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Antitrust probe in India finds Google abused the local smartphone market

3 days ago

Antitrust probe in India finds Google abused the local smartphone market

Google acted in an anticompetitive way in India, the country's antitrust regulator determined, with the search giant allegedly using its "huge financial muscle" to force its apps to be preinstalled onto Android devices to enable access to the Google Play store.

By Malcolm Owen | 3 days ago

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Russia threatens fines if Apple & Google don't remove opposition app

6 days ago

Russia threatens fines if Apple & Google don't remove opposition app

A Russian media watchdog reportedly plans to fine Apple and Google if they refuse to remove an opposition leader's app from their respective app stores.

By Mike Peterson | 6 days ago

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Apple & big tech use 'loopholes' to escape merger regulations, says FTC

6 days ago

Apple & big tech use 'loopholes' to escape merger regulations, says FTC

Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan says that Big Tech firms, including Apple, had exploited "loopholes" to make hundreds of acquisition deals without informing antitrust regulators.

By William Gallagher | 6 days ago

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Google fined $177M by South Korea for abusing smartphone dominance

1 week ago

Google fined $177M by South Korea for abusing smartphone dominance

South Korea fined Google 207.4 billion won (US$177 million) on Tuesday for leveraging its dominant power in the smartphone market to stunt development of competing operating systems.

By Mikey Campbell | 1 week ago

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Google making its own Chromebook CPU inspired by Apple's M1

3 weeks ago

Google making its own Chromebook CPU inspired by Apple's M1

Future versions of the Chromebook laptop may be powered by processors designed by Google itself, in a move reportedly inspired by the success of Apple Silicon.

By William Gallagher | 3 weeks ago

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Backblaze & Vultr cloud partner to fight Amazon AWS

3 weeks ago

Backblaze & Vultr cloud partner to fight Amazon AWS

Backup company Backblaze has launched a cloud computing service with Vultr, intending to provide developers with a lower cost alternative to Amazon's S3 and EC2 web services.

By William Gallagher | 3 weeks ago

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Google appealing $592 million fine by French regulators

3 weeks ago

Google appealing $592 million fine by French regulators

Google has announced that it will appeal against the French government's 500 million Euros fine by antitrust regulators, over allegedly disregarding injunctions related to news publications in the country.

By William Gallagher | 3 weeks ago

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Pay up or get out: Apple's options for South Korea's App Store law

3 weeks ago

Pay up or get out: Apple's options for South Korea's App Store law

South Korea's ending of App Store payment restrictions raises questions over how Apple can continue its claimed privacy-driven control over apps — and whether it will even comply with the new law.

By William Gallagher | 3 weeks ago

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Chrome 94 beta improves graphical processing by using Metal

3 weeks ago

Chrome 94 beta improves graphical processing by using Metal

Google is testing the introduction of the WebGPU API to Chrome to improve its graphical processing capabilities using Metal on macOS, with beta 94 also shaking down a new WebCodecs API to assist with media processing.

By Malcolm Owen | 3 weeks ago

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