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The European Union is probing Broadcom's VMware licensing overhaul amid complaints from European cloud providers over rising costs and contract cancellations. Regulators are assessing potential anti-…
US states are reconsidering and rolling back lucrative tax incentives for data centers amid escalating power demands and budget costs. This growing pushback threatens to inflate already massive capit…
Apple faces a £2 billion class-action lawsuit from UK app developers alleging abuse of dominance via its App Tracking Transparency feature. The claim asserts Apple restricted third-party tracking whi…
Apple faces a £2 billion lawsuit in London alleging anticompetitive abuse through its App Tracking Transparency feature. App developers claim the rules impose stricter requirements on third parties t…
Apple faces a $2.7 billion antitrust lawsuit in London over its App Tracking Transparency rules, accused of giving preferential treatment to its own services. The lawsuit adds to mounting regulatory …
The FTC sued Amazon, alleging it deceived advertisers through a secret pricing mechanism that inflated ad costs by over $20 billion since 2018 and raised consumer prices. Amazon disputed the claims a…
Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle litigation regarding its impact on minors. While this removes significant legal uncertainty and caps liabilities, the settlement includes operational re…
Meta agreed to a $17 billion 10-year settlement with US states to resolve teen safety lawsuits, avoiding up to $1.4 trillion in potential damages. The agreement mandates strict youth usage limits and…
Meta Platforms agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 48 state attorneys general over teen mental health harms. The deal resolves a major federal trial and requires Meta to implement sweeping platf…
Meta stock rose nearly 2% despite ongoing youth-safety legal battles. Strong advertising momentum drove a 28% revenue surge, but massive AI capital expenditures squeezed free cash flow, leaving inves…
Alphabet's Firebase platform in India faces scrutiny after regulators ordered suspensions of accounts linked to alleged financial fraud, raising concerns about increased compliance costs and regulato…
Apple overhauled its European App Store rules to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, lowering commission rates and replacing the Core Technology Fee. The agreement resolves prolonged regulatory…
Meta Platforms faces a major federal trial led by multiple state attorneys general over youth addiction and COPPA violations. Following severe prior court losses, this litigation threatens massive fi…
Meta shares dropped over 3.5% as a federal trial over teen addiction and safety opened. Scrutiny also mounted over billions in off-balance-sheet data center commitments, partially offset by positive …
Meta shares dropped over 4% as a major federal trial began in California over teen addiction and child privacy violations. With states seeking roughly $200 billion in damages and mandated product ove…
Apple faces U.S. government pressure against sourcing memory chips from China's CXMT. The administration is urging Apple to expand domestic manufacturing, posing potential supply chain cost increases…
Apple is negotiating multiyear licensing deals with publishers to feed timely news into its revamped Siri AI, set for beta launch later in 2026, aiming to boost competitiveness against rival AI assis…
Meta Platforms is divesting its AI startup Manus back to original investors at cost while navigating executive departures, specifically AI leader Emily Dalton Smith. Additionally, the company faces o…
Italy's antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into Apple's cloud services over compliance with EU interoperability rules. While immediate financial impacts are minimal, the probe intensif…
Amazon faces a new class-action lawsuit alleging that its Ring 'Familiar Faces' facial recognition software illegally collects biometric data from passersby without consent. The suit seeks $5 million…