Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Amazon sues Perplexity to block its AI shopping agent from making purchases autonomously. The first major legal clash over whether AI assistants can act as user proxies sets precedent for the $20B question: who controls the future of online commerce?
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Epic v Google ends in deal expanding Android app freedom
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Epic Games and Google agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday evening, averting a potential Supreme Court decision. The settlement expands prior U.S.-only court orders into global changes to Android’s app ecosystem, allowing third-party app st…
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Australia sues Microsoft over 'misleading' AI offer
techxplore - Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Monday of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot.
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 15436 / 8 stories in 4 months
UK tribunal rules against Apple App Store practices
In a landmark decision, a London tribunal found that Apple abused its dominant market position with its App Store policies, potentially facing damages near £1.5 billion. The ruling underscores mounting regulatory pressures over Apple’s restrictive practices and their broader impact on competition in the digital marketplace.
Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 6:21 am / permalink 15372 / 4 stories in 4 months
Shades of Epic vs. Apple: UK App Store users win $2 billion lawsuit
appleinsider - A professor heading a class action has won a $2 billion award versus Apple's App Store in a landmark UK case that's a match for the Epic Games fight in terms of what it means for the future.The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled against Apple — im…
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UK CMA pressures Apple for App Store reforms
UK court rulings: Apple’s antitrust penalties unfold
Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15348 / 10 stories in 4 months
UK designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.
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Apple Now Faces App Store Challenges in China, Too
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - A law firm in China has filed a new antitrust complaint accusing Apple of abusing its control over iOS app distribution and payments, escalating a dispute that previously failed in civil court by seeking action from state regulators instead, Reuters repor…
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UK slaps Google Search with special market status, making way for stricter regulations
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The CMA has designated Google as having "strategic market status" in the search and search advertising markets, which means the company has such "a substantial and entrenched" position that it requires special regulations to ensure fair competition.
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China targets Qualcomm amid US-China trade tensions
Chinese authorities are ramping up their scrutiny of Qualcomm as part of a broader trade battle with the United States. Investigations into Qualcomm’s acquisitions and market behavior have emerged, causing shares to dip and fueling uncertainty over the chip giant’s future operations in China.
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OpenAI urges EU to rein in tech giants’ anti-competitive practices
OpenAI has formally raised concerns with EU regulators, warning that established firms like Apple, Microsoft, and Google are stifling competition in the AI space. The company is calling on the EU to implement measures that foster a more level playing field, underscoring its struggle to compete against entrenched tech behemoths.
Back to Top / Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:20 pm / permalink 15058 / 3 stories in 4 months
Supreme Court Denies Google’s Stay Request in Epic Games Case
PYMNTS / pymnts - The Supreme Court denied Google’s request to temporarily pause a lower court’s ruling that the company must make changes to its Play app store. Google made the request regarding a ruling in the antitrust case filed by Epic Games, and the Supreme Court den…
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Epic: Apple's Updated App Marketplace Install Process Proves 'Scare Screens' Deterred Users
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Epic Games has claimed that Apple's revised installation process for third-party app marketplaces in the EU demonstrates that the company was deliberately undermining competition through "deceptive design."In a blog post published Wednesday, the Fortnite …
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Elon Musk's lawsuit should be thrown out, says Apple
appleinsider - Apple has asked for Elon Musk's specious lawsuit over it partnering with OpenAI, to be entirely dismissed.Elon Musk — image credit: TeslaIf Elon Musk is to be believed, he is convinced that once Apple partnered with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to Apple Intell…
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AI Hyperscaler CoreWeave Signs $14.2 Billion Deal With Meta
PYMNTS / pymnts - Artificial intelligence hyperscaler CoreWeave announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Meta days after reporting a deal with OpenAI. “Future AI innovations will be far bigger than they are today, so we’re building for them now,” CoreWeave said in a …
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Apple Demands EU Repeal the Digital Markets Act
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Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program
cnbc - Opening arguments for the trial in Seattle took place on Tuesday and the proceedings were expected to last a month.
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EU opens antitrust probe into German software giant SAP
techxplore - The European Commission launched an antitrust probe into German software giant SAP Thursday over fears the company's practices may have distorted competition.
Back to Top / Thursday, September 25, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 14851 / 4 stories in 5 months
Apple asks EU to scrap landmark digital competition law
techxplore - Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday, arguing that it poses security risks and creates a "worse experience" for consumers.
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Back to Top / Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 14848 / 22 stories in 5 months
The Trump Admin Is Suing Amazon for Tricking People Into Prime Subscriptions. Here’s How That Might Affect You
Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The FTC is claiming that Amazon made cancelling a subscription tough on purpose.
Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14801 / 3 stories in 5 months
Google’s Ad Monopoly Under Microscope as Judge Weighs Remedies
Katherine Blunt / wsj - A federal court will begin hearing testimony to decide what penalties the company should face for unlawful practices in its digital-ads software business.
Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 14783 / 7 stories in 5 months