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Apple iPad caught by Digital Markets Act

The decision is a loss for Apple, which will have to adapt its operating system to meet a swathe of new obligations and prohibitions

Apple has six months to make sure its tablet ecosystem complies with a raft of pre-emptive measures under the EU’s flagship Digital Markets Act

Apple’s iPad has been added to a list of Big Tech products and services hit by strict new European Union rules aimed at stopping potential competition abuses before they take hold.

The move means Apple has six months to make sure its tablet ecosystem complies with a raft of pre-emptive measures under the EU’s flagship Digital Markets Act.

The company’s iOS mobile operating system, its App Store and Safari browser are already targeted by the ...