Why Amy Klobuchar just wrote 600 pages on antitrust
"Monopolies tend to have a lot of control, not just over consumers, but also over politics." Enlarge / Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) (credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images) To promote her new book, Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power.....»»
New carbon accounting rules target "greenwashing"
Common standards unveiled Monday for companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions could curb misleading climate claims in the corporate world, the chair of the body that wrote the norms told AFP......»»
Apple may be forced to allow third-party App Stores in India
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is reportedly nearing the conclusion of its antitrust investigation into App Store, and is expected to conclude that Apple must open it up to rival alternatives.Tim Cook in IndiaApple's App Store has been und.....»»
EU officials accuse Google of antitrust violations in its ad tech business
Google's advertising business should be broken up, European Union officials said Wednesday, alleging that the tech giant's involvement in multiple parts of the digital advertising supply chain creates "inherent conflicts of interest" that risk harmin.....»»
Apple adds iOS 17 Notes feature to Pages alongside Keynote ProRes and Numbers SVG updates
One new feature in iOS 17 is the ability to start formatting a document in Notes then opening it in Pages for even more formatting capabilities. Apple released Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 13.1 today, and release notes specifically call out the iOS 1.....»»
Apple updates iOS and macOS iWork apps with new SVG support, ProRes on mobile
Apple has rolled out a handful of new updates across its iWork suite, standardizing support for scalable vector graphics and adding support for ProRes on iOS and iPadOS versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.Image Credit: ApplePages, Apple's word pr.....»»
Google’s ad tech dominance spurs more antitrust charges, report says
Google's ad revenue amounted to nearly $225 billion in 2022. Enlarge (credit: 400tmax | iStock Unreleased) This week, the European Union (EU) is preparing to lob yet another formal antitrust complaint against Google, Blo.....»»
Has a mathematician solved the "invariant subspace problem"? And what does that even mean?
Two weeks ago, a modest-looking paper was uploaded to the arXiv preprint server with the unassuming title "On the invariant subspace problem in Hilbert spaces." The paper is just 13 pages long and its list of references contains only a single entry......»»
How the Summer Game Fest rewarded fans for their patience with long-awaited sequels | The DeanBeat
Back in 2010, I wrote a review of Alan Wake with the title, “Alan Wake takes video games to an art form.” I reviewed the game for the Xbox 360, saying the game was a “work of art, and it’s one of the best video games I’ve ever p.....»»
Judge denies Amazon’s, Apple’s motions to dismiss class action price-fixing suit
Which markets are hurt by companies' agreement is "reserved for a jury." An antitrust-based lawsuit accusing Amazon and Apple of colluding to keep Apple products priced higher in Amazon's store is moving forward after a judge dec.....»»
Apple & Epic Games both appealing "Fortnite" App Store antitrust ruling
Apple and Epic Games have jointly requested an appeals court to review its decision that may compel Apple to alter its payment practices within the App Store, for entirely different reasons.Lawyers want an appeals court to reconsiderIn the April ruli.....»»
Ford sues Blue Cross Blue Shield in antitrust case over ‘astronomical" profit
Ford sued Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in U.S. court on Wednesday, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for health insurance products for its employees......»»
‘Tasks’ to-do app gets major update with new design, Tasks Cloud, and collaboration
Tasks is one of my favorite to-do apps, and it has evolved a lot since I first wrote about it here on 9to5Mac. This week, Tasks was updated to version 3.0, which comes with a new design for the iOS app, a completely rebuilt macOS app, and new featur.....»»
FTX: Singapore state fund Temasek cuts pay after failed investment
Last year, Temasek Holdings wrote off all of the $275m (£222.8m) it had invested in FTX......»»
Alan Wake 2: release date, trailers, gameplay, preorder, and more
We haven't found all the manuscript pages yet, but here is everything we know about Alan Wake 2 set to arrive later this year in October for the spooky season......»»
Senate Democrats write to Google over concerns about abortion-seekers" location data
Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats wrote to Google this week with questions about how it deletes users' location history when they have visited sensitive locations such as abortion clinics, expressing concerns that the company may not have been consiste.....»»
High School Students Need More Sleep and Later School Start Times
After reading a Scientific American editorial on sleep and school start times, students and their teacher wrote to the editors about their experiences. Their district listened, and school will start later next year.....»»
Meta sells Giphy at a significant loss after UK breakup order
Stock-photo website Shutterstock on Tuesday said it will acquire Giphy and its online repository of animated images for $53 million, after UK antitrust regulators forced Meta to spin off the company last year......»»
Latest Apple antitrust probe opens in Italy, over app privacy
Another day, another Apple antitrust probe. Just yesterday we learned that the European Union was ramping up its investigation into Apple Pay, and today Italy’s competition watchdog has announced an investigation into the company’s App Store pri.....»»
Italy"s antitrust agency opens probe into Apple App Store dominance
Italian antitrust agency AGCM has opened an investigation into Apple, alleging that the company disadvantages third-party developers with restrictive policies.Apple is under another round of antitrust investigations, as Italy's antitrust watchdog has.....»»
EU regulators still investigating Apple Pay antitrust concerns, now examining Bluetooth and QR code alternatives
Apple is facing increasing antitrust pushback in the European Union over its tap-to-pay Apple Pay platform. A new report from Bloomberg details that European Union antitrust investigators are ramping up their probe into Apple Pay after soliciting mo.....»»