From Digital Age to Nano Age. WorldWide.

Tag: antitrust

Atoms Lanka Solutions > antitrust
Robotic Automations

FTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft | TechCrunch

November 28, 2024 9:38 AM0


The FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, according to multiple reports that corroborate earlier reporting by the Financial Times. The agency is said to be looking into whether Microsoft violated antitrust law in multiple segments of its business, including its public cloud, AI, and cybersecurity product lines. Of particular interest to the FTC […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

EU closes antitrust probe into Apple's e-book and audiobook rules after complaint withdrawn | TechCrunch

November 22, 2024 10:25 PM0


The European Commission (EC) has quietly closed a longstanding antitrust investigation into Apple over rules it enforces against third-party e-book and audiobook app developers. The EC opened the probe back in 2020 after receiving complaints over how Apple forced competing e-book and audiobook app developers to use Apple’s own in-app payment system, while also preventing […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Apple's mobile browser policies and Google pact are 'holding back innovation,' UK regulator says | TechCrunch

November 22, 2024 7:04 PM0


An inquiry group setup by the U.K.’s antitrust authority has provisionally found that Apple’s policies are “holding back innovation in the browsers we use to access the web on mobile phones.” While the report focuses substantively on Apple, it also highlighted a revenue-sharing agreement with Google, noting that the duo “earn significant revenue” when Google […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Meta slapped with a €798M fine in Europe over anticompetitive Marketplace practices | TechCrunch

November 21, 2024 8:28 AM0


Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been hit with yet another huge regulatory fine in Europe, this time over abusive practices related to Facebook Marketplace. The European Commission announced that it would fine Meta €797.72 million — nearly $840 million — for breaching EU antitrust rules connected to how it ties its […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Justice Department reportedly pushing Google to spin off Chrome | TechCrunch

November 19, 2024 5:24 AM0


The Department of Justice is reportedly pushing to force Google to spin off its Chrome browser business. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that the Justice Department is also planning to recommend to a federal judge that Google face antitrust requirements related to AI and its Android mobile operating system. The enforcement actions are the […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Corning, maker of toughened Gorilla Glass for phones, faces EU antitrust probe | TechCrunch

November 6, 2024 6:59 PM0


On Wednesday, the European Union opened an investigation of U.S. manufacturer Corning over possible anti-competitive practices. Corning may not be a name that’s super familiar to the average tech consumer, but you are almost certainly within touching distance of its products as its a leading supplier of speciality toughened glass for mobile devices, including Apple’s […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Intel's $1.45 billion EU antitrust fine is officially history | TechCrunch

October 24, 2024 2:28 PM0


A €1.06 billion EU antitrust penalty on chipmaker Intel for abuse of dominance dating back to 2009 (when it was equivalent to $1.45 billion) has been consigned to the history books after the bloc’s top court rejected the Commission’s appeal against a 2022 lower court ruling that annulled the sanction. “The Court of Justice dismisses […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Xbox will soon let players buy games directly in its Android app following Google antitrust ruling | TechCrunch

October 20, 2024 8:15 PM0


Xbox president Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox app on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s billing system on Monday. The ruling forces Google to open up its app store to […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

Antitrust challenge to Facebook's 'superprofiling' finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits | TechCrunch

October 19, 2024 3:59 AM0


A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an “exploitative abuse” of Facebook’s monopoly position, finally concluded Thursday with […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Robotic Automations

US government considers historic break-up of Google in antitrust case | TechCrunch

October 18, 2024 12:26 PM0


The U.S. Justice Department has put forth a sweeping proposal to force Google to sell off parts of its business, potentially leading to the first major corporate breakup in four decades and reshaping one of the world’s most valuable tech companies. The Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general on Tuesday submitted […]

© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Software Development in Sri Lanka

Back
WhatsApp
Messenger
Viber