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fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

It's Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse

Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment," the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow's book "Enshittification.
Digital life
#apple
from9to5Mac
5 days ago

Apple threatens to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe - 9to5Mac

In May 2021, Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a privacy feature that lets users choose whether apps can track their activity across other companies' apps and websites for advertising or data-sharing purposes. Following the rollout of the feature, cross-app and cross-site tracking declined sharply, with at least one study reporting a 54.7% drop in tracking rates in the United States alone.
Apple
#alphabet
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Apple loses landmark UK lawsuit over App Store commissions

Apple has abused its dominant position by charging app developers unfair commissions, a London tribunal has ruled, in a blow that could leave the United States tech company on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in damages. On Thursday, the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled against Apple after a trial of the lawsuit, which was brought on behalf of millions of iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom.
Apple
#digital-markets-regulation
fromNewsday
6 days ago
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Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

fromAP News
1 week ago
Miscellaneous

Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

fromNewsday
6 days ago
Miscellaneous

Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

fromAP News
1 week ago
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Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

US politics
fromHarvard Gazette
6 days ago

Shielding Americans from corporate 'tyranny' - Harvard Gazette

Antitrust enforcement checks concentrated economic power, preventing corporate-driven economic tyranny and protecting freedom through regulatory measures analogous to constitutional checks.
Miscellaneous
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

UK regulator grants Google and Apple strategic market status, enabling targeted measures to open up mobile ecosystems and strengthen competition and consumer protections.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Supreme Court denies REX's petition to hear antitrust suit

Supreme Court denied REX's petition, leaving intact lower-court rulings dismissing REX’s antitrust claims against NAR and Zillow over the no-commingling rule and site redesign.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago

The DOJ Understands Royalty-Free Licensing is Far from Free

"Royalty-free" is an appealing notion, especially when applied to the licensing of a patent essential to a standard. This standard is even more compelling to an implementer when every participant in the relevant standards body or proprietary consortia, including preeminent technology companies, has pledged it will grant its essential patents on a royalty-free (RF) basis. What could be better than an entire ecosystem around a standard or proprietary solution and its implementation being bound by an RF pledge?
Intellectual property law
#rent-setting-algorithms
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Real estate

America's landlords settle claim they used rent-setting algorithms to gouge consumers nationwide for $141 million | Fortune

fromFortune
3 weeks ago
Real estate

America's landlords settle claim they used rent-setting algorithms to gouge consumers nationwide for $141 million | Fortune

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fromComputerworld
1 week ago

Microsoft set to escape French antitrust probe as Qwant complaint falters

European antitrust enforcement is becoming more selective, boosting support for sovereign approaches while exposing tensions from platform providers that also compete with customers.
fromComputerworld
1 week ago

Microsoft accused of trying to manipulate AI pricing via its OpenAI investment

ChatGPT prices were inflated since the service's inception, with price levels reaching an eye-popping 100 to 200 times competitors' prices on a per-token basis amidst a February 2025 price war. A secretive agreement struck between OpenAI and Microsoft early in OpenAI's development allowed Microsoft to control the supply of compute to its horizontal competitor's products. It used an exclusivity clause to restrict OpenAI's product output, and to impose a price-or, conversely, output and quality-floor on its competitor OpenAI's ChatGPT products.
Artificial intelligence
#sherman-act
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

2bn UK lawsuit accuses Microsoft of overcharging cloud customers

If your organisation has used Windows Server on Google, Amazon or Alibaba's cloud platforms at any point since December 2018, you have likely paid too much money, " Dr Stasi said.
UK news
#optimal-blue
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

China opens probe into Qualcomm's Autotalks acquisition

China's competition regulator has launched an investigation into Qualcomm's purchase of Israeli firm Autotalks, the latest salvo in the escalating tech trade war between Washington and Beijing. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) described its probe as routine, according to state-run broadcaster CGTN, yet the timing is pointed. It came as China tightened exports of rare earth metals last Thursday, ratcheting up tensions with the US.
World news
#ad-tech
fromAdExchanger
2 weeks ago
US politics

What The Google Trial Is Missing: Data, Not Auctions, Will Decide The Fate Of The Open Web | AdExchanger

fromDigiday
3 weeks ago
US politics

Google's remedy phase explained: DOJ wants its offerings - and where the judge might land

fromAdExchanger
1 month ago
Marketing tech

DOJ v. Google: Judge Brinkema Calls For Less Ad Tech "Window Dressing" In The AdX And DFP Divestiture Debate | AdExchanger

fromAdExchanger
2 weeks ago
US politics

What The Google Trial Is Missing: Data, Not Auctions, Will Decide The Fate Of The Open Web | AdExchanger

fromDigiday
3 weeks ago
US politics

Google's remedy phase explained: DOJ wants its offerings - and where the judge might land

fromAdExchanger
1 month ago
Marketing tech

DOJ v. Google: Judge Brinkema Calls For Less Ad Tech "Window Dressing" In The AdX And DFP Divestiture Debate | AdExchanger

Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
2 weeks ago

The Collusion Boogeyman; Can Performance AI Resist Rage Bait? | AdExchanger

US publishers face antitrust barriers to collaborative, sell-side data-sharing while AI-driven ad platforms increase risks of provocative, performance-focused advertising.
#google
fromAol
2 weeks ago
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UK watchdog targets Google's 'strategic' role in search ads and a competitive market

fromDigiday
2 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Tea in the courtroom: the gossipier side of the remedies trial over Google's ad tech monopoly

fromAol
2 weeks ago
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UK watchdog targets Google's 'strategic' role in search ads and a competitive market

fromDigiday
2 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Tea in the courtroom: the gossipier side of the remedies trial over Google's ad tech monopoly

fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Realtor associations, MLSs push back on steering allegations

Zea runs www.snapflatfee.com, a brokerage that charges sellers a listing fee in exchange for limited services.
Real estate
fromBenzinga
2 weeks ago

Google Designated Strategic Player In UK Search, Ad Market - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

The CMA confirmed that Google dominates general search and advertising, giving it a strategic position in the UK market where it handles over 90% of searches. The designation includes AI-based features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode. However, it excludes Google's Gemini AI assistant, although the CMA will continue to review this as the market evolves. CMA Executive Director for Digital Markets Will Hayter emphasized that the designation enables the CMA to pursue proportionate interventions to maintain open competition.
UK news
UK news
fromAP News
2 weeks ago

UK watchdog targets Google's 'strategic' role in search ads and a competitive market

U.K. regulators designated Google as having strategic market status in search and search advertising, enabling possible targeted interventions to boost competition and fairness.
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fromwww.cnbc.com
2 weeks ago

Google search comes under renewed scrutiny in UK as competition watchdog flexes new powers

Britain's competition regulator designated Google's search and search advertising services with strategic market status, enabling new powers to regulate Google's search activities.
#media-consolidation
#qualcomm
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Nextcloud withdraws European Commission OneDrive complaint

a time investment on our end to keep it going (replying to questions over and over again).
Miscellaneous
Artificial intelligence
fromMiami Herald
2 weeks ago

Google wants right to bundle Gemini AI app with Maps, YouTube

Google seeks to retain the right to bundle Maps and YouTube with Gemini AI, opposing a DOJ proposal to bar such bundling amid ongoing antitrust remedy decisions.
fromYahoo Finance
2 weeks ago

Google Wants Right to Bundle Gemini AI App With Maps, YouTube

"Mehta, who found that Google has monopolized search and search advertising, is crafting a remedy to resolve the company's illegal conduct. In a decision last month, he ruled that Google could no longer pay companies to exclusively use its Search, Chrome web browser or Google Play Store, though he declined to bar all payments outright. Mehta's ruling incorporated aspects of proposals from Google and the Justice Department, which led to Wednesday's hearing where both sides argued for him to adopt their language in a final order."
Artificial intelligence
US politics
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

California bans algorithmic price fixing

AB 325 makes collusive use of common pricing algorithms a Cartwright Act violation, lowers pleading standards for such suits, and bans coercive adoption.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Borrowers sue Optimal Blue, top lenders over alleged mortgage price-fixing scheme

The lawsuit centers on two Optimal Blue tools launched in 2019, Competitive Analytics and Competitive Data License, which require lenders to share an unprecedented quantity and quality of non-public, competitively sensitive, granular, real-time data covering every component of their residential Mortgage Pricing and profit margins. Plaintiffs allege this data-sharing arrangement the price of admission to this cartel allowed lenders to coordinate pricing rather than compete, effectively inflating rates and margins.
Law
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Germany investigating Temu on price-fixing suspicions DW 10/08/2025

Germany's Federal Cartel Office on Wednesday announced an investigation into Chinese e-commerce giant Temu, saying it wanted to examine conditions for traders and the company's treatment of the suppliers it relies upon to sell products. "Each month more than 100 million users from European marketplaces visit temu.com," Andreas Mundt, the president of the competition watchdog, said in a statement.
E-Commerce
Law
fromApp Developer Magazine
10 months ago

