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The conversation around app store monopolies has ramped up over the past few years, especially throughout Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple and Google over monetization and policies. Slowly but surely, legislators are working on their own solutions, and now one proposed law in the United States has reached a significant milestone: passing the Senate Judiciary Committee.
NVIDIA might abandon ARM acquisition due to regulatory hurdles
NVIDIA is reportedly considering abandoning its ARM acquisition due to regulatory hurdles. Read on to learn more.
While NVIDIA announced plans to acquire UK-based chip designer ARM all the way back in September 2020, the company hasn't managed to close the deal due to regulatory hurdles. Shortly after the announcement, several major companies, including Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google, raised concerns about NVIDIA's acquisition of ARM, claiming that the deal would harm competition in the industry by giving NVIDIA complete control of ARM's chip designs. As a result, regulators from the EU, US, UK, and China have opened antitrust investigations into the acquisition.
US Senate Committee passes antitrust bill that would regulate Big Tech's self-preferencing
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, marking a big step in reigning in Big Tech.
After prolonged discussion and debate, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday passed the "American Innovation and Choice Online Act" (S.2992) antitrust bill. This bill aims to regulate Big Tech and other large companies from leveraging their dominant positions in one sector to self-preference their other products and services from other sectors.
As antitrust legislation inches forward in the US, Apple and Google aren't happy
Apple and Google have expressed concerns regarding tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Committee debate related to two antitrust bills.
We're staring at a rather defining moment in smartphone history. The smartphone landscape, as it stands right now, is split between Apple and Google. Both adopt different approaches in how they handle their ecosystems, and through these starkly different approaches, both have undeniably grown to their biggest sizes in their own history. The past year has seen several antitrust investigations being initiated in several key markets, and lawsuits also have followed against these Big Tech companies. All of these policy and judicial movements are slowly inching their way towards a result, and both Apple and Google aren't happy about it.
Indian antitrust investigation finds Google abused its Android dominance
Indian anti-trust agency, CCI, through an investigation, has found that Google is adopting unfair practices to dominate the mobile industry.
India is one of the most important markets for Google with Android phones enjoying over 95% of the market share in the country. It's not just about the OS though. All Android phones come with Google's suite of apps pre-installed which means there are millions of users using Google's services by default. Be it Chrome for browsing, Gmail for emails, or the Play Store for installing apps. As a result of this domination, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had launched an investigation back in 2019 to determine Google's role in blocking competitors. Two years later, we now have the findings of the investigation.
Qualcomm, Microsoft and Google raise concerns about NVIDIA's acquisition of ARM
Several major technology companies, including Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google, have raised concerns about NVIDIA's acquisition of ARM.
Following the launch of the RTX 30 series GPUs last year, NVIDIA announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based chip designer ARM. With the acquisition, NVIDIA plans to create "the leading computing company for the age of AI," but the deal doesn't seem to be going down well with companies like Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google.
[Update: Google's statement] Google Play and Google Pay are now being investigated for market dominance in India
The Competition Commission of India is now investigating Google Play and Google Pay for their market dominance in the country. Read on!
Technology makes our lives easier, and bigger companies make it even easier with seamless integration throughout their ecosystems. But now, across the world, the conversation has started turning towards how some technology companies may have perhaps become too big for the market. Recently, the US Antitrust Subcommittee concluded that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google abused their monopoly and dominance. The Department of Justice in the USA also began an antitrust case against Google. And now in India, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched an investigation against Google Play and Google Pay for their market dominance.
US Antitrust Subcommittee concludes that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google abuse their monopolies and dominance
The Subcommittee on Antitrust in the USA has reported that Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have misused their dominant positions. Read on!
Our lives are massively influenced by a handful of technology companies, and their monopoly is no secret. The likes of these tech companies also have a market acronym to them: FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft), referring to them in the context of consistent stock performance. But how influential exactly are these companies that we all know are influential to everyday life? A lot, according to a report from the United States Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commerical and Administrative Law.