FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
Anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.
Smart TV’s are a digital trojan horse
Centre for Digital Democracy complains
The companies driving the streaming industry, including manufacturers of smart TVs and streaming sticks, as well as streaming service providers, have established a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,”
FTC takes on Amazon
A major anti-trust battle
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."
PlayStation software margins leaked
Revealed when scanned
Sony's highly confidential information about its PlayStation business was revealed by mistake during the court battle between the FTC and Microrosft.
The government case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal floundering
Experts have difficulty demonstrating that it is bad for gamers
The US government’s case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal got off to a poor start when its witness Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers.
Microsoft complains that it is losing the console wars
Now the FTC wants to give the field to Nintendo and Sony
Microsoft has told a court that it has been losing the console wars to Sony and Nintendo and needs to buy Activision Blizzard to keep its head above water.
Google moans to FTC about Microsoft cloud
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Google has formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission, publicly alleging that Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers toward Vole's cloud services.
FTC trying to block Activision Microsoft deal
Filing for an injunction
The Federal Trade Commission is set to file for an injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft pays $20 million settlement for collecting children’s data
Hung onto for rather a long time too
Microsoft has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent and retained it for extended periods.
FTC asks US companies to use AI nicely
Because there will be no problems if everyone is nice
America's consumer-protecting federal agency, the FTC is asking US companies to be nice when it comes to using customer data on AI systems.