News Around the Globe
By Zilber European Union officials have agreed on the language of new legislation aimed at reining in powerful American tech giants like Meta-owned Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Approval is …
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By Elisa Alphabet’s Google urged a judge hearing a US antitrust case against it to reject the Justice Department’s request that it be sanctioned, saying it had not abused attorney-client privilege. …
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By Wayt A bipartisan bill that could cost Apple and Google billions of dollars by loosening the companies’ “twin monopolies” over their app stores was advanced by a key Senate …
Read MoreBy Barrabi Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai both personally lobbied members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against legislation that would begin to rein in …
Read MoreBy Zilber Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his counterpart at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai, secretly struck a deal in 2018 to carve up the digital advertising market between the two …
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By Wayt Apple is facing an antitrust probe in India over its alleged abuse of the app market, adding to the company’s regulatory woes around the globe. The Competition Commission …
Read More By Wayt Details of alleged collusion between Google and Facebook to squash competition in the online ad space are set to be made public this week, a federal judge has …
Read MoreBy Wayt Apple and Google will be forced to allow app developers to use alternative payment systems under a new law passed by South Korea’s parliament Tuesday, threatening the companies’ …
Read More By Wayt Apple said it’s willing to loosen the notoriously strict rules on payments inside the iPhone’s App Store, making it easier for smaller developers to steer customers toward alternative …
Read MoreBy Steve The European Union handed down $1 billion in fines to major German car manufacturers Thursday, saying they colluded to limit the development and rollout of car emission-control systems. …
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By Elisa A bipartisan group of US lawmakers expert in antitrust urged the Federal Trade Commission Friday to press on with its lawsuit against Facebook, according to a statement from Sen. …
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