Tuesday, Jul. 11, 2023

A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a ruling that the...

Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022

Whether it's the fitness tracker on your wrist, the "smart" home appliances in your house or the latest kids' fad going viral in online videos, they all produce a trove of personal data for big tech companies.

How that data is being used and protected has led to growing public concern and...

Monday, Jan. 3, 2022

Three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas made significant — if very different — marks on the embattled tech industry in 2021. 

Frances Haugen, Lina Khan and Elizabeth Holmes — a data scientist turned whistleblower, a legal scholar turned antitrust enforcer and a former...

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020

Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok's parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers' personal data and how their practices affect children and teens. 

The Federal Trade Commission's action...

Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020

The Justice Department is expected to bring an antitrust action against Google in coming weeks, focusing on its dominance in online search and whether it was used to stifle competition and hurt consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Thursday.

The department...

Sunday, Jul. 14, 2019

Facebook may be close to putting a Federal Trade Commission investigation behind it. But it faces a variety of other probes in Europe and the U.S., some of which could present it with even bigger headaches.

While the $5 billion fine from the FTC, which Facebook has been expecting, is by...

Thursday, May. 23, 2019

Google just announced changes to its policies relating to abortion-related advertising.  The changes, which only apply to advertisers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, will go into effect...

Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019

Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users' privacy.

The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings report Wednesday as a contingency against the possible penalty...

Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2016

The rise of online audiences watching video gamers stream themselves playing isn't simply a new form of entertainment seen by millions. It's also driving video game sales, and drawing the attention of federal regulators.

A study released Wednesday by live streaming company Twitch...

Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016

A federal consumer watchdog sued Volkswagen on Tuesday, charging the company made false claims in commercials promoting its "Clean Diesel" vehicles as environmentally friendly.

The German automaker hastily pulled the ads...

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