Sources: the US State Department is building an online portal at freedom.gov that will let users in Europe and elsewhere see content banned by their governments
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned …
Sources and docs: the US “effectively gutted” the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M+ since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls
Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about the $83B WBD bid, Trump's involvement in the deal, maintaining a 45-day theatrical window for WBD releases, and more
The company's co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV business.See also Mediaga...
EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump
Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels' willingness to stick with digital rule book X: @florian4gamers . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/EU_Economics X: Florian...
The US threatens penalties against European companies, like Mistral and Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants
bsky.app/profile/tech... [embedded post] Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “With support from the U.S. tech industry, the Trump administration has taken an aggressive posture again...
Tim Sweeney: the Ninth Circuit's decision on the Epic v. Apple contempt ruling appeal “completely shuts down” App Store rules letting Apple collect “junk fees”
In an interview, Epic Games' CEO says that an appeals court ruling in its case against Apple is ‘really awesome for all developers.’
A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple, but says Apple can argue in a lower court to charge <27% for transactions outside the App Store
or at least a contempt ruling is not the right vehicle for imposing a royalty-free licensing obligation on Apple only because it asked for too much. Apple wanted the injunction li...
Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week
Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war …
Google and Epic Games settle Epic's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, with Android and Google Play changes to expand competition and choice, pending a US judge's approval
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday it has reached a comprehensive U.S. court settlement with “Fortnite” …
SCOTUS declines Google's request to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Google to make major Play Store changes in the antitrust case Epic filed in 2020
- Google asked Supreme Court to freeze parts of judge's order — Order was issued in suit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games
Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …
A US federal judge preliminarily approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement with authors
A federal judge in California on Thursday preliminarily approved a landmark settlement of a copyright class action brought by a group of authors against artificial intelligence com...
Sources: the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials that implement the DSA, after US tech company complaints
President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible …
Epic reaches a settlement with Samsung, which it sued over allegedly conspiring with Google to undermine third-party app stores via its Auto Blocker feature
Sean Hollister / The Verge :
The US FTC drops a case that sought to block Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying that pursuing the case was not in the public interest
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped a case that sought to block Microsoft's (MSFT.O) $69-billion purchase of “Call of Duty” …
Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta “won't shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's digital products
Note Vance referenced content moderation in his speeches. — Europe is their 2nd largest market... … Renee DiResta / @noupside : This is going to be corporation versus country. A...
Sony reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $28.6B, operating income up 1% YoY to $3.05B, and gaming revenue up 16% YoY to $10.92B, driven by strong PS5 sales
Sony Group Corporation turned in a strong third quarter for 2024, riding high on gaming and music while its film unit faced headwinds.
Ahead of the Paris AI summit, Macron says companies plan to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years and it is France's equivalent to Stargate
French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI's Sam Altman
UK CMA Chair Marcus Bokkerink plans to leave the antitrust agency, forced out by UK ministers; the CMA appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair
Marcus Bokkerink replaced at CMA with government saying it wants pro-business decisions to drive prosperity and growth
OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle unveil The Stargate Project, a JV to invest in US AI infrastructure, committing $100B now and up to $500B over the next four years
OpenAI says that it will team up with both the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, along with others, to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S.