Amazon accused of being a monopolist in FTC lawsuit Khan's been waiting for years to file this case - she better hope her aim is good Software26 Sep 2023 | 20
CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises Software22 Sep 2023 | 2
Korea's FTC fines Broadcom $14.3M for pushing 'unfair' deal onto Samsung Updated Watchdog claims it abused market position to leverage 'unfavorable' long-term parts supply contract Systems21 Sep 2023 |
Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better - and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 27
US Department of Justice claims Google bought its way to web search dominance We're just better, says Big G Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 28
Google settles another Play Store antitrust case Perhaps the Chocolate Factory didn't feel like staring down 36 state AGs with two other competition cases pending Applications06 Sep 2023 | 3
Bane of Big Tech, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, steps away for a bit Is that a relieved sob from Google lawyers we hear? Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 1
UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China Middle Kingdom has made a habit of scuppering western mergers of late Virtualization21 Aug 2023 | 1
South Korea 'puts the brakes' on Google's app store dominance Starts monitoring developer deals after first slapping the G-force with substantial fine Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 6
It's official: EU probing bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365 Updated Antitrust inspectors trying to figure out if Redmond has breached local competition laws SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 42
FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: 'Losing two is okay' How quick y'all are to forget Nvidia-Arm Personal Tech25 Jul 2023 | 4
Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1
Antitrust clouds continue to gather over Microsoft's European business Regional trade group applies to partake in Germany's probe of Redmond's cloud software policies Sysadmin Month19 Jul 2023 | 6
Euro monopoly cops to probe Microsoft for slipping Teams into Office Three years after Slack flagged up 'illegal' bundling of chat app SaaS17 Jul 2023 | 44
EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources Despite Redmond's best efforts to convince competition regulators that product bundles are OK Software04 Jul 2023 | 22
Microsoft's Activision fight with FTC turned up a Blizzard of docs: Here's your summary Windows PCs in the cloud, spending Sony out of business, mobile woes, and more – and the files to read Personal Tech28 Jun 2023 | 31
Google formally accuses monopolist Microsoft of trapping people in its cloud Updated Fight! Fight! Fight! SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 24
Europe teases breaking up Google over ad monopoly Oh dear, look who hasn't spent enough on lobbying? Personal Tech14 Jun 2023 | 20
Broadcom squeezed Samsung, now South Korea's squeezing back – hard Updated Regulators won't accept proposed remedy for nasty parts deal – but EU may have accepted VMware deal Virtualization14 Jun 2023 |
Asia's top rideshare outfit, Grab, is late paying fines for running late Took out Uber and promised to play nice, but regulator alleges years of evasion Legal18 May 2023 | 3
EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13
Google accused of stomping on rivals as it stamps out annoying Calendar spam Talk about going against the Grain Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 22
Microsoft may charge different prices for Office with or without Teams How to appease antitrust regulators by looking like you're doing something Storage05 May 2023 | 32
Another cloud provider runs to shelter from Microsoft's licensing practices First British biz joins Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers PaaS + IaaS27 Apr 2023 | 8
Microsoft may stop bundling Teams with Office amid antitrust probe threat First came Slack then others joined the scrum to tackle the Beast of Redmond CxO25 Apr 2023 | 97
Appeals court backs Apple over Epic, which isn't as bad as you might think Game maker's success getting anti-steering rules nixed also survived Personal Tech24 Apr 2023 | 3
Nine more US states join ad antitrust legal battle against Google More than a third of US states now party to the lawsuit, which aims to break up Chocolate Factory's advertising arm Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 7
South Korea fines Google $32M for using market power to stymie rival app store Forced developers to sign exclusivity agreements in return for promises of going global Legal11 Apr 2023 | 5
Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed Personal Tech04 Apr 2023 | 31
