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Judge Lets Yelp Use DOJ's Search Monopoly Findings Against Google
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (546+ words) Yelp has secured an important procedural victory in its antitrust lawsuit against Google after a federal judge ruled that the company can rely on key findings from the U. S. Department of Justice's landmark search monopoly case instead of having to prove…...
PYMNTS | Whats App Steps Up Fight Against Account Impersonation
1+ day, 34+ min ago (454+ words) Whats App recently began offering usernames, designed to help people connect while keeping their phone numbers private. Now, the Meta-owned company said it will allow high-profile names to be claimed only by legitimate owners as it tries to prevent impersonation…...
South Korea Says Google Undermined App Store Competition
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (462+ words) According to Android Headlines, citing reporting by Sumit Adhikari, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has issued an examiner's report concluding that Google's conduct may have violated the country's competition law. The report represents a significant procedural step in an…...
Supreme Court to Hear Apple Appeal Over Epic Games App Store Contempt Ruling
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (570+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of a contempt ruling in its long-running legal battle with Epic Games, taking up a closely watched dispute over App Store payment rules that has become a focal point in the broader debate…...
FCC Proposal to End Anonymous Prepaid Phones Sparks Privacy Backlash
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (317+ words) FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has argued that some voice providers have failed to adequately vet customers, allowing bad actors to exploit the nation's phone system. According to the agency, stronger customer verification requirements would both deter scammers from obtaining service…...
Chinese Developers Ask Regulators to Investigate Apple Over App Store Fees
1+ week, 1+ day ago (679+ words) A coalition of 48 China-based i OS developers has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with China's top market regulator, alleging that the company's App Store commission structure and platform rules impose unfair costs on local software creators and limit competition…...
Google Losing Ground as Consumers Seek Out Non-AI Search
1+ week, 2+ day ago (421+ words) Google'is reportedly losing ground to other tech companies as consumers shift to non-AI search. That's according to a'report'Tuesday (June 23) from CNBC, which notes that while Google has so far disproved predictions that'Chat GPT'would mark its end, cracks have begun to…...
FERC Orders Grid Operators to Fast-Track Data Center Connections
1+ week, 6+ day ago (357+ words) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered six of the nation's largest electric grid operators to accelerate the process for connecting data centers and other large electricity users to the transmission system, marking one of the federal government's most significant…...
EU Weighs New Competition Obligations for Major Cloud Providers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (460+ words) Microsoft and Amazon could soon face tougher regulatory requirements in Europe as European Union authorities expand scrutiny of the cloud computing market, a move that underscores growing antitrust concerns surrounding the industry's largest providers. According to Bloomberg, new EU measures…...
83% of Chat GPT Ad Triggers Don't Exist in Traditional Search
2+ week, 38+ min ago (364+ words) Digital data research platform Similarweb found that 83% of the queries triggering ads inside Open AI's Chat GPT would never have activated a Google Shopping ad. That gap isn't incidental, it's structural. Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants are reaching buyers at stages…...