws.

The company also said it planned to release iPhone software next week with a privacy feature that worries many digital-advertising companies.

Continue reading the main storyAn acquisition of Discord, a chat app for gamers, would buttress Microsoft’s gaming business.Gamers at a Microsoft store in London, in 2019. Discord “would be a natural fit” with Microsoft’s Xbox video gaming business, said one professor.Credit...Peter Summers/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO...

Health departments continue to grapple with delays caused by technical problems with numerous websites used for making appointments.

The social network has discussed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, as tensions grow between the companies over how each treats consumer data.

Facebook’s business rose even as it dealt with controversies around the proliferation of misinformation across its platform and as it has come under increased scrutiny by regulators.

Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?

The move caps an acquisitive streak by Salesforce and ends Slack’s run as an independent publicly traded company.

The Salesforce C.E.O.’s planned acquisition of Slack will have him competing directly with the Goliath that is Microsoft.

The suit is the first antitrust action against the company to result from investigations by American regulators.

The company added a powerful voice to a raging debate, much of it focused on Apple, about how tech companies should manage their app stores.

In a case with major implications, the justices wrestled with a high-tech dispute over computer code using low-tech analogies.

The two companies argued in federal court over Apple’s power over apps, as their fight heads to trial next year.

Spotify, Match Group, Epic Games and others have created a nonprofit alliance that they hope will amplify a protest against the power of the giants.