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...
15 Nov, 2024, 10.02 AM IST
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. ...
16 Jul, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
US clears way for antitrust inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAIFederal regulators are proceeding with antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia in the AI industry. The Justice Departme...
06 Jun, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
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...
20 Jan, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
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...
09 Dec, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
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...
22 Sep, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
Microsoft granted two-month pause of UK appeal over Activision dealMicrosoft, Activision and Britain's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), had all asked for a two-month stay ...
18 Jul, 2023, 12.33 AM IST
Another blow for FTC as US court refuses request to pause Microsoft-Activision dealA federal judge had previously ruled for Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the FTC had failed to show the deal would be illegal under antitrust ...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
FTC to appeal judge's decision to let Microsoft buy ActivisionThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday it was appealing a federal judge's ruling that Microsoft could go forward with it...
13 Jul, 2023, 08.13 AM IST
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 ...
14 Jun, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
US judge pauses Microsoft's Activision buyA US federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Microsoft from completing its $69 billion buyout of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, a c...
14 Jun, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
FTC chair met UK antitrust officials last week but did not talk Microsoft-Activision deal: OfficialThe FTC official, speaking on Thursday, was responding to comments made by the game-maker's CEO, Bobby Kotick, who told CNBC he believed th...
28 Apr, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
US advocacy group asks FTC to stop new OpenAI GPT releasesIn a complaint to the agency on Thursday, a summary of which is on the group's website, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital ...
30 Mar, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
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...
14 Dec, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
US gets gamier on antitrust activismThe US sets the bar higher on consumer protection, and companies like Google have been investigated but not sued for market behaviour that ...
12 Dec, 2022, 11.08 PM IST
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...
24 Nov, 2022, 10.35 AM IST
- 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.
02 May, 2011, 01.51 AM IST