-- Apple Inc. risks billions of euros of new fines over its App Store rules as European Union antitrust regulators escalated a growing conflict over rules that strike at the heart of the iPhone maker’s business model. At the same time, the commission said that it had opened a fresh investigation into Apple’s new App Store fees for developers in …
The Apple Watch and the Siri digital assistant inside it; Amazon.com Inc’s Echo speakers and Alexa service; the data about eating habits recorded by internet-connected refrigerators -- all are potential targets in a European Union competition probe. Vestager’s probe is likely to examine issues such as Siri’s preference for using Apple Music rather than Spotify Technology SA’s service, and Amazon …