Ad tech antitrust trial begins as Google seeks to avoid breakup

The DOJ and state attorneys general seek structural remedies forcing Google to sell AdX and open its auction mechanism to restore competition in ad tech.
#google-play-store
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago
Tech industry

Play Store downloads could soon get cheaper after the Supreme Court denies Google's bid to delay antitrust changes

fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago
Tech industry

Play Store downloads could soon get cheaper after the Supreme Court denies Google's bid to delay antitrust changes

Tech industry
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

Ad Tech Briefing: A Google breakup sounds ideal, but the realities are much more complicated

The court will decide whether Google must be structurally separated in display advertising, affecting access to bidding data, auction logic, and market competition.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court didn't save Google from Epic, and now the clock is ticking

Google must allow Android developers in the US to use outside payments, link to external downloads, set prices, and end Play exclusivity deals immediately.
#digital-advertising
Apple
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

How tech rebels challenged Apple's dominance in the app economy

Companies that control platform rules gain decisive power over app ecosystems and can extract fees, shaping rivals' strategies and triggering legal and competitive battles.
US politics
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Even The Ex-FTC Chair Is Slamming Microsoft's Game Pass Price Hikes

Microsoft's Game Pass price hikes and layoffs followed its acquisition of Activision, raising antitrust concerns about market consolidation and consumer harm.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Zillow believes Compass acquisitions could impact lawsuit

Zillow seeks expedited discovery from Compass to contest claims that its listing-access policy causes Compass irreparable harm in antitrust litigation.
Real estate
fromBoston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
3 weeks ago

Several States Sue Zillow And Redfin Over Rental Listings Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to end Redfin's rental-advertising business, prompting multistate AGs to sue for alleged antitrust collusion that could harm renters.
Real estate
fromStraight Arrow News
3 weeks ago

FTC alleges Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to suppress competition: Lawsuit

Zillow allegedly paid Redfin $100 million to suppress competition in online rental advertising, prompting an FTC and state antitrust lawsuit seeking to restore competition.
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fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

OpenAI mocks Musk's math in suit over iPhone/ChatGPT integration

OpenAI and Apple say xAI's antitrust claims over ChatGPT's iPhone integration are baseless, relying on vague, back-of-the-envelope estimates.
US politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Why the FTC is targeting Zillow and Redfin's rental deal

FTC and multiple state attorneys general allege Zillow and Redfin conspired to eliminate competition in multifamily rental listings, prompting antitrust enforcement focused on technology monopolization.
#ftc-lawsuit
fromAol
4 weeks ago
Real estate

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromAol
4 weeks ago
Real estate

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromSan Jose Inside
3 weeks ago

Judge Tosses Consumer Lawsuit against Meta Platforms after Blocking Key Witness

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, scored a legal victory Tuesday when a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Menlo Park tech firm of misleading users about its privacy practices to maintain its social media dominance. U.S. District Judge James Donato granted Meta's request for a summary judgment halting a trial that had been scheduled for November, according to Reuters. The ruling came after the court barred a key expert witness for the plaintiffs, effectively leaving them unable to demonstrate any damages.
Tech industry
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

5 states sue Zillow, Redfin over $100M agreement after FTC suit

Like the FTC's suit, this lawsuit alleges that Zillow has no interest in continuing to compete with Redfin on the merits of its rental advertising offering. Instead, on February 6, 2025, Zillow and Redfin executed an unlawful agreement to remove competition from this already highly concentrated market, starting with a $100 million payment to Redfin to exit the Internet Listing Services advertising market, the complaint states.
Real estate
Real estate
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin for violating antitrust laws

Zillow paid Redfin to syndicate rental listings and to cease competing for multifamily listings, prompting an FTC antitrust suit alleging illegal suppression of competition.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
4 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 10.01.25 - Above the Law

U.S. legal, regulatory, and political landscape faces cybersecurity attacks, legal irregularities, expanded crypto policy, major antitrust scrutiny, high-profile convictions, and rollback of tribal sovereignty guidance.
UX design
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

Epic says it has proof Apple was scaring users off third-party app stores

Apple's iOS 18.6 simplified third-party marketplace installation, cutting Epic Games Store drop-off from 65% to around 25% and improving iOS install success rates.
fromThe Local France
4 weeks ago

EU probes France's Sanofi over vaccines business practices

The European Commission said it had carried out surprise inspections of a company active in the vaccines sector. It did not name the firm, nor say in which country the raids were taking place, though it specified investigators were joined by competition authorities of the member state affected. The European Commission said it has "concerns that the inspected company may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit abuses of a dominant market position".
France news
Law
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks ago

