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Apple and DOJ Open Settlement Talks on iPhone Antitrust Case
Apple has made multiple offers this year to settle the 2024 DOJ lawsuit alleging it locked rivals out of its iPhone ecosystem.
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Apple and DOJ Are Talking Settlement in Antitrust Case
Apple has proposed multiple offers and entered early talks with the Justice Department to resolve a 2024 antitrust suit over its iPhone platform controls.
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India Fines HP $14.4M for Bid Rigging on Ink and PCs
India's Competition Commission found HP India colluded with resellers to inflate government contract bids and lock out rival ink suppliers.
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EU Forces Google to Share Search Data and Open Android AI
The European Commission has issued binding DMA measures requiring Google to open Android's AI stack to rivals and share search data with competitors.
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Court Orders Google to Allow Rival Android App Stores
After a settlement fell apart in court, Google must open Android to competing app marketplaces by July 22, and it will still collect fees from rivals.
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Google to Host Rival App Stores on Play Starting Next Week
A court-ordered remedy, triggered by Epic's 2020 Fortnite dispute, forces Google to distribute competing app stores through Google Play.
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Apple Calls India's Antitrust Case a Cut-and-Paste Job
Apple told India's Competition Commission its 2024 findings on App Store conduct were lifted verbatim from rivals, not independently verified.
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Google Cuts Play Store Fees and Opens Payments Worldwide
Forced by its Epic Games antitrust loss, Google will drop fees to as low as 10% and allow alternative payments across most major markets by June 30.
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Disney Pays $50M to Settle Claims It Inflated Streaming TV Prices
A class action accused Disney of forcing YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers to pay more by bundling ESPN into base packages.
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Google Play Opens to Outside Billing Before Court Signs Off
Google is rolling out lower, decoupled app store fees worldwide next week, ahead of final approval of its Epic antitrust settlement.
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48 Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Over App Store Fees
A group of Chinese iOS developers petitioned China's market regulator, alleging Apple broke a promise to offer them the lowest available commission rate.
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Drivers Sue Gas Stations Over AI Price-Fixing Tool
A Sacramento class action claims Kalibrate's AI pricing tool helped BP, Circle K, and others push California pump prices as much as 30 cents higher.
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Congress Revives Antitrust Bill Targeting Big Tech Self-Preferencing
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act is back four years after stalling, with a bipartisan push to bar dominant platforms from favoring their own products.
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Apple Says Epic's Dismissal Brief Makes the Case for Appeal
Apple's lawyers filed a 12-page brief turning each of Epic's arguments for dismissal into reasons the Supreme Court should take the case.
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States Reportedly Plan to Sue Over Paramount-Warner Deal
A multi-state legal challenge would layer state antitrust pressure onto a merger that already drew a formal probe from California's attorney general.
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Chrome Canary Test Would Route Searches Straight to Google AI Mode
A flag spotted in Chrome's experimental build would skip the standard results page and funnel queries directly into Google's AI Mode.
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Epic Asks Supreme Court to Deny Apple's App Store Petition
Epic filed a brief opposing Apple's Supreme Court petition to challenge two rulings on off-App-Store payments, asking the justices to let them stand.
