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At the WWDC 2019 keynote, Apple brought tons of new software goodies for its loyal fans. The company also refreshed its “trash can” Mac Pro with a new processing beast, its top spec’d model costing as much as a Tesla Model 3. But there is other news that might not sound good to the ears […]
For the past few weeks, the US Department of Justice has been preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against search and advertising behemoth Google. This comes almost six years after a previous antitrust investigation against Google by the Federal Trade Commission. Back then, Google managed to avoid any legal action. Before that, Google faced an […]
The European Commission has slapped an antitrust fine of €1.49 billion on Google over its search ad brokering business, which is the company’s major source of revenue. According to the EU, Google imposed restrictive contracts on customers through its AdSense business and forced them to turn down ads from Google’s rivals. The tech giant used its dominant position to block rival […]
Germany’s competition watchdog has banned Facebook from collecting user data from WhatsApp, Instagram, and other Facebook apps, without users’ consent. The Federal cartel office ordered Facebook not to combine data from its own suite of social platforms without user consent. It also prohibited the social media giant from linking the data obtained from third-party websites using technologies like […]