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US FTC to scrutinise Big Tech's talent acquisition deals: ReportThe US Federal Trade Commission is scrutinising big tech firms that hire employees of a startup instead of buying the companies outright. ...
South Korea antitrust regulator probes Arm Holdings' office in Seoul, source saysSouth Korea’s antitrust authority is probing Arm Holdings’ Seoul office over alleged restrictive licensing practices, following a complaint...
Paramount Skydance preparing bid for Warner Bros Discovery, source saysSkydance Media, backed by the Ellison family, is reportedly preparing a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially merging iconic e...
Google to be forced by U.S. Court to sell Chrome browser, Android? Here's what may happen this weekGoogle case was about the company's side payments (which in 2021 totaled more than $26 billion) to Apple, Samsung and other companies -- pa...
Legal hurdles ahead for Google's forced sale of ChromeThe US Department of Justice is pushing for Alphabet, Google's parent company, to sell its Chrome browser and implement other measures to c...
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...
What challenges does Microsoft's $69 billion Activision deal face?The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked an appeals court to temporarily stop Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of video game ma...
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 lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to help news media negotiate with Big TechThe measure would allow news broadcasters and publishers with fewer than 1,500 full-time workers to jointly negotiate ad rates -- many of w...
Microsoft's EU remedies target only cloud streaming rivalsThe US software giant has been trying to allay the Commission's concerns that the deal may reduce competition for console and personal comp...
EU regulators extend deadline for Microsoft, Activision deal to April 25Last month, Microsoft Corp struck a 10-year deal to bring Activision games to Nvidia Corp's gaming platform, if the Xbox maker is allowed t...
Google drops appeal against 500 million euro fine by French regulatorFrance hit Google with a fine of 500 million euros in July last year euros after finding breaches in how it negotiated with publishers to r...
German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcaseGoogle said that its Showcase product, which was launched last autumn, was one of many ways it supported journalism, building on products a...
Tencent Music says facing increased China scrutiny, is committed to laws"In recent months, we have received increased regulatory scrutiny from relevant authorities, and have been actively co-operating and commun...
Google's $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriatedThe accord follows France's implementation of the first copyright rule enacted under a recent European Union law that creates "neighbouring...
Australian prime minister says Bing could replace GooglePrime Minister Scott Morrison said he had since spoken to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella about its search engine Bing filling the ...
ET Explains: Making internet majors pay for news content they make money fromAustralia has issued a draft on this critical process. ET explains