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Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit To Break Up Meta
US Federal Appeals court dismisses antitrust attempt by US states to breakup Facebook parent Meta Platforms
UK’s CMA Blocks Microsoft’s $69bn Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
Final decision by UK regulator to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, but Microsoft says it will appeal
Seagate To Pay $300m Penalty Over Huawei Exports
Ouch. Seagate to hand over $300 million in fines after it exported 7.4 hard disk drives to Huawei, despite US export restrictions
Murdered Tech Executive Knew His Alleged Killer, Say Police
Cash App founder Bob Lee apparently knew the suspect in his stabbing death, police in San Francisco have said
OpenAI Faces Possible Defamation Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Content
A mayor in Australia has warned he may sue OpenAI if the firm does not correct false bribery claims by ChatGPT
Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Services Face UK Antitrust Probe
Ofcom proposing to refer UK cloud market and two of its leading service providers to British antitrust watchdog
Genesis Market Takedown Sees 120 Suspects Arrested
Largest online marketplace selling stolen credentials to criminals worldwide has been taken down in international operation
Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker
Hunting the leaker. Twitter's request to identify GitHub user who uploaded its source code has been approved by a US court
Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty To Additional Charges
Court appearance for former head of FTX, who pleads not guilty to five additional charges from US federal prosecutors
Judge Rules Google Deleted Chats In Antitrust Case
US federal judge rules Google intentionally sought to “hide the ball” in high profile antitrust case by automatically deleting evidence
Broadcom’s $61bn VMware Deal Faces Phase 2 CMA Probe
Decision by Broadcom not to offer the UK watchdog remedies to its Phase 1 concerns, triggers in-depth Phase 2 investigation
South Korea, US Seek Do Kwon Extradition
Who has first dibs? South Korea and the United States have both requested the extradition of Terra co-founder Do Kwon
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Bribing Chinese Officials
New US indictment alleges FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried paid over $40 million to bribe at least one official in China
Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Arrested In Montenegro
Interpol confirms Do Kwon arrested after six months on the run, after spectacular demise of TerraUSD cryptocurrency
Key Takeaways From TikTok’s CEO Grilling In US Congress
Torrid time for TikTok CEO, as Shou Zi Chew endured brutal questioning by US lawmakers over national security concerns
FTX Agrees Deal To Recover $400m From Hedge Fund
New management of failed crypto exchange FTX announce deal to recover more $400 million from a Bahamas-based hedge fund
SEC Charges Celebrities Over Cryptocurrency Endorsements
Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and other celebrities charged by the US financial watchdog over cryptocurrency endorsements
Court Dismisses Gamers Lawsuit Over Microsoft Activision Purchase
US federal court dismisses lawsuit from gamers over Microsoft's $69 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard
China Chip Boss Targeted By Anti-Graft Probe
Chinese authorities target Zhao Weiguo, former chairman of chip giant Tsinghua Unigroup, for corruption probe amidst industry struggles
Sam Bankman-Fried Allegedly Received $2.2 Billion From FTX Entities
Filings from bankrupt FTX show it made transfers of about $2.2 billion to company founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Autonomy’s Mike Lynch Fights US Extradition Attempt
Co-founder and former CEO of Autonomy Dr Mike Lynch asks High Court in London to block his extradition to the US
Vodafone, Three Near Final Merger Agreement – Report
UK merger between Vodafone and Three could be announced this month, as both work to address potential antitrust issues
UK Extends Time To Review Apple’s App Store Monopoly
British competition regulator, the CMA, extends deadline for its investigation into Apple's App Store policies
Lawyers For FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Hint At Trial Delay
Legal team for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried suggest they may need more time to prepare legal defence of their client
Ericsson Pleads Guilty Over Bribery Charges, Axes 8,500 Jobs
Thousands of staff impacted by headcount reduction, as giant telecoms giant pleads guilty to US bribery charges
Former FTX Engineer Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
Former engineering director of collapsed cryptocurrency firm FTX has pleaded guilty to six criminal charges, including fraud
Elon Musk Overstated Tesla Autopilot New Lawsuit