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• Fortnite video game returns to iPhone app store in US, ending exile imposed by Apple

  In a brief statement filed in court late Tuesday, Apple said the dispute that had been keeping Fortnite off its iOS software for the iPhone had been resolved.

  

• ByteDance aims to match Meta sales in 2025 as TikTok gains steam

  TikTok’s dizzying ascent has come under the spotlight since the Biden administration led an effort to ban the Chinese-owned social media phenom from the US, citing national security concerns. Trump in turn is giving ByteDance time to strike a deal to sell TikTok — a months-long process that’s already drawn interest from the likes of Amazon.com Inc. to Oracle Corp.

  

• Microsoft offers to price Office without Teams cheaper to end antitrust probe

  If accepted, Microsoft's offer would bring an end to a long-running case triggered by a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack, which could have resulted in a hefty antitrust fine for the U.S. tech giant.

  

• Apple blocks access to video game Fortnite in US, EU, Epic Games says

  Access to Fortnite via Apple's iPhone Operating System and through its App store will be unavailable worldwide until Apple unblocks it, Epic Games said.

  

• Cost pressures likely in 2025 as OTT platforms struggle for profitability: EY-FICCI Report

  The report also pointed out that 48% of the content released on OTT platforms was in regional languages, showing a rising trend of dubbed and sub-titled content to reach wider audiences.

  

• Prime Video to introduce limited ads in India from June 17

  For members preferring uninterrupted viewing, Amazon will offer an optional ad-free upgrade priced at ₹699 per year as an introductory offer, or ₹129 per month, available from the same date. The company emphasised this change won't affect other Prime membership benefits.

  

• Microsoft's Office-Teams offer will likely stave off EU antitrust fine

  Microsoft subsequently unbundled Teams from Office in 2023, selling Office without Teams for 2 euros ($2.24) less than Office with the video app, while Teams standalone would be sold for 5 euros a month. In February, it widened the price differential after rivals said the first offer was not sufficient.

  

• How Candy Crush uses AI to keep players coming back to its puzzles

  Todd Green, general manager of the Candy Crush franchise, said using AI in that way helps free up developers' time to create new puzzle boards. It would be "extremely difficult," he said, for designers to update and reconfigure more than 18,000 levels without AI taking a first pass.

  

• India tells X to block over 8,000 accounts

  It added that in most cases, the government had not specified which posts from the accounts violated Indian laws, and in many others, it provided no evidence or justification for the blocks.

  

• Game developer Tripledot acquires AppLovin's mobile gaming portfolio for $800 million

  AppLovin was among the companies submitting a bid for short video app TikTok's assets outside China, ahead of the deadline of April 5 that U.S. President Donald Trump set for a non-Chinese buyer.

  

• Alphabet shares fall 9% as Apple looks to add AI search to Safari in potential blow for Google: Report

  Google is the default search engine on Apple's browser, a coveted position for which it pays Apple roughly $20 billion annually, or about 36% of its search advertising revenue generated through the Safari browser, analysts have estimated.