Daily Recap: Tech — 30 June 2026

Tech’s biggest story today is the growing pressure on the app store gatekeepers. In the U.S., the Supreme Court will hear Apple’s appeal in its long-running Epic Games fight, revisiting whether Apple defied a court order meant to let developers steer users to alternative payments. At the same time, Britain’s competition regulator is moving in a similar direction, proposing to loosen both Apple’s and Google’s restrictions on off-platform payments and possibly even widen access to key technologies like NFC. Together, the moves suggest a broader global push to curb platform control over digital commerce. Elsewhere, the social costs of online platforms came into sharp focus as Australian MP Josh Burns told a royal commission that social media has become a major venue for antisemitic abuse. And in lighter hardware news, fresh leaks of Samsung’s next foldables offered an early glimpse of the company’s coming design and accessory play.

Top Tech stories

• U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple appeal in Epic Games contempt case (16 sources)
• UK CMA proposes easing Apple and Google app store payment steering rules (11 sources)
• Luxshare seeks up to $3.1 billion from Hong Kong listing (5 sources)
• Clicks demonstrates Communicator smartphone with physical keyboard in hands-on video (5 sources)
• Mike Johnson reacts to Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling, saying he is disappointed (5 sources)
• Leaked images show Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 cases ahead of Samsung Unpacked (5 sources)
• UCL study finds school smartphone bans seen as punitive by young people (4 sources)
• IO Interactive begins layoffs after external partner ends deal on Project Fantasy (4 sources)

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