Apple to Be Fined Over $500 Million in EU Music Streaming Probe

Apple is set to be hit with a €500 million ($538 million) fine for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, according to a Financial Times report. The focus of the European Commission’s investigation has been Apple’s policy of preventing streaming music apps from informing iPhone and iPad users within the app […]

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UK Revives Antitrust Probe Into Apple’s Browser and Cloud Gaming Restrictions

Apple faces a renewed comprehensive investigation into its dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming following a ruling by London’s Court of Appeal (via Bloomberg). The court’s decision effectively reverses a previous verdict that had halted the probe, reinforcing the authority of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In November 2022, the CMA launched […]

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A European Space Probe Sets Its Sights on the Jupiter System

Ganymede likely has some special characteristics. It isn’t just Jupiter’s biggest moon, but the biggest in the entire solar system by far—about the size of Mercury and our moon combined. It harbors about six times as much liquid water as Earth, but it could be hidden beneath 100 miles of ice, Witasse says. Ganymede’s also unique […]

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UK Probe Into Apple’s Mobile Browser Restrictions Shut Down After Apple Argues Regulators Waited Too Long to Open Investigation

The UK’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) will not be looking into Apple’s policies on mobile browsers and cloud gaming services after Apple won an appeal that will force the UK regulators drop the investigation, reports Reuters. The CMA in November launched an investigation into the cloud gaming and mobile browser restrictions put in place […]

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How a Beam of Pellets Could Blast a Probe Into Deep Space

That said, he expects that the futuristic project could take more than a half-century to realize. It poses a few ambitious physics and engineering challenges, including the development of such a massive laser, the construction of a lightsail that can handle that much power without disintegrating, and the design of the minuscule spacecraft and an […]

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Microsoft Teams will reportedly sit at center of EU antitrust probe based on Slack complaint

What you need to know The European Union will reportedly open an antitrust probe into Microsoft surrounding the tech giant’s communication platform Microsoft Teams. The investigation is based on a complaint made by Microsoft competitor Slack in 2020. The core argument Slack made was that Microsoft has used its dominant Office suite of applications to […]

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Xbox Activision Blizzard deal faces in-depth antitrust probe from UK regulators

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed an inquiry group to further investigate Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The second phase of its investigation follows previous comments from the CMA raising concerns over UK competition and signaling its intent to pursue further action. Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is set to […]

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Apple Card Customer Service Woes Responsible for Goldman Sachs Regulatory Probe

The popularity of the Apple Card caused Apple partner Goldman Sachs to struggle to deal with customer service issues, according to a new report from CNBC. The problems have in part led to a Goldman Sachs investigation by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Goldman Sachs was subject to more disputed transactions than it […]

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Vivo India gets $58 million seized after a massive money laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate of India carried out searches at 40 locations of Vivo India, and the state agency revealed details about the probe. According to an official press release, the company transferred INR 62,476 crore (that’s nearly $8 billion) to China. During the investigation, the ED seized 119 bank accounts with INR 465 crore (about […]

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Apple Faces German Antitrust Probe Into App Tracking Transparency

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules and anti-tracking technology are anti-competitive and self-serving, according to a press release. The proceeding announced today will review under competition law Apple’s tracking rules and specifically its App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATT) in order to ascertain whether they […]

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Scientists Want to Probe Uranus With a New Spacecraft

For the past couple of decades, NASA has been investing in spacecraft to conduct up-close examinations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Now it’ll likely be Uranus’ turn. On Tuesday, a team of planetary science and astrobiology researchers released a detailed new report called a decadal survey, which lays out research priorities for their […]

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