Antitrust

Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta’s empire
Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta’s empire

If the question, "Who is Meta's biggest rival?" were on a Family Feud survey, TikTok would likely be the winning answer. In the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against the Facebook and Insta...

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Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber
Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber

We’re doing something a little different on today’s episode of Decoder. I asked my friend John Gruber, of the website Daring Fireball, to come on the show and talk about the future of Apple — an...

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Apple is looking at adding Perplexity and other AI search engines to Safari
Apple is looking at adding Perplexity and other AI search engines to Safari

Apple is “actively looking at” bringing AI search options to Safari. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, made the statement during Google’s antitrust trial on Wednesday, sayin...

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DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire
DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire

The US Department of Justice filed a plan in court to make Google divest its advertising marketplace and ad management platform, part of a proposal to address the company’s “decade-long campaign o...

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FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp
FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp

The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about ...

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FTC v. Meta live: the latest from the battle over Instagram and WhatsApp
FTC v. Meta live: the latest from the battle over Instagram and WhatsApp

The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about ...

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Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini
Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini

Testimony this week from Google’s antitrust trial shows that Google gives Samsung an “enormous sum of money” each month to preinstall the Gemini AI app on Samsung devices, reports Bloomberg. Now...

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