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The FTC is readying an investigation into Microsoft's cloud-computing business: report
The Federal Trade Commission, led by Lina Khan, had previously sought public feedback on Microsoft'…
Lakshmi Varanasi,Katie Balevic
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Microsoft's 'acquihire' of Inflection AI's staff is being probed by US regulators, report says
The FTC is investigating Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI to see if it was structured to evade r…
Jyoti Mann
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Elon Musk impersonators have stolen more than $2 million through crypto scams, FTC says
Since October 2020, nearly 7,000 people have reported losses of more than $80 million - 12 times mo…
Isabelle Lee
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13 lawmakers have recently owned stock in TurboTax's parent company, which the federal government is probing over its 'deceptive' advertising for 'free' tax-filing software
Intuit has fought for decades to make it harder for Americans to be able to file their taxes for fr…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Amazon Prime FTC suit: How Insider's investigation led to a crackdown on the e-commerce giant
An Insider investigation revealed that Amazon knowingly tricked consumers into signing up for its P…
Alistair Barr,Eugene Kim
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Open AI is being investigated by the FTC over data and privacy concerns. It could be ChatGPT's biggest threat yet.
The Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into OpenAI's privacy and data-collection prac…
Gabriel Rivera
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Elon Musk reportedly asked to meet with the chair of the FTC but she rejected his request
FTC chair Lina Khan said Twitter should focus on complying with its investigation into data privacy…
Grace Kay
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10 Things in Tech: Amazon Prime's FTC lawsuit, Instagram's top execs, and the high-risk trips popular with the wealthy
In today's edition: How Insider's investigation led to a crackdown on Amazon and the high-risk trip…
Nathan Rennolds
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The leaked Facebook whistleblower files have triggered an FTC probe into whether the tech giant violated a $5 billion privacy settlement, a report says
The FTC has been in touch with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's team, a source told The Wall…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Amazon's Ring will pay $5.8 million to settle FTC lawsuit alleging employees and third-party contractors had unrestricted access to customer videos
In one instance, a Ring employee viewed thousands of recordings from at least 81 female Ring camera…
Jordan Hart
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The FTC is investigating a very important question: Why are McDonald's McFlurry machines always broken?
The FTC contacted McDonald's franchisees this summer, asking for more information on why the machin…
Erin Snodgrass
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Amazon really doesn't like the FTC's new chair
Amazon wants FTC chair Lina Khan removed from any investigation of the company because of a 2017 pa…
Katie Canales
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Meet the millennial dubbed the leader of 'hipster antitrust' who got appointed to police Big Tech largely off just one scholarly paper inspired by a trip to the grocery store
Lina Khan studied law at Yale and wrote a critical paper on Amazon in 2017. Now, she's leading the …
Katie Canales
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Ticketmaster's botching of Taylor Swift ticket sales 'converted more Gen Zers into anti-monopolists overnight than anything I could have done,' FTC chair says
At a WSJ panel, Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan addressed Ticketmaster's meltdown during l…
Sindhu Sundar
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Nvidia scraps $40 billion Arm acquisition amid anti-trust probe in US and Europe
According to a report in the Financial Times, citing sources, Nvidia will instead spend up to $1…
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Elon Musk says federal probe of Twitter is a 'weaponization of a government agency and a 'serious attack on the Constitution'
Elon Musk criticized the FTC for asking Twitter to "identify all journalists" who can access its in…
Pete Syme
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The FTC is ordering Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and 6 other tech firms to share how they collect, track, and use online consumer data
The FTC's order demands that the firms respond in 45 days and comes as federal agencies continue to…
Katie Canales
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'It's better to buy than compete': The FTC is using Mark Zuckerberg's own words against him. Read the Facebook CEO's crucial emails here.
The newly uncovered emails reveal how Zuckerberg and other execs perceived WhatsApp and Instagram a…
Katie Canales
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India starts probe into Facebook’s algorithm, seeks info on moderation process
Social media giant Facebook has once again come under the scanner in India. The Indian government h…
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McDonald's says it's not the focus of the reported FTC investigation into the chain's broken ice cream machines
McDonald's ice cream machines have been the topic of lawsuits over owners' right to repair them wit…