Euro cloud providers react to MS potentially cutting deal on antitrust Transparency? Redmond's heard of it Off-Prem30 Mar 2023 | 2
Google (sort of) loses in Indian antitrust appeal Updated $161 million slap-on-the-wrist fine stands, but major restrictions are eased Legal30 Mar 2023 | 4
Germany sours on Microsoft again, launches antitrust review Welcome to the club, says Google, Meta, and Amazon On-Prem29 Mar 2023 | 30
Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so Security28 Mar 2023 | 35
Shareholders sue Google, claim it hid anticompetitive ad practices Aggrieved investors claim tech giant fibbed to inflate stock prices... and it backfired Personal Tech17 Mar 2023 | 15
EU 'poised' to OK Microsoft's Activision biz gobble Crunch licensing talks with rivals may ease antitrust fears Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 10
Google destroyed evidence for antitrust battle, Feds complain rm -rf'ing staff chat logs can't go unpunished, says Uncle Sam CSO24 Feb 2023 | 33
VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition to be signed, sealed, delivered 90-day stretch comes after Euro-probe paused for production of paperwork Virtualization20 Feb 2023 | 1
What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue Exclusive Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari Applications17 Feb 2023 | 40
Uncle Sam backs right-to-repair battle against Big Ag's John Deere Doh, a Deere, I fear no Deere Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 37
Google works on Blink-based iOS browser contrary to Apple's WebKit rule Chocolate Factory insists project is an internal testing tool, isn't extending middle finger at Cupertino Applications03 Feb 2023 | 24
Killed EU antitrust fine could still come back to haunt Intel European Commission says findings about payments intended to prevent sales of rival products still stand Systems30 Jan 2023 | 3
Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision Legal26 Jan 2023 | 3
Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware OSes25 Jan 2023 | 39
Break up Google now, says US govt in ad monopoly lawsuit I'm feeling yucky Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 18
Germany probes PayPal over cartel claims Bundeskartellamt already had a bite at FAANG firms, now former Musk co is starting to look appetizing Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 1
Live Nation CFO on Taylor Swift ticket chaos: Don't blame me, bots made me crazy Attack was three times the size of anything company had seen – they couldn't shake it off Offbeat24 Jan 2023 | 20
India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility OSes23 Jan 2023 | 5
Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT Legal04 Jan 2023 | 6
Microsoft-FTC dispute over Activision deal hits court Wildly popular Call of Duty game at the center of the antitrust tussle Software03 Jan 2023 | 1
EU probes Broadcom/VMware deal over impact on hardware, not price hikes or cloudy concerns +COMMENT Suggests VMware might not allow NICs and HBAs other than Broadcom’s, which would be a bizarre act Virtualization21 Dec 2022 |
Amazon to settle Euro antitrust probes by Christmas Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants Personal Tech17 Dec 2022 | 5
Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 25
Android users in 12 US states cleared to sue Google Play Millions of people who bought apps since 2016 eligible for payout Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 10
US Justice Dept reportedly checking AI rent-pricing biz RealPage Company accused of allowing landlords to collude and artificially inflate rental prices AI + ML28 Nov 2022 | 5
Tech companies in the crosshairs as China proposes antitrust law revisions After a mysterious pause in crackdowns, it looks like the Beijing everyone knows is back Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 6
US Justice Department requests more info from Adobe on $20b Figma buy Antitrust scrutiny into one of the biggest deals for a private software developer Software18 Nov 2022 | 4
India fines Google another $114 million, demands Play open to third party payments Ad and search giant protests even though it's already made the same changes in other countries Legal27 Oct 2022 | 1
India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3
EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10
Indonesia accuses Google of abusing monopoly Asia In Brief PLUS: Qualys CEO says APAC has infosec advantages; Singapore's Sea ebbs in Americas; Toshiba's tepid takeover update; and more CSO19 Sep 2022 | 4
Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm Snapdragon giant was accused of bribing Apple not to use rival modems Personal Tech29 Aug 2022 | 8
Apple Pay bags Cupertino another antitrust lawsuit If this sounds familiar, it's because the EU is investigating the same thing Legal19 Jul 2022 | 7