US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment
including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC ...
Margrethe Vestager says Apple's decision not to launch its AI features in the EU is a “stunning, open declaration” of the company's anticompetitive behavior
With all the talk about how the EU believes Apple … Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Intelligence Skipping Europe is Anticompetitive, Says EU Charles Fitzgerald / Platfo...
Margrethe Vestager says Apple's decision not to launch its AI features in the EU is a “stunning, open declaration” of the company's anticompetitive behavior
Apple's decision not to launch its own artificial intelligence (AI) features in the EU is a “stunning declaration” …
Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week
Adult content companies Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will have to do risk assessment reports and take measures …
Meta plans to launch a new education product for Quest that will let teachers access education apps for students ages 13+ and manage multiple headsets at once
- In time for the fall semester, it'll make available a suite of visually engrossing education apps that teachers can use with students ages 13+.
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...
In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay
Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.
The US IRS starts testing its free, “mobile friendly” English and Spanish direct e-filing system, with some low- and moderate-income taxpayers in 12 US states
> The direct file pilot will be open to low- and moderate-income taxpayers with simple returns. … X: Daniel Castro / @castrotech : “...the I.R.S. could fill out tax returns with in...
The UK CMA says it will not accept new remedies from Microsoft over Activision but would consider a restructured deal, which may require a fresh investigation
Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday that a new restructured Microsoft-Activision deal could require a fresh merger investigation.
A recap of TikTok CEO Shou Chew's testimony before Congress, in which he struggled to address national security concerns over ByteDance's ownership of TikTok
“[T]he day was dominated by political grandstanding that failed to acknowledge the real solutions already underway through Project Texas or productively address industry-wide issue...
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.
Meta's Oversight Board urges the company to change its nudity policy after overturning its removal of two posts showing topless transgender and nonbinary people
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Sam Bankman-Fried publishes a Substack post offering his account of how FTX collapsed, sticking to his claims of innocence even after ex-executives pled guilty
think there shouldn't be a paying option anymore... Dave Weisberger / @daveweisberger1 : https://www.wsj.com/... It is tiresome to read SBF's half truths. 1/ His claims about Binan...
Biden meets with CEOs from Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and others to discuss cybersecurity, says private sector must do more to protect infrastructure
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After White House meeting, Google will spend $10B over five years and train 100K IT and data workers, Apple pledges supply chain security improvements, and more
- The White House hosted a cybersecurity summit with CEOs in sectors ranging from tech to insurance.
Biden signs an EO revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy
But the apps still aren't out of hot water — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat.
Emails between Eddy Cue and other Apple execs from 2011, revealed in House hearing, show Apple considered 40% cut of first year digital content subscriptions
- IPhone maker's Eddy Cue reached 2016 deal with Amazon's Bezos — In 2011, Apple executives weighed 40% fee for subscriptions
Sundar Pichai received bipartisan criticism during Wednesday's antitrust hearing, facing questions about Google's digital ads business, privacy practices, more
from Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Comcast and others — has helped lower online advertising costs by 40% over the last 10 years” - @sundarpichai https://docs.house.gov/... Richard...