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By Zilber Alphabet shares soared after a federal judge spared its subsidiary Google from a forced breakup in its landmark antitrust battle – fueling a Wall Street rally that outraged …
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By Barrabi Google avoided a forced breakup of its online search monopoly after a federal judge rejected the harshest remedies proposed by the Justice Department – sparking furor from critics …
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By Zilber Google’s controversial AI-generated summaries – which have been blamed for crushing the traffic of US news sites – have drawn an antitrust complaint in the European Union from …
Read More By Barrabi British regulators said they may force Google to open its search engine to more competition – raising concerns that its budding use of artificial intelligence poses increasing threats …
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By Barrabi European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday issued fresh warnings to Apple and Google over potential violations of their strict digital rules – a move that will likely escalate …
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By Barrabi China has opened an antitrust probe against Google – and Nvidia and Intel are also in Beijing’s crosshairs as part of a sweeping set of retaliatory measures after …
Read More By Elisa The Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will ask …
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By Elisa Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge …
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By Elisa Apple is set to be fined by the European Union’s antitrust regulators under the bloc’s landmark rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech, making it the …
Read More By Elisa Google said that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. …
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By Barrabi A Google executive boasted to co-workers the goal for the company’s budding online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rivals in the digital ad market, according to …
Read More By Barrabi Apple is reportedly set to face charges in the European Union for alleged anticompetitive behavior in its App Store – in what would mark the first time EU …
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By Barrabi Microsoft is reportedly facing a fresh antitrust crackdown by European regulators over its alleged use of anticompetitive tactics to boost its Teams virtual meeting software. The European Commission, …
Read More By Thaler Google on Wednesday was slapped with a $2.3 billion lawsuit by media giant Axel Springer and 31 other publishers, alleging that they suffered heavy losses due to the …
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By Barrabi Amazon has nixed plans to buy Roomba maker iRobot after the companies mutually determined the pending acquisition has “no path to regulatory approval in the European Union.” In …
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By Barrabi Google agreed to pay $700 million and allow more competition within its Android app store as part of a settlement with all 50 states and millions of US …
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By Elisa Illumina said on Sunday that it would divest cancer diagnostic test maker Grail after the companies battled both US and European antitrust enforcers for more than two years …
Read More By Barrabi The federal judge who will determine the fate of Google’s online search empire admitted that he still has “no idea” how he expects to rule in the landmark …
Read More By Barrabi Japanese regulators have launched a probe against Google over alleged antitrust violations – adding another legal headache for the tech giant in the middle of the landmark trial …
Read More By Elisa Apple was never serious about replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine in Macs and iPhones, but kept the possibility open as a “bargaining chip’’ …
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