FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss

Lauren Feiner / theverge - The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday. US District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in November that the government failed to prove that Meta had an illegal monopoly over …

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Google Appeals Ruling in U.S. Antitrust Search Case

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Google announced late Friday that it has appealed the ruling in U.S. v. Google (Search) and has asked to pause some of the imposed remedies.The post Google Appeals Ruling in U.S. Antitrust Search Case appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly ruling

Lauren Feiner / theverge - Google is appealing a federal court's decision ruling it an illegal online search monopolist. The company filed a notice to appeal on Friday, requesting a pause on the court-ordered remedies meant to restore competition to the online search market. "As we…

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Italian regulators are investigating Activision Blizzard's monetization practices

Andre Revilla / engadget - The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has opened two investigations into Microsoft-owned game studio Activision Blizzard, centered around the mobile games Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty: Mobile. The AGCM alleges the free-to-play games use "misleading…

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Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

@MarketWatch / x - Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer https://t.co/zh0tvWXHht— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 13, 2026

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Apple Appeals $1.8 Billion UK Antitrust Ruling Over App Store Fees

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has asked the UK Court of Appeal to overturn a £1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) antitrust ruling that found the company overcharged millions of App Store users, escalating one of the most significant competition cases ever brought against the company in…

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Apple Agrees to Allow Alternative App Stores and Payments in Brazil

iclarified - Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved a settlement agreement with Apple that requires the company to allow alternative app marketplaces and third-party payment processing on iOS devices in the country. The decision resol…

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Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app.

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John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies

BeauHD / slashdot - A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it's bec…

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Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…

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Apple opens up iOS in Japan in response to new regulations

Will Shanklin / engadget - You can add Japan to the list of regions where Apple has been forced to do something it would rather not: open up the App Store. On Thursday, the company announced changes to iOS in Japan to comply with the nation's Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA).…

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New third-party iOS App Stores in Japan preserve user privacy, child safety

appleinsider - Apple is introducing alternative app stores and payment options in Japan to comply with a new competition law, while maintaining that platform-level security and child safety controls remain in place.App StoreApple compares this approach with the EU's Dig…

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Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount bid on funding, terms

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U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight

Ana Swanson, Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek / nytimes - The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

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'Apple Tax is Dead in the USA'

msmash / slashdot - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has almost entirely upheld a scathing April ruling that found Apple in willful violation of a 2021 injunction meant to open up iOS App Store payments in its long-running legal battle against Epic Games. A three-judge pan…

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Switzerland opens antitrust probe over iPhone NFC access

appleinsider - Swiss regulators are examining what conditions Apple puts on third-party firms before it allows them to use the same NFC technology that enables Apple Pay.NFC payments are to be investigated by Switzerland's competition regulatorIn June 2024, the European…

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Apple Wins Ability to Charge Fees on External Payment Links as Appeals Court Modifies Epic Injunction

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple should be able to collect a reasonable commission on purchases made using external links included in iOS apps, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today (via Reuters). The U.S. Court of Appeals partially reversed sanctions imposed on Apple after Apple w…

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The case only Netflix can make for buying Warner Brothers Discovery

Anne Marie Squeo / fastcompany - The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery got hotter this week as Paramount launched a hostile bid of $108.4 billion for the company, topping Netflix’s agreement last week to pay nearly $83 billion for the company’s streaming and studio assets. It’s the la…

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