Court filings show Apple and the Department of Justice have each subpoenaed a wide range of third-party companies as part of pretrial discovery in the DOJ's antitrust case against Apple. Apple's subpoenas target firms like Epic Games, Samsung, Meta, Oura, Garmin, PayPal and Match Group, while the DOJ and plaintiff states have subpoenaed Roblox, Snap, Epic and the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Recent letters to the court reveal disputes, including Epic objecting to Apple's request for documents from its prior litigation with the company.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-06
OpenAI consumer product lead Adam Fry said at a Monday press event that ChatGPT's search query volume has reached roughly 20 percent of Google's. Fry defined a search as any query triggering a web search, excluding simple definitions or how-to answers, and did not disclose the source of the Google comparison figure.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart in a deal valued at $17 billion, combining the two largest grocery delivery platforms in the US. The deal still requires regulatory approval and follows earlier, unsuccessful acquisition talks between the companies in 2021.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-29
Google has begun accepting applications from third-party app stores for its Registered App Stores program, which excludes the United States. Approved stores will gain one-click app installation and silent background updates similar to Google Play, with the new install experience rolling out to Android devices later this year.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-27
Apple and the Department of Justice have jointly told the court they cannot agree on the cutoff date for documents Apple must produce in the government's monopoly lawsuit. The two sides had set June 20, 2025 as the cutoff when fact discovery was expected to end by July 31, 2026, but that deadline has since been pushed back twice to late May 2027, prompting the DOJ to argue the document cutoff should move too.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-21
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority says Apple has not matched the terms it offers European developers for accessing the iPhone's NFC chip, leaving UK developers facing high fees, strict terms and technical restrictions. CMA chief Sarah Cardell said these barriers make it too hard for challengers to build competing contactless payment services. The regulator has opened a public consultation on forcing changes, while Apple rejected the proposal but said it would keep engaging with the CMA.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-20
The Information reports that Apple and the Justice Department are continuing settlement negotiations in the 2024 antitrust lawsuit, with discussions reportedly centered on iPhone interoperability requirements. PayPal and Epic Games are among the developers who have told DOJ officials they fear any resulting deal could impose only minimal restrictions on Apple's practices.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-16
The newsletter Not-Ship reports that Amazon's combined fees—referral commissions, fulfillment charges and advertising costs—can take nearly half of a seller's sale price, even though its base commission of about 15% matches eBay and Walmart. It notes these fee structures are central to the US Federal Trade Commission's pending antitrust case against Amazon.
not-ship.com
· 2026-10-14
The Financial Times reported that Starbucks has worked with advisers for months on a potential takeover of Chipotle Mexican Grill, though it remains unclear whether a formal offer was ever submitted. On the news, Starbucks shares initially dropped as much as 6.7% before settling 0.4% lower, while Chipotle shares jumped 6.2%.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-09
Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) alleges that Google used its dominant market position to deny local news publishers information needed to negotiate fair compensation for content shown in Google Search, News and Discover. UOKiK president Tomasz Chróstny said Google failed to comply with rules requiring it to disclose data that publishers need to assess proper payment, and the regulator could fine Google up to 10 percent of its annual revenue.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-05
David Ellison announced on X that the newly merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate under the name Skydance, after a consent decree settled an antitrust lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general. The $111 billion deal, finalized September 21, follows a year-long bidding war in which Ellison prevailed after Netflix withdrew its interest in Warner Bros. Discovery.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-02
A court has dismissed lawsuits brought by Chegg and Penske that accused Google of monopolistic practices in AI search technology. The judge's ruling clears Google of these allegations, which aimed to challenge its market dominance. The cases had sought to address concerns over competitive fairness in AI-driven search services.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-02
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