Report from TechCrunch In Brief – The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened investigations of the mobile ecosystems run by Apple and Google under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer’s Act (DMCC) to determine if the two digital giants have...
German Court Appears Likely to Reject Apple’s Challenge to Special Antitrust Standard
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Apple’s legal challenge to the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) designation that they are a digital company “of paramount significance on competition across markets” appears to face skeptical judges on the Federal Court of Justice in...
Mobile Device Location Data Broker Kochava Settles Privacy Class Action
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Kochava has reached a settlement in a private class action lawsuit that will require the data broker to make several major privacy changes. The agreement filed with US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill requires the company to...
DoJ Sues to Block HPE – Juniper Networks Deal
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – In its first major merger action since the beginning of the second Donald Trump Administration, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has sued to block the $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)....
First EU AI Act Rules Come into Force Banning Unacceptable AI Uses
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – The first regulatory compliance deadline of the EU AI Act went into effect on February 2, 2025, with companies required to comply with the rules related to AI applications that are prohibited under the law except with very limited...
Google Faces Skeptical Judges in Appeal of Antitrust Loss to Epic Games
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Lawyers for Google and Epic Games faced off in front of a panel of US Ninth District Court of Appeals in Google’s challenge of its antitrust loss to Epic Games and the subsequent remedies crafted by Federal Judge James Donato. A jury...
Apple Criticizes New EU DMA Regime that Allows iPhone Porn Apps
Report from The Verge In Brief – Apple reacted to the public introduction of Hot Tub, an iOS pornography app that will be available to iPhone users in the EU through the alternative app store AltStore PAL, by criticizing the European Commission’s regulatory decisions....
DeepSeek Blocked in Italy by Data Protection Authorities
Report from EuroNews In Brief – Italy’s data protection authority, the Garante, has ordered China-based chatbot phenom DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country after the company failed to address the regulator’s concerns over its privacy policy and data practices....
China’s Response to New Trump Tariffs Includes Threat to Google
Report from the New York Times In Brief – China has included an antitrust investigation of Google in its trade retaliation package responding to the United States’ new 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese exports to the country. The announcement simply said that the...
UK Kicks Encryption Hornets’ Nest by Demanding Apple iCloud Backdoor
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The UK Government has reportedly issued secret orders to Apple demanding that the company provide a backdoor for security authorities to access users’ encrypted iCloud data. The unprecedented demand, made in January, was...
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Google Says Schools Banning AI Won’t Have Google Search Because It’s AI
Report from Mashable In Brief – In response to growing unease about the role of AI in schools, Google has announced that its AI classroom products, such as Gemini, Gemini Notebook, and Gemini in Classroom, will be turned off by default for its academic Chrome Book...
Rhode Island Attorney General Sues Meta Over Fraudulent Ads
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Rhode Island is suing Meta, alleging that the company helped create and optimize fraudulent advertisements and ads for illegal products while misleading the public about its efforts to combat scams. The complaint, filed in Providence...
Swedish Government Blocks Its Employees from ChatGPT and Claude
Report from EuroNews In Brief – Employees of the Swedish Government have been directed not to use browser-based versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude on work computers following concerns about the security of sensitive information. The move follows a...
Texas Sues OpenAI Over Deceptive Statements and Unsafe Chatbots
Report from WBAP In Brief – The State of Texas has sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading Texans about ChatGPT’s safety and asking a court to prohibit minors from using the chatbot in the state. The petition alleges violations of Texas...
Meta Delays New Terms of Use Criticized by Publishers Over AI Scraping
Report from Reuters In Brief – Meta will delay implementing its updated commercial terms of service until November 20 to address concerns from some publishers that the changes could grant the digital giant unlimited rights to scrape their content for AI services. EU...
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