China takes on Nvidia
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 12:04

China takes on Nvidia


Tech giant caught in the crossfire of global chip warfare

China has again donned its anti-monopoly cape, this time swooping in to "investigate" Nvidia.

Qualcomm has lost interest in Intel takeover
Published in News
Thursday, 28 November 2024 10:46

Qualcomm has lost interest in Intel takeover


Kicked the tyres and a bit worried about the rust

Pretty much as we expected, Qualcomm has lost interest in buying Chipzilla.

FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
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Now all big Tech is being done

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.

DoJ wants the Fall of Chrome
Published in News
Tuesday, 19 November 2024 11:00

DoJ wants the Fall of Chrome


Breaking up Google’s monopoly

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has intensified its antitrust actions against Google, proposing a radical measure that would force Alphabet, Google's parent company, to sell its Chrome browser.

EU having another crack at Apple
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024 11:31

EU having another crack at Apple


Violating anti-geoblocking rules

The fruity-cargo cult Apple is again finding itself in trouble with the European Union over its geo-blocking antics.

EU doing the funky gibbon over Gorilla Glass
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Thursday, 07 November 2024 11:21

EU doing the funky gibbon over Gorilla Glass


Anti-trust

The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Corning, focusing on the company’s popular Gorilla Glass product. Gorilla Glass dominates the mobile phone and tablet cover glass market.

Apple about to be hammered by the EU
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Wednesday, 06 November 2024 10:26

Apple about to be hammered by the EU


First to go down under the Digital Markets Act (DMA),

Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Google hit with new anti-trust complaint
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Tuesday, 13 June 2023 10:57

Google hit with new anti-trust complaint


EU muttering about huge new fines

Google is set to be hit with a formal antitrust complaint from the European Union that could lead to huge new fines and strike at the heart of the advertising technology that drives most of the US firm's revenue. 

Google hit by Europes largest anti-trust fine
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Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:11

Google hit by Europes largest anti-trust fine


That will be 4 billion euros

One of the European Union’s highest courts has upheld the bloc’s biggest-ever antitrust fine, issued to Google by the EU’s competition enforcers in 2018 over Android.

Apple faces more anti-trust music in Europe
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Watchdog barks extra charges

Apple faces an additional EU antitrust charge connected to the way it handles music payments.