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Apple exec Eddy Cue explained why the company has not built its own search engine. Google has a deal with Apple to be its default search engine, and Apple wants [...]

After (https://www.businessinsider.com/venture-capitalism-funding-market-contraction-scott-stanford-acme-2024-6#:~:text=The%20venture%2Dcapital%20industry%20could,decade%2C%20he%20told%20Business%20Insider.) three years of tense reductions, the skies are clearing over Silicon Valley, and startup investors seem broadly optimistic about a resurgence in tech dealmaking. We asked venture capitalists [...]

Google on Friday proposed possible remedies to resolve an antitrust case over its search business. Last month, the DOJ suggested that the judge force Google to sell its Chrome browser. [...]

Albertsons is terminating an attempted takeover by Kroger a day after a federal judge blocked the deal. In addition, Albertsons is suing its rival for failing to exercise 'best efforts' [...]

Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons was blocked by a federal judge. The judge agreed with the FTC that the merger would weaken competition for US grocery shoppers. The [...]

With his presidency approaching, tech leaders are seeking (https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump) Donald Trump's good graces. Mark Zuckerberg dined with him at Mar-a-Lago. TikTok's Shou Chew is reportedly chatting with Elon Musk. From [...]

The CHIPS and Science Act, offering over $30 billion in incentives, spurred semiconductor lobbying. Nvidia, TSMC, and Intel are enhancing government relations amid evolving trade policies. Most heads of government [...]

(https://www.businessinsider.com/google) Google pays Apple at least $20 billion a year to make its search engine the default on iPhones. Those payments were at the heart of a federal antitrust case [...]

Byline: John Herrman In August, the Justice Department prevailed in its (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-do-you-break-up-a-company-like-google.html) antitrust case against Google, with a federal judge ruling that the search company is 'a monopolist, and it [...]

Trump announced Rep. Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general. Gaetz has criticized Big Tech for censoring conservatives and supports antitrust enforcement. Both the Justice Department and the FTC [...]

The tech sector is bracing itself for change under a second Trump presidency. AI regulation is likely to change under Trump, but major antitrust cases are unlikely to be impacted. [...]

The Justice Departments Antitrust Division has been aggressively pursuing civil enforcement actions. While criminal enforcement of antitrust laws has been depressed, DOJ has found success in pursuing civil and merger [...]

Donald Trump weighed in on Google's antitrust challenges. Trump said Google 'has a lot of power' but did not say he would seek a break-up. 'We want to have great [...]

We live in a remarkable moment historically. The governments antitrust authorities have decided to renew skepticism of corporate power after 40 years in the wilderness, returning to a position held [...]

(https://www.businessinsider.com/google) Google plans to appeal a federal judge's antitrust ruling, CEO Sundar Pichai said. DOJ remedies could force Google to break up or reorganize, impacting other Big Tech firms. The [...]

Prosecutors proposed remedies after Google antitrust violation ruling by a federal judge. Judge Amit Mehta previously ruled Google violated antitrust laws by securing default search deals. The recommended remedies included [...]

The Justice Departments Antitrust Division has been aggressively pursuing civil enforcement actions. While criminal enforcement of antitrust laws has been depressed, DOJ has found success in pursuing civil and merger [...]

A judge has ordered Google to open up Android to rival third-party app stores. The ruling is part of Epic Games' blockbuster antitrust case against Google. Google said it plans [...]

Fubo’s legal fight with Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney over antitrust concerns surrounding the trio’s plans to launch Venu Sports is headed to trial in October 2025. U.S. District [...]

The Department of Justice's latest antitrust case against Google opened Monday. The DOJ accuses the tech giant of building an illegal monopoly of the digital advertising market. In a blog [...]

Investors continued to sell Nvidia stock, sending the chipmaker 4% lower on Friday. Shares are on track to end the week 14% lower amid news of an antitrust probe. The [...]

The Department of Justice is looking into Nvidia as part of an antitrust probe. Legal experts say Nvidia should cooperate fully and prepare for any potential legal outcomes. Nvidia says [...]

US stocks were mixed on Wednesday after notching their worst losses since the big sell-off in early August. Nvidia shares lost another 3% in early trades, weighing on the S&P [...]

Elon Musk's X lawsuit led to the closure of the Global Alliance for Responsible Initiative. Conservatives see this as a win for free speech against liberal media watchdog groups. But [...]

As expected Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have jointly filed to appeal the Aug. 16 ruling blocking the launch of Venu Sports on antitrust grounds. The companies filed the [...]

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett has blocked the launch of Venu Sports, a sports streaming joint venture between Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery, after ruling on Friday that Fubo [...]

Mark Cuban slammed the two-party system during a Bloomberg interview. The billionaire said he would get rid of both parties if he could do it by waving a 'magic wand.' [...]

A new book on (https://www.businessinsider.com/how-bill-gates-spends-fortune) Bill Gates came out this week from New York Times correspondent Anupreeta Das. It explores his time at Microsoft, his divorce from Melinda French Gates, [...]

The court ruling finding Google illegally monopolized search has Big Tech companies on their heels. It gives a road map for other antitrust rulings and makes cases easier to bring [...]

The future of Venu Sports hangs in the balance as U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnettwill decide on whether to grant Fubo a preliminary injunction that would, at the very least, [...]

X owner Elon Musk said advertisers may have violated the RICO Act by refusing to advertise on X. At the same time, X has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a [...]

This week, federal district court judge Amit Mehta delivered a landmark decision finding that (https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-08-05-federal-judge-google-is-monopoly/) Google holds an illegal monopoly over the search market, in violation of the Sherman Act. [...]

Alphabet ((https://www.kiplinger.com/tfn/ticker.html?ticker=GOOGL) GOOGL) stock is struggling for direction Tuesday after a U.S. federal judge ruled Monday that Google has unlawfully maintained a monopoly in search and text advertising. Shares of [...]

For the first time in over 20 years, the American government has won an antitrust claim against a tech giant. A federal judge just ruled that Google did indeed break [...]

Google projected it could lose $30 billion if it lost its default spot on Apple devices. A federal judge ruled that Google's agreements with Apple and others 'have anticompetitive effects.' [...]

A federal judge ruled against Google in a major antitrust case. (https://www.businessinsider.com/apple) Apple could be a loser, too. That's because a big part of the case was about exclusive search [...]

Judge Amit Mehta of the D.C. District Court ruled today that Google violated the Sherman Act by buying its way onto browsers and devices and making it nearly impossible to [...]

Google violated antitrust law with its online search, a federal judge (https://files.lbr.cloud/public/2024-08/045110819896.pdf?VersionId=mHMw8uSvPbFCwl.7.yAY8wRXM0.UCmrD) ruled Monday, striking a major blow against one of the titans of the tech industry. District Judge Amit [...]

Nvidia faces DOJ scrutiny over its $700 million acquisition of Israeli AI startup Run:ai. The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on Big Tech's market dominance. Nvidia's stock has [...]