Europe's AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn't happy
Lindsay Clark / theregister - Users and developers struggle to comply as situation evolves It is a little more than four years since the European Union first proposed legislation to govern tech companies that build AI systems and how users deploy them. A lot has changed since then.…
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Apple hits back at DOJ antitrust suit paragraph by paragraph in scathing response
appleinsider - As Apple's antitrust case goes forward, the company has responded to each of the 236 paragraphs from the original complaint to defend itself, stating plainly that the "DOJ is wrong."Apple won't take the antitrust case sitting down. Image source: AppleThe …
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Opera takes its browser beef with Microsoft to Brazil in antitrust complaint
Anna Washenko / engadget - Opera is filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil, alleging it creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete with Edge. The Norway-based company claims Microsoft's deals to make Edge the exclusive pre-installed browser o…
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FCC Clears Paramount Merger Paving Way for Industry Shakeup
Regulatory approval from the FCC has cleared the path for a high-stakes deal involving Paramount and its partners, underpinning an $8 billion merger proposal. The approval sets the stage for potential market realignment and raises eyebrows about the future of media ownership dynamics.
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Trump briefly considered breaking up Nvidia to spur competition, then backed off
techspot - President Donald Trump said he briefly considered splitting up Nvidia, the world's largest chipmaker and most valuable company. Trump initially thought doing so might intensify competition in the artificial intelligence and chipmaking industries, but late…
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Epic Games is annoyed UK regulator isn't working harder to enable third-party app stores
appleinsider - Epic Games has complained that the UK competition regulator has decided against forcing Apple to allow alternatives to the App Store to exist in the country, claiming that it may prevent 'Fortnite' for iOS from being re-released there.A still from a video…
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Apple and Google's Mobile 'Duopoly' Targeted by UK Regulators
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Britain's competition regulator has today outlined sweeping proposals that could force Apple to fundamentally alter how it operates its App Store, Safari browser, and iOS ecosystem in the UK.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a detailed…
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Apple's Latest App Store Changes Satisfy EU, No More Fines Coming
Juli Clover / macrumors - The European Union is set to accept the June updates that Apple made to its App Store to comply with the Digital Markets Act, reports Reuters. As a result, Apple will not face daily fines for non-compliance.Apple changed its App Store fee setup and remove…
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Corning's EU compliance changes won't affect iPhones, iPads
appleinsider - A new agreement between Corning and the European Commission will address anti-competitive marketing concerns by the company, without affecting the glass of any Apple products, such as the iPhone or iPad.Corning's current glass products made exclusively fo…
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Apple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU order
appleinsider - The Open Web Advocacy group claims that despite claiming to allow rival browser engines on the iPhone, Apple has made it impossible for developers to create them.An EU flag with the App Store logoAt the end of June 2025, the European Union hosted a worksh…
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Apple, Mastercard and Visa's antitrust lawsuit over payments has been dismissed
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Apple, Mastercard and Visa have successfully dodged a lawsuit that claimed the companies were colluding to maintain the current status quo in point-of-sale-payment card services, Reuters reports. The original 2023 lawsuit filed by beverage retailer Mirage…
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US appeals court blocks FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscriptions
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - A U.S. appeals court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission's “click-to-cancel” rule that would have required companies to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up.
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Appeals court strikes down ‘click-to-cancel’ rule
Lauren Feiner / theverge - A federal appeals court just threw out a new government regulation that would have required subscription services to give consumers an easy way to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission’s click-to-cancel rule was set to take effect next week, and would have…
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Competition Bureau Gets Court Order to Investigate Amazon Canada
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Amazon is facing scrutiny from the Competition Bureau over the way it controls pricing on Amazon.ca. The announcement comes on the start of Prime Day, ironically. The watchdog announced today it has secured a court order to compel Amazon to hand over docu…
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Fortnite maker Epic Games settles antitrust case against Samsung
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing.
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No Opt-Out, No Traffic: Publishers File EU Antitrust Complaint Against Google’s AI Overviews
Chaitanya Kohli / medianama - The publishers' alliance alleged in the antitrust complaint that they have no option to opt out of the AI Overviews in Google Search without losing the ability to appear in search results.The post No Opt-Out, No Traffic: Publishers File EU Antitrust Compl…
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Apple Challenges 'Unprecedented' €500M EU Fine Over App Store Steering Rules
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is appealing the 500 million euro ($570 million) fine that it is facing in the European Union for allegedly violating the Digital Markets Act.In a statement to MacRumors, Apple said that the fine is unprecedented, and goes beyond what the law requir…
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Google Faces EU Complaint Over AI-Powered Search Summaries
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - A group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission, targeting the tech giant’s AI Overviews featureThe post Google Faces EU Complaint Over AI-Powered Search Summaries first appeared on iPhone in …
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Google’s $314M Fine for Covert Android Data Use Spotlights Big Tech’s Widening Privacy Crisis
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has been ordered to pay $314.6 million for using Android users' cellular data without permission, highlighting a growing wave of privacy lawsuits against Big Tech.The post Google’s $314M Fine for Covert Android Data Use Spotlights Big Tech’s Wideni…
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Brazil Recommends Sanctions for Apple Over App Store and NFC Rules
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple is facing renewed antitrust scrutiny in Brazil, where the country's competition regulator has formally recommended sanctions against the company over its App Store rules and restrictions on third-party access to iPhone features, including near-field…
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