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World Service,21 May 2021,26 mins

Apple boss testifies in Epic legal row

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Epic Games is suing Apple over what it claims is the monopolistic way it runs its App store; we hear from Adi Robertson, tech reporter at the Verge. Also in the programme, as supplies of petrol and jet fuel have been reaching major cities on America's east coast with the Colonial Pipeline brought back on stream following a ransomware attack earlier in the month, we consider the politics of pipelines. Dr Ellen Wald is senior fellow with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and considers the impact a ransom payment made to deal with the hack is likely to have in future similar scenarios. And Neil Chatterjee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tells us whether America's pipeline network is fit for purpose. Plus, as the Eurovision Song Contest gears up for this year's competition in front of a live audience in Rotterdam on Saturday, project director Alice Vlaanderen explains how this year's event will differ from previous incarnations. (Photo: Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies video-conference during a US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing. Credit: Reuters)

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