Apple bucks tech slowdown, but Spotify says it is 'choking competition'; EU investigating Google Play; Meta's rout continues

Apple's restrictive app store rules might be the reason that audiobooks are no longer available for purchase on Spotify's iOS app, a month after the music streaming company launched them in the US, The Verge reports. Meanwhile, European anti-trust regulators are investigating Google's Play Store, Reuters reports. And Meta has lost more than two-thirds of its value this year, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg chases the Metaverse, Bloomberg points out