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U.S. DOJ considers seeking Google breakup for abusing its monopolies in online search, ads
The U.S. Justice Department is exploring the possibility of breaking up Google following a court ruling that found the company monopolized…
U.S. Justice Department poised to sue Apple for antitrust violations
The U.S. Justice Department is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals…
Why does Google pay Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine?
Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine because iPhone users are…
Apple execs Eddy Cue and John Giannandrea set to testify in DOJ’s Google search trial
Two of Apple’s highest-ranking executives will testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Alphabet subsidiary Google …
DOJ antitrust trial focuses on the billions Google pays Apple to be Safari’s default search engine
The Department of Justice’s case against Alphabet-subsidiary Google is the first test of Silicon Valley’s dominance since it took action against…
Details about Apple default search deal shows how Google discourages competition
The DOJ’s case against Google’s centers on its practice of spending billions of dollars a year to become the default search engine on…
Apple seeks to keep competitive secrets from Google in-house lawyers
In a filing Friday in federal court in Washington, Apple said confidential competitive secrets it provided to the U.S. DOJ for the Google …
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Big tech companies like Google are ‘drunk on power’
“Big tech is, I believe, drunk on power. They are getting more brazen.” — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cruz voiced displeasure over…
DOJ antitrust lawsuit targets Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple
The U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit is targeting Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple. The Justice Department’s lawsuit…
Google is finally getting the antitrust treatment it deserves
The U.S. Justice Department today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
U.S. DOJ cites Apple deal in antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google
The United State’s Department of Justice on Tuesday filed antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google that focus on the company’s…
U.S. DOJ says Google breakup may be needed to end violations of antitrust law
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, claiming the $1 trillion company uses its…
U.S. government to file antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
Senate panel compels CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify over political bias
A U.S. Senate panel voted Thursday to compel testimony from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter as lawmakers opened a new front…
DOJ, state AGs eye potential U.S. antitrust probe of Apple over App Store
Antitrust regulators in the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of U.S. state attorneys general are focusing on Apple and the company’s App Store…
U.S. lawmakers’ ‘EARN IT Act’ threatens end-to-end encryption
U.S. legislation – the “EARN IT Act” – will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption…
U.S. DOJ contacting app developers in Apple antitrust probe
The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its Apple antitrust probe, one of the four big tech companies being probed for…
Senator Lindsey Graham’s encryption bill could expose Apple to lawsuits
Lindsey Graham’s encryption attack masquerading as a “child protection” bill could threaten Apple’s use of encryption and a liability exemption they prize…
U.S. Attorney General Barr says Big Tech probes to be completed next year
On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said he expected Justice Department investigations of Big Tech – Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, and Apple – to be completed next year…
Existing U.S. antitrust laws can address Big Tech monopolies, DOJ antitrust chief says
The U.S. Justice Department antitrust chief said on Friday that existent U.S. antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to address harm…
How retailer Target blew it: Missed alarms and 40 million stolen credit cards
The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive…
Massive data breach: Target’s Windows-based PoS terminals were infected with malware
The CEO of retailer Target revealed Saturday in an interview…
Target debacle: Retailer now says 70 million people hit in massive data breach
The data breach that hit Target Corp. over the holidays was bigger than the company…
Winds shift toward Apple in U.S. DOJ’s e-book trial
As the Department of Justice’s bizarre prosecution of Apple hits the halfway point…
Day 5 of the Apple ebooks trial: Publishing execs testify; Rupert Murdoch’s role
U.S. vs. Apple resumed in New York Monday after a three-day break…
U.S. DOJ takes Apple to trial alleging e-book price-fixing
The trial pits the maker of the popular iPad and iPhone against the U.S. Justice Department…
Apple unlikely to settle U.S. e-book price-fixing case
Apple (AAPL) is under pressure to settle a civil antitrust case…
In pretrial view, judge says leaning toward U.S. DOJ over Apple in e-books case
In an unusual move before a trial…
Apple, two publishers reluctant to agree to U.S. and EU settlement terms over e-Book pricing, say sources
Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into e-books…
MetroPCS frontrunner for purchase of AT&T-T-Mobile assets
MetroPCS Communications Inc. has emerged as the frontrunner to buy assets from AT&T Inc. and T- Mobile USA…
