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Google is under investigation again by the EU, this time over its online ads business
European officials have previously fined the tech giant close to $10 billion over claims of antitru…
Martin Coulter
Google just lost its appeal against a record-breaking $2.8 billion antitrust fine in the EU
An EU court backed up the European Commission's 2017 finding that Google promoted its own shopping …
Martin Coulter
Mark Zuckerberg struggles to curry favor with the EU, with skeptical lawmakers questioning Facebook's dominance and the spread of coronavirus misinformation
And Vera Jourova said after her meeting with Zuckerberg that the firm had to provide greater transp…
Charlie Wood
Amazon is facing a 'full-blown' antitrust investigation from the woman who has fined Google and Apple billions
Amazon's role as both a seller and a platform for other merchants has become one of the most conten…
Mary Hanbury
The EU just launched a formal antitrust probe into Amazon
"We need to ensure that large online platforms don't eliminate these benefits through anti-competit…
Mary Hanbury
The EU gives London Stock Exchange the green light for a $27 billion takeover of data company Refinitiv
The Refinitiv deal is subject to a number of conditions, including the sale of London Stock Exchang…
Kate Duffy,Reuters
Mark Zuckerberg to meet with European regulators ahead of proposals intended to rein in power of US and Chinese tech giants
Facebook is already in Vestager's crosshairs over its use of data collected by the company over the…
Reuters
Google fined $1.7 billion over a third breach of EU antitrust rules in as many years
The Alphabet-owned company was fined $1.7 billion on Wednesday by European Competition Commissioner…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter,Isobe…
Google has already been hit with $7 billion in EU antitrust fines. Now it's reportedly facing a third.
The case hinges on changes Google brought about in 2006, which required that third-party websites u…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
The EU and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's Marketplace
The UK probe will also look into whether Facebook uses its troves of data to give its dating servic…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Europe reveals its ambitious tech blueprint to take on Silicon Valley and China
Currently, the US and China dominate on AI development. Europe lacks a tech giant of its own to riv…
Charlie Wood,Shona Ghosh
EU antitrust watchdog set to file charges against Amazon: Report
London, June 12 (IANS) After launching a formal anti-trust probe against Amazon a year ago, the Eur…
Google's $2.1 billion Fitbit takeover is set for regulator approval after the tech giant made new concessions on user data, according to reports
Google has promised not to use data from Fitbit devices to personalize adverts for 10 years — up fr…
Kate Duffy
10 things in tech you need to know today
Facebook won't ban Steve Bannon, Xi Jinping intervened in Ant IPO, and don't blow vape smoke into y…
Shona Ghosh
Google has been fined a record $5 billion by the EU
This is the third major investigation into Google by Europe's competition watchdog, and it has last…
Shona Ghosh
The EU is now going after Amazon after slapping Google and Apple with giant fines
"The question here is about the data, because if you as Amazon get the data from the smaller mercha…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot got antitrust approval for their $38 billion merger to create Stellantis, the world's 4th biggest carmaker
Stellantis would be the world's fourth-biggest carmaker, owning brands including Jeep, Maserati, an…
Grace Dean,Reuters
The woman with the power to tear Google apart said a breakup might not be the best idea
Google shouldn't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. Vestager immediately added her support for a ne…
Shona Ghosh
Europe's anti-monopoly chief conducted 'very preliminary investigations' into Apple but decided it's 'not a dominant company'
"Google in the legal term of dominance is a dominant company because they are dominant in search," …
Jim Edwards
Google says the EU's hardline antitrust punishments threaten internet innovation as it starts the first of three legal battles against $9 billion in EU fines
Google has received two more large fines from the EU since then. In July 2018 it was hit with a €4.…