In another blow to Google, the search giant has been fined $75 billion by Turkey's competition authority. The agency was investigating Google for leveraging its position in the ad server market.
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Google has found itself in another antitrust battle. Canada's Competition Bureau has sued the company, alleging anti-competitive conduct and abuse of dominance in the online advertising space.
India's competition commission has launched a new probe into Google's gaming app policy. The investigation follows a complaint alleging discrimination.
The European Commission is investigating Corning's alleged anti-competitive practices and exclusive supply agreements with OEMs.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering a breakup of Google, targeting its Chrome browser and Android operating system, as potential remedies for the company's illegal search monopoly.
Google plans to appeal the decision, arguing that the injunction misrepresents the market dynamics between Android and iOS.
The General Court of the EU has annulled a €1.49 billion fine on Google by the European Commission that had targeted its online advertising practices.
India's antitrust regulator has found Amazon and Flipkart guilty of colluding with smartphone companies such as Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, and others.
In the ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. DOJ, evidence has revealed statements by a former Google exec who openly said that the company's strategy would be to "crush" the ad competition.
Google is going back to court again, this time to fight the US Justice Department over claims that its online ad business violates antitrust rules.
Margrethe Vestager, an EU commissioner known for her tough stance on big tech, will no longer hold the position in the next von der Leyen Commission due to domestic politics in Denmark.
In an unexpected turn of events, X announced legal action against several advertising groups and entities for an alleged boycott, arguing that it cost the social network billions in ad revenue.
Italy's competition watchdog AGCM has started a new investigation against Google. The Authority accuses Google of misleading users to collect data and using unfair commercial practices.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI employees was a strategic maneuver to avoid scrutiny over a potential acquisition.
Apple faces antitrust scrutiny in India as the Competition Commission of India (CCI) concludes that the company abused its dominant position by forcing app developers to use its in-app purchase system
CISPE, a European cloud provider association, has denied that it is close to a deal with Microsoft to address an antitrust issue. Sources said yesterday that the two were approaching a deal already.
Microsoft could pay out millions of euros to the European cloud provider association, CISPE, for the latter to drop an antitrust case and not file any complaints against it anywhere else in the world.
Apple reportedly spent a few years trying to make the Apple Watch compatible with Android. The information comes after the Justice Department sued the company for monopolizing smartphone markets.
The US Department of Justice is going after Apple for allegedly breaking antitrust law. It outlined several areas where it thinks Apple is reducing competition leading to worse products.
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In unsealed court documents, Google claims that Microsoft tried to sell its Bing division to Apple in 2018, but Apple reportedly felt that Microsoft was not investing in Bing as much as it could.
In the ongoing antitrust trial between the U.S. and Google, the amount that Google pays Apple to be the default search provider in Safari has been unintentionally revealed during proceedings.
Satya Nadella took the stand today in the DOJ's case against Google where he talked about Microsoft's plan for Bing and the company's struggles because of Google's alleged monopoly in the market.
The French anti-trust authorities had reportedly raided Nvidia's offices in the country this week in relation to an ongoing anti-competition investigation into the cloud computing industry.
The European Commission has fined Intel €376 million for paying PC manufacturers to limit or delay products using AMD CPUs. Intel's restrictions included payments to HP, Acer and Lenovo.
Google and the US government are going head-to-head over the information they believe should be known to the public in the antitrust case against the company. It will be for the judge to decide.
According to a report, a German video conferencing software company has lodged an official complaint with the European Union over Microsoft using its position to bundle Teams with Office apps.
The unconfirmed report claims Microsoft was unable to offer the type of concessions to the EU's executive body, The European Commission, that would keep it from launching an antitrust investigation.
Google has filed a case against the Indian antitrust body claiming that the company was fined incorrectly by the regulator and that the regulator had used its position to protect Amazon's business.
The EU watchdog is considering an antitrust probe into Microsoft's integration of Teams with the Microsoft 365 suite. The investigation stems from a complaint filed by Slack in 2020.
The European Union has asked customers and firms to submit documents and complaints over Microsoft's use of confidential business information to gain leverage over other cloud-service providers.
Japan has become the latest country to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. It seems like the tides are finally turning in Microsoft's favor.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its lawsuit against Meta's acquisition of VR fitness company Within, in the first major loss for FTC commissioner Lina Khan.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a district judge to sanction Google for allegedly destroying evidence in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit regarding its dominance in the web search market.
Google has agreed to make major changes to how it conducts business with partners and phone-makers in India. There are also some significant changes planned for the operating system as a whole.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has kicked off an investigation into Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of VMware. Results of Phase 1 are expected after a couple of months.
Microsoft could soon be facing an antitrust probe from the European Commission regarding bundling Teams in the Microsoft 365 suite. The root of the potential probe is a Slack complaint from 2020.
Google shared a blog post commenting on the consequences the CCI's fine imposes on India's economy and the company. It argued that the order affects smartphone prices, costs to developers, and more.
After being fined $161.59 million in October on the basis of anticompetitiveness by the Competition Commission in India, Google has charged an appeal that the order threatens its market in India.
FTC has announced that it wants to block Microsoft's acquisition of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. The main reason for this seems to be earlier unfulfilled promises by Microsoft.
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly preparing to launch an antitrust probe into complaints made against Microsoft Teams by competitor Slack. The two firms have clashed many times in the past.
