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Federal Trade Commission

Telcos, Media & Tech

Instacart to pay US$60 million to settle FTC claims it deceived shoppers

The FTC is taking on the issue of Instacart’s use of technology to set prices at a time when the high cost of living in the US has been a top daily concern for Americans.
Telcos, Media & Tech

US FTC probes Instacart’s AI pricing tool, source says; shares drop

The US Federal Trade Commission’s complaint alleges that Amazon knowingly used designs known as “dark patterns” to trick consumers into signing up for the US$139-per-year Prime service during checkouts.
Global Enterprise

Amazon faces US trial over alleged Prime subscription tricks

The complaint alleges Ticketmaster, which controls about 80 per cent of major concert venue ticketing in the United States, turned “a blind eye” to brokers who routinely exceeded ticket limits using thousands of fake accounts.
Consumer & Healthcare

US regulator sues Ticketmaster over ‘illegal’ ticket schemes

Ticketmaster has decried the proliferation of bots and large-scale resale operations on its platform and across the industry.
Companies & Markets

FTC scrutinises Ticketmaster efforts to stop resale bots

SoftBank is already the majority owner of Arm Holdings, whose technology is used across the electronics industry and increasingly as the basis of server chips.
Telcos, Media & Tech

SoftBank’s Ampere deal faces in-depth US probe in threat to AI ambitions

The US Federal Trade Commission has sought to show that Meta, then known as Facebook, illegally dominated the market for social media platforms used to share updates with friends and family through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
International

Meta asks judge to rule that FTC failed to prove its monopoly case

The trade commission says Microsoft's deal with OpenAI raises the risk that AI developers could be "fully acquired" by tech giants in the future.
Companies & Markets

Microsoft-OpenAI partnership raises antitrust concerns, FTC says

Genshin Impact is a role-playing game involving collectible characters with unique fighting skills.
International

Video game maker pays US$20 million in US FTC kid-privacy case

Tech companies that compete with Microsoft in renting out cloud servers, such as Google and Amazon, also want to host OpenAI’s models so that their cloud customers don’t need to access Microsoft servers to get access to the startup’s technology, the report said.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft’s cloud deal with OpenAI, the Information says

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