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How Big Tech is faring against US antitrust lawsuitsUS antitrust regulators are targeting Big Tech firms, including Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia over monopoly concerns. ...
Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnershipsUnlike an acquisition or a transaction that would give Meta a controlling stake, the deal does not require a review by US antitrust regulat...
FTC drops case over Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard dealThe FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge's decision declining to block the Microsoft-Activision deal, which closed in 202...
US FTC weighs in on Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAIThe US Federal Trade Commission, while it did not support either side, pointed out the legalities that could potentially support Elon Musk'...
Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probeThe FTC is probing Microsoft's software licensing and cloud practices. The investigation focuses on potential anti-competitive behavior. Mi...
US FTC plans to investigate Microsoft's cloud businessThe agency is examining allegations that the software giant is potentially abusing its market power in productivity software by imposing pu...
FTC seeking details on Amazon deal with AI startup AdeptThe FTC is investigating Amazon’s hiring of Adept's David Luan amid AI competition with Google and Microsoft, following a January inquiry. ...
US antitrust inquiry targets OpenAI and Anthropic's deals with Big TechThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched an inquiry on Thursday into generative artificial intelligence investments and partnerships.
DOJ, FTC push to investigate Microsoft's OpenAI partnership: reportMicrosoft's tie-up with the ChatGPT maker has raised antitrust scrutiny after the US software giant committed to invest over $10 billion in...
Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up comes under antitrust scrutinyThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is examining the nature of Microsoft's investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and whether it may violate ant...
Antitrust battle: Google, Amazon, Apple face heat amid growing market dominationThe United States FTC has sued Amazon, arguing it broke antitrust laws, the Justice Department sued Google in another case over its control...
Microsoft-Activision timeline: Ubisoft deal opens doors to Britain's nodLast month, "Call of Duty" maker Activision agreed to sell its non-European streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment to get the biggest de...
Tech companies including Google gripe about unfair cloud practicesGoogle echoed the sentiment in its own filing, saying that "licensing terms enforced by Microsoft, Oracle, and other legacy on-premises sof...
Microsoft-Activision: Mega deal caught in crosshairs of antitrust regulatorsThe acquisition has attracted scrutiny from several antitrust enforcers, including Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), over ...
US FTC leaders will target AI that violates civil rights or is deceptiveIn a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya were asked about concerns that recent...
UK regulator launches probe into Amazon's planned purchase of iRobotThe probe launch by the UK watchdog comes at a time antitrust regulators, including those in the U.S. and the European Union, have become i...
Microsoft's bid to buy games giant faces triple anti-trust threatThe Xbox-owner has embarked on a campaign to convince all three EU, UK and US regulators to back its $69 billion bid to take over Activisio...
Microsoft says it offered FTC a consent decree on 'Call of Duty' gamesMicrosoft president Brad Smith said the offer was made just before the FTC sued Microsoft last week in an attempt to block the tech giant's...
FTC likely to file lawsuit to block Microsoft bid for Activision: reportA lawsuit challenging the deal is not guaranteed, and the FTC's four commissioners have yet to vote out a complaint or meet with lawyers fo...
- US FTC investigating Google's dominace of the Internet search industry
US FTC is alerting high-tech cos to gather information for the probe, people familiar with the matter said.