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Musk threatens legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations

Musk threatens legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations

Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk on Monday threatened Apple with legal action over alleged antitrust violations related to rankings of the Grok AI chatbot app, which is owned by his artificial intelligence startup xAI.  “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI …

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Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again

Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again

Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system had become illegal monopolies. Today, that appeals court affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to an full opinion you can read at the bottom of this story — and Google …

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Top Justice Department Antitrust Officials Fired Amid Internal Feud – The Wall Street Journal

Top Justice Department Antitrust Officials Fired Amid Internal Feud  The Wall Street Journal Justice Department fires two senior antitrust attorneys, alleging insubordination  CNN Top DOJ antitrust officials fired as tension grows in a Trump administration monopoly-fighting office  CBS News Two US Justice Dept antitrust officials fired over merger controversy, source says  Reuters HPE/Juniper: As Fight Between DOJ Leadership and Antitrust Division Broils, Tunney Act …

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Apple, Google face strategic market status tag in UK antitrust probe (AAPL:NASDAQ) – Seeking Alpha

Apple, Google face strategic market status tag in UK antitrust probe (AAPL:NASDAQ)  Seeking Alpha UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms  Reuters The CMA’s Roadmap Doesn’t Open the Mobile App Ecosystem to Competition in the UK  Epic Games Apple and Google have ‘effective duopoly’ in UK says regulator  BBC Alphabet Stock (GOOGL) Drops after Threatened U.K. Crackdown on Mobile Domination  TipRanks …

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Alphabet Q2 preview: Eyes on ad dollars amid antitrust issues, rising AI rivalry – Seeking Alpha

Alphabet Q2 preview: Eyes on ad dollars amid antitrust issues, rising AI rivalry  Seeking Alpha Google to report Q2 earnings as Wall Street looks for AI revenue gains  Yahoo Finance What major analysts think about Google parent Alphabet ahead of Q2 earnings  CNBC What Analysts Think of Google Parent Alphabet’s Stock Ahead of Earnings  Investopedia Alphabet will seek to reassure investors as AI rivals …

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Alphabet Earnings Optimism Outweighs Looming Antitrust Risks

Alphabet Earnings Optimism Outweighs Looming Antitrust Risks

(Bloomberg) — After months of underperforming their tech peers, Alphabet Inc. shares are finally showing signs of life as investors bet that a strong earnings performance will outweigh concerns about a looming antitrust ruling. Most Read from Bloomberg The stock just pushed into the green for the year for the first time since February, ahead of results that are expected …

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