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Judge Decides In Favor Of Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Deal Okayed To Go Forward In U.S.

B. Simmons July 12, 2023

Still don’t understand the fixation on cloud gaming. A California judge has ruled in favor of Microsoft in their most recent case preventing their merger with Activision Blizzard. While they still face an Antitrust...

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Video Games

FTC Launches Suit To Block Microsoft/Activision Deal

B. Simmons June 13, 2023

Looks like only the EU is okay with it. The Federal Trade Commission has sued to, temporarily at least, block the Microsoft/Activision merger. Filed Monday in San Francisco, the suit aims to obtain a...

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Video Games

Epic Games Gets Fined For “Unfair” Microtransaction Practices In Fortnite

B. Simmons December 20, 2022

Maybe it’s karma…? The FTC has slapped Epic Games with a whopping $520 million fine. The FTC claims that Epic utilized “design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into making...

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Tech

FTC Sues Nvidia To Stop Takeover Of Arm Limited

B. Simmons December 4, 2021

Basically, don’t Think Big. In September 2020, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that the impending merger with Arm Limited would “create a company fabulously positioned for the age of AI”. Last month, however, the...

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Tech

FTC Votes In Right To Repair Unanimously

B. Simmons July 22, 2021

That sound you hear is Apple and their fanboys seething. Wednesday saw an open commission meeting by the FTC over Right to Repair. And at that meeting, the FTC voted 5-0, unanimously, in favor...

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Tech

Lawsuits Allege That Facebook Is a Monopoly; Call For It to Divest Itself Of Instagram and WhatsApp

B. Simmons December 9, 2020

Now we’ll never get those Facebook lasers. According to a series of lawsuits filed Wednesday by 48 attorneys general and the FTC, Facebook has become a monopoly. The suits allege that Facebook has used...

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Tech

Equifax To Pay Data Breach Victims Up To $20,000

B. Simmons July 24, 2019

What are the odds they link to a fake site again? It’s been a while, so you’d be forgiven for forgetting about the Equifax hack that lost the data of 143 million Americans. Unless...

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Tech

FTC Fines Could Cost Facebook Billions

B. Simmons April 25, 2019

They’re still making money, but it’ll be a huge dent. Facebook has had a bumpy ride recent of late. And while most of that hasn’t done much to hurt their business, that’s not to...

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Tech

Facebook Data Deals Under Criminal Investigation

B. Simmons March 14, 2019

*pull collar, gulp* Facebook has had its fair share of scandals (and outages) recent of late. But chief among them is their deals to sell data to various companies, e.g. Cambridge Analytica. But their...

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Tech

TikTok Parent Company Fined $5.7 Million For Collecting Kids’ Data

B. Simmons February 28, 2019

Oh man, those annoying ads are gaining a delightful sweetness. You might know TikTok from its awful ads. Or maybe, due to the fact that it seems to be primarily used by preteens and...

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Video Games

FTC To Investigate Loot Boxes

B. Simmons November 29, 2018

Here it comes. The Federal Trade Commission has announced that they’ll begin investigating loot boxes, with a focus on how they affect children. Junior New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan raised the topic with the...

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Tech

FTC says “Warranty Void If Removed” Stickers are a Crock

B. Simmons April 12, 2018

Tells manufacturers that they’re breaking the law with them. So, yo know those stickers that warn you that tampering in any way with your device voids your warranty? Well, much like mattress tags, for...