TikTok's parent ByteDance has a deadline of January 19 to either divest its social media app or face a ban.
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The DOJ recently expressed that it wanted Google to sell its popular Chrome browser. If that goes ahead it could lead to more choice and innovation in the browser market.
The DOJ is pushing Google to sell off a key part of its business. Could this be the start of a major shift in the tech giant's future?
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.
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Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue sentenced for a scheme costing Apple $2.5M. Sun gets 57 months, Xue 54 months, plus hefty restitution payments for submitting fake iPhones.
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.
A judge has ruled against Google in a long-running court case with the US Department of Justice. The judge stated that Google violated US antitrust laws by using its online search services.
The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of YunHe Wang for operating what could be the largest botnet ever. While he has been charged, Wang has not yet been convicted.
A fraudulent scheme benefiting the North Korean government used laptop farms and stolen identities to trick hundreds of US companies into unknowingly paying millions to North Korean remote IT workers.
Google is asking a federal court in Virginia to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that accuses Google of anticompetitive practices in the online advertising marketplace.
The US DOJ has unsealed indictments against seven Chinese hackers involved with the APT31 hacking group. The group has targeted US and UK politicians as well as businesses and critics of China.
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.
The U.S. Department of Justice has appointed its first AI officer Jonathan Mayer to lead efforts to tackle the dangers of AI with regards to law enforcement and advise government officials.
The DOJ and FTC are engaged in a "turf war" over who gets to investigate Microsoft's investment in and partnership with OpenAI for antitrust issues. Sources say neither agency will cede jurisdiction.
Satya Nadella said that he was prepared to give Apple all of the economic upside of a search deal if it made Bing the default. He was even ready to hide the Bing name in Apple users' search engines.
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.
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.
Google will face the US Department of Justice today in court. The DOJ claims Google made anti-competitive deals with mobile phone makers and web browsers to make Google search their default. Google
A former Apple software engineer has been charged by the US Department of Justice for allegedly stealing valuable autonomous vehicle technology and this is not the first time for Apple.
The US DoJ's National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team says it's going after companies that offer mixing and tumbling services to help criminals launder their money. It hopes to clean up the sector.
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.
Tesla has confirmed that it has been required by the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over documents regarding its Auotpilot system. The company is under a criminal investigation right now.
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The US Department of Justice has launched a website with contact details so that FTX victims can reach out. It could help Sam Bankman-Fried's victims recover the funds they lost access to on FTX.
Google will pay $391.5 million as part of its settlement with 40 U.S. states after it continued to track users' location data even after turning location tracking features off in the settings.
TikTok is reportedly being investigated by the U.S. government for not moderating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the social media platform and being a hunting ground for predators.
The US Department of Justice has released a statement about a secret FBI operation that removed a bot network controlled by the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) last month.
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In an exposé, a former Microsoft employee-turned whistleblower has recounted his experiences of how the company engages in hundred of millions of dollars in bribery in the middle east and Africa.
The U.S. DoJ has announced that it has seized $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that had been paid to ransomware-as-a-service group DarkSide, which was involved in the Colonial Pipeline attack last month.
The U.S. will address ransomware attacks in a more centralized way according to internal documents seen by Reuters. Ransomware attacks are also being given a priority similar to terrorist attacks.
The United States Department of Justice is reportedly investigating Google's intention to get rid of traditional identifying cookies to make way for federated learning that groups users into cohorts.
The US Department of Justice has indicted John McAfee over cryptocurrency fraud. It said the businessman was involved in a pump-and-dump scheme on Twitter. He's currently detained in Spain.
In response to the recently filed antitrust lawsuit against Google, Mozilla has expressed concerns that cancelling search agreement deals may affect its ability to develop its products.
The United States Department of Justice has moved forward with a lawsuit against Google, citing monopolistic behaviors that violate antitrust laws to maintain its dominance in the search market.
Google's purchase of Looker has been approved by UK, US, and Austrian competition bodies. Looker is a business intelligence firm and will join Google Cloud with integration due in the next few months.
The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly voiced concerns over the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, saying that the deal may not be approved in its current form. A decision hasn't been made yet.
The United States has filed criminal charges against Huawei and some of its associates, plus the company's CFO. The charges relate to attempts to steal information from other companies.
AT&T-owned WarnerMedia accused the U.S. Department of Justice of secretly working with Dish in an ongoing dispute over HBO distribution. The accusation was made after HBO went dark on Dish's service.
Microsoft is encouraged by the proceedings of the United States v. Microsoft Corp. case. Where the Supreme Court has been hearing arguments about overseas data storage and transfer.
Apple has been in hot water since its disclosure that it had slowed down older iPhones in an effort to conserve battery life. Lawmakers are involved, and now two other big guns are also weighing in.