Pac-12 poaching penalty lawsuit: Judge denies Mountain West's motion to dismiss

A federal judge denied the Mountain West's motion to dismiss the Pac-12's poaching penalty lawsuit, jeopardizing the Mountain West's $55 million fee claim.
#online-rental-advertising
fromNewsday
4 weeks ago
Law

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromSFGATE
4 weeks ago
Real estate

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromAol
4 weeks ago
Law

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromNewsday
4 weeks ago
Law

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromSFGATE
4 weeks ago
Real estate

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromAol
4 weeks ago
Law

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

fromAP News
4 weeks ago

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing Zillow and Redfin, accusing the real estate companies of entering what the regulator says is an illegal deal to suppress competition in online rental advertising. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the FTC alleges that this agreement started in February - when Zillow paid Redfin $100 million. In exchange for that and other compensation, the commission said, Redfin agreed to end contracts with advertising partners, stop competing ads for multifamily properties
Law
Real estate
fromwww.cnn.com
4 weeks ago

FTC claims Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to dominate online rental listings

The FTC alleges Zillow paid Redfin $100 million for an exclusive syndication deal that eliminated competition and harmed multifamily advertising markets and renters.
Real estate
fromwww.cnbc.com
4 weeks ago

FTC sues Zillow and Redfin alleging antitrust violation in online rental listings

The FTC alleges Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to eliminate Redfin as an independent competitor by syndicating multifamily rental listings and restricting Redfin’s market role.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 weeks ago

FTC lawsuit claims ZillowRedfin rental tie-up crushes competition

Redfin ceased competing in multifamily ILS advertising by making Zillow the exclusive multifamily listings provider, eliminating key competition and raising antitrust concerns.
Artificial intelligence
fromExchangewire
4 weeks ago

Digest: Electronic Arts Closes Largest Buyout Ever; FTC Finalises Omnicom-IPG Order With Ad Rules; Anthropic to Triple Global Staff as AI Demand Surges - ExchangeWire.com

Electronic Arts is being acquired in a record $55 billion buyout that will pay shareholders $210 per share in cash.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

EA's boss won't have to answer to Wall Street. That doesn't mean the pressure's over.

Electronic Arts will go private in a $55 billion leveraged buyout led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners; CEO Andrew Wilson will remain.
Tech industry
fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

F-Droid says Google's new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

Allowing Google to control developer verification risks ending F-Droid and centralizing Android app distribution through data collection and developer fees.
fromTechzine Global
4 weeks ago

Brussels puts Google under pressure again with DMA case

According to insiders, Brussels is working on its first fine under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This is the law that has been in place since last year to prevent large tech companies from abusing their market power. A decision is expected in the coming months. That's what Reuters reports. Earlier this month, Europe already slapped Google with a €2.95 billion fine for unfair practices in advertising technology.
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Tech industry
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

Calculating The Odds On The Google Spinoff | AdExchanger

A Virginia court is deciding remedies for Google Ad Manager after a verdict finding Google ran two monopolies; Google plans to appeal.
Tech industry
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
1 month ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2025

Google expanded sponsored results grouping, updated Ads campaign setup, rolled out AI Mode features, changed AdSense metrics, and faced major industry legal and business developments.
Tech industry
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Google urges Supreme Court to halt app store injunction in Epic Games suit

Google asks the Supreme Court to halt parts of a judge's injunction requiring major Play Store changes after a jury found Google illegally stifled competition in Epic's antitrust case.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Amazon agrees to settle U.S. lawsuit that it 'tricked' people into Prime

Amazon has agreed to settle a landmark case over its Prime membership program, according to U.S. regulators, who had alleged the company's web designs manipulated tens of millions of people into paying for subscriptions that were purposefully hard to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon, without admitting wrongdoing, has agreed to pay a historic $1 billion in civil penalties to the government and another $1.5 billion in redress payments to affected consumers.
Law
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Google points out Microsoft's cloudy licensing still stinks

Google is like a dog with a bone over Microsoft's cloud licensing policies, not letting Euro regulators forget about what it sees as anti-competitive practices that penalize those wanting to run Windows software on rival cloud platforms. The ad and cloud tech giant says it has been a year since it filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft, and seems frustrated with the progress - or lack of it.
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fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Despite Google's recent victory, a flurry of competition cases could still change how the tech giants do business

Global antitrust actions and new regulations are challenging Big Tech's market practices, potentially reshaping business models, fines, and interoperability rules.
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