UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers

FILE - Apple iPhone 16 smartphones are displayed at a store in London, Oct. 6, 2024. Britain's competition watchdog announced investigations, Jan. 23, 2025, targeting Apple and Google mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses. 

Google's Android and Apple's iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain's competition watchdog, which announced investigations Thursday targeting the two tech giants' mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses.