US is considering breaking up Google, targeting Android and Chrome
The move comes after the DOJ found the company monopolized the online search market
Google is officially a monopoly: Company loses massive DOJ antitrust trial over search engine agreements
Google paid over $21 billion in 2021 to make its search engine the default on various devices and browsers
What just happened? The US Department of Justice's nearly year-long case against Google over its dominance in the search engine market has reached a dramatic end. The case could drastically alter how numerous devices and web browsers choose their default search engines, though the full extent of the impending effects remains unclear.
Valve faces $843 million lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging 14 million gamers
The 30% commission fee is under the spotlight once again
No respite for Apple as four more states join lawsuit over alleged smartphone monopoly
The original case was backed by 15 states
US Department of Justice files antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster owner Live Nation
"It is time to break up Live Nation"
DOJ alleges Google destroyed hundreds of thousands of chats as antitrust case winds down
The search giant's antitrust troubles are anything but over
US Department of Justice files broad antitrust suit against Apple
US government attacks Apple's policies on messaging, cloud services, third-party interoperability, and more
Apple pays $13.7 million fine to Russian government over App Store monopoly charge
Just as Russia raises more money for its war in Ukraine
Epic Games triumphs over Google in landmark antitrust case
The judge will decide in January what happens next
Microsoft faces potential antitrust probe in UK over OpenAI relationship
The CMA has been a thorn in Microsoft's side before
Gabe Newell ordered to testify in-person in Valve's antitrust lawsuit after court ignores his Covid concerns
Newell had wanted to give his deposition remotely
Sony fails to stop $7.9 billion lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices
Has Sony been ripping off gamers?
FTC accuses Amazon of manipulating prices using a secret algorithm that made it $1 billion
Part of the Commission's anticompetitive lawsuit against the tech giant
Nvidia's offices raided by antitrust enforcers in France
Over concerns relating to anti-competitive practices
Mozilla warns of potential dark patterns in new browser choice screens coming to Europe
Design matters
In brief: The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will impose new rules on several tech giants when it's introduced next year, including providing users with browser choice screens that lets them pick a default option. That might sound good, but Mozilla warns that these screens need to be designed in a way that promotes all products equally, not just those from a specific vendor.
Tesla hit with right-to-repair class-action lawsuits alleging monopolistic practices
Tesla faces claims of exorbitant wait times and supracompetitive prices
Biden slams Big Tech's worst practices in State of the Union address
"Capitalism without competition is not capitalism; it is exploitation"
In brief: President Joe Biden gave the State of the Union address yesterday, setting his sights on some of tech companies' worst practices: excessive data collection, ads that target children, and monopolistic corporations that engage in anti-competitive behavior.
FTC sues Microsoft in attempt to block Activision acquisition
Microsoft intends to fight it
Apple lawsuit settlement lets devs charge up to $10,000 for an app
Or as little as $0.29
In context: Would you pay $10,000 for an app? Probably not, but the option for developers to charge that amount is being added by Apple. Cupertino says the change is to give devs more flexibility in how they price their apps globally, though it was actually one of the conditions of a class-action suit that Apple settled last year.
Google hit with $25 billion EU/UK lawsuit over its adtech business
Google plans to "vigorously" fight the suit
Google says new antitrust lawsuit targeting the Play Store is meritless as Android allows sideloading
Another day, another antitrust lawsuit for Google
Big Tech targeted in proposed antitrust bills, aiming to break up the likes of Amazon and Google
If the bills are passed, the tech industry as we know it could undergo huge change
Two-thirds of Google queries are zero-click searches, ending without a click on any result
Google has minimized the need to click on search results