San Francisco — A federal judge has blocked Apple from shutting down an Epic Games tool that is relied on by hundreds of other app makers but had become the subject of an antitrust battle between the companies.

The ruling safeguards Fortnite game creator Epic’s computer graphics software Unreal Engine, which it offers through an affiliate business and which hundreds of games and other apps use to power their apps on Apple’s iPhones...

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