Published on: 2025-06-12 11:00:00
Apple has for years been fighting antitrust battles all around the world, most of them concerning the App Store, and most of them coming down to a single issue: having monopoly control over the sale of iPhone apps. Opinions on both sides of the debate are strongly held, and there’s little sign of that changing anytime soon – but it seems to me that there is one thing we could perhaps all agree on … Briefly addressing the monopoly issue Let’s just quickly address the monopoly issue, before som
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-28 08:12:37
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during a visit to the Google for Startups campus in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. The EU has established a reputation globally for its aggressive regulation of major technology companies, including the likes of Apple and Google over antitrust concerns. Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. government's remedies trial in the Google antitrust case regarding its advertising tech is scheduled to begin
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Scopely announced today that Monopoly Go! has surpassed $5 billion in gross bookings, and that it has hit this target within 24 months — faster than any game in mobile gaming history. The company revealed the figure and thanked the players who have helped the title reach that goal, and gave a sneak preview of what’s coming in the near future. Massimo Maietti, Scopely’s president of gaming, said in a blog post, “To provide context: over the past decade, more than 1.4 million mobile titles have l
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 11:12:16
The government is looking to break up Google's monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in. As Ars Technica reports, OpenAI product head Nick Turley affirmed in the Justice Department's landmark antitrust case against Google that his employer would, if given the chance, purchase the search giant's flagship internet browser, Chrome. "Yes, we would [be interested], as would many other parties," Turley said when asked if OpenAI would ever buy Chrome. The DOJ proposed the potenti
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ChatGPT-maker wants to buy Google Chrome 2 hours ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, the world's most popular browser, if Google was forced to sell it. Nick Turley, an executive at the artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying on behalf of the US government in an ongoing monopoly trial against Google. The US wants the tech giant to be broken up, arguing it has too much dominance in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-22 04:55:42
Google is starting to have a monopoly on getting called out for having a monopoly. For the second time in under one year, the tech giant has been deemed to be operating an illegal monopoly, this time for its online advertising technology. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a 115-page ruling on Thursday that found Google violated antitrust laws to establish a firm hold over the online advertising space, allowing the company to charge higher
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-22 03:45:00
Google's advertising business, a key piece of revenue for the tech giant, is an illegal monopoly, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on Thursday. In the memorandum opinion, the court writes that Google has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, a landmark antitrust law from 1890. The ruling says Google broke the law "by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in the open-web display publisher ad server market and the open-web display ad exchange market." When asked for comment,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-22 08:43:19
Google has illegal advertising monopoly, judge rules Just now Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images A US judge has ruled tech giant Google has a monopoly in online advertising technology. The US Department of Justice, along with 17 US states, sued Google, arguing the tech giant was illegally dominating the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where. This is the second antitrust case Google has lost in a year, after it was ru
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Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.88 trillion company and alter its power over the internet. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a ruling that Google had broken the law to build its dominance over the largely invisible system of technology that places advertisements on pages across the web. The Justice
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Reality Games has closed a $4.7 million seed round to accelerate the development of its location-based real-world Monopoly game. The title is powered by big data, AI, and geolocation technology. This funding marks a milestone in bringing the iconic Monopoly brand into the hands of more mobile players worldwide. It aims to transform how they interact with real-world properties and digital assets. The funding comes from a combination of angel investors and strategic backers, including Republic a
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is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Hasbro announced a new version of Monopoly that simplifies gameplay by replacing cash and the banker with a mobile app that handles all of the game’s transactions. With Monopoly App Banking, a smartphone or tablet takes over the role of banker and keeps track of every player’s money and properties. It will make the game more accessible to younger
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In Brief Edtech company Chegg has sued Google claiming that the tech giant’s AI summaries of search results have hurt Chegg’s traffic and revenue. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Chegg accuses Google of unfair competition — specifically reciprocal dealing, monopoly maintenance, and unjust enrichment. Google, Chegg claims, forces companies to supply their content in order to be included in Google Search, unfairly exercising its monopoly power in searc
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