Cheating – Infection Podcast Episode 475

Apex Legends, FTC likes losing and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Apex Legends
  • Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition | PC Gamer
  • Easy Anti-Cheat washes its hands of the Apex Legends hacking disaster that saw streamer accounts hijacked live: ‘There is no RCE vulnerability within EAC’ | PC Gamer

• Apple

• • EU regulators probe Apple’s latest Epic Games takedown
  • Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account
  • Apple reverses course, approves Epic Games for app store in Europe
  • https://twitter.com/EpicNewsroom/status/1766159741599027256
  • Epic Games Disputes Apple’s Demand for Legal Fees
    • Big Tech is extremely unimpressed by Apple’s EU App Store changes | Ars Technica
  • Epic Games Asks Judge to Hold Apple in Contempt for Violating Court Order (AAPL) – Bloomberg

• Microsoft

• • UK watchdog no longer thinks Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard merger is a threat to console competition (updated)

• FTC

• • ‘She’s going to prevail’: FTC head Lina Khan is fighting for an anti-monopoly America | Biden administration | The Guardian
  • Internal emails show FTC’s Lina Khan is trying to win by losing | The Hill
  • FTC hits Microsoft with federal complaint over game division layoffs | PC Gamer
  • FTC claims Microsoft contradicted Activision acquisition following mass layoffs | GamesIndustry.biz
  • FTC Complains That Microsoft’s 1,900 Gaming Layoffs ‘Contradict’ What Was Said in Antitrust Trial – IGN
  • Microsoft Responds to FTC Claims Against Activision Layoffs – Insider Gaming