An ad industry group named in X’s antitrust lawsuit is “discontinuing,” two days after the social media company accused major advertisers of an “illegal boycott” against the company.
Three members of Congress have called on the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Venu Sports violates antitrust laws.
A judge has ruled that Google has illegally maintained a monopoly in the online search market. It is not yet clear what remedies the judge will impose on the company.
Udio and Suno were sued in June, with major labels claiming they trained AI models by scraping copyrighted music from the Internet. In a court filing today, Suno acknowledged doing just that.
Meta’s move follows a similar decision by Apple, which recently announced it would not release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe due to regulatory concerns.
Google reportedly offered cloud firms over $500 million to derail an antitrust settlement against Microsoft. It didn’t work and the settlement went through.
The EU has accused X of violating the Digital Services Act over its handling of blue checkmarks, ads and public data for researchers. If found guilty, the company faces a fine of up to six percent of its global annual revenue.
EU officials have accused Apple of violating Digital Markets Act rules by not freely allowing developers to tell users about alternate payment options away from the App Store. If found guilty, Apple may be fined up to tens of billions of dollars.
Apple said on Friday that it would delay iOS 18’s marquee AI features in the European Union, conveniently blaming Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations. The company claimed it would block the launch of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring on the Mac and SharePlay Screen Sharing in the EU this year.
The European Union is going impose additional tariffs of up to 38 percent on Chinese-made electric vehicles in an effort to protect the region's manufacturers from unfair competition.
The Justice Department and 30 state and district attorneys general are trying to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation. The say the company has harmed fans, promoters and artists through higher ticket prices and stifling innovation and competition.