We want less rules

Big Tech companies are funding an expensive lobby group which has the sole aim of making sure they don’t have to deal with any expensive “rules” that normal businesses have to face.

App store concerns

Microsoft President Brad Smith has been having a quiet chat with  US lawmakers about Apple anti-competitive behaviour around its app store.

Can it ever change its spots?

Convicted monopolist Apple has been accused of being up to its old tricks after Japanese tech company Rakuten, best known for its TV streaming service, filed an anti-competition complaint against Apple with the European Commission.

Mis-use of data

The European Union is preparing to file antitrust charges against Amazon over the e-commerce giant's treatment of third-party sellers on its site.

EU asking around to see if it is a good idea

Chipmaker Broadcom has offered to settle an EU antitrust investigation into its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers, antitrust regulators said.

While we have a monopoly we do not abuse it

Qualcomm has been telling a US judge how it does not abuse its monopoly in the smartphone chip business.

Its got form

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s collection of data, the European Commission suggesting the world’s most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years.

Just does not use them

The US Justice Department antitrust chief said that existent US antitrust laws were “flexible enough” to address the harm caused by technology companies, in the face of growing criticism that such laws cannot tackle tech monopolies.

What happened to the “great satan” of software

While Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are targets of government investigations and public outrage, somehow Microsoft is escaping all the wrath.

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold the ruling

Qualcomm has won a partial stay against the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling in a lawsuit brought by the FTC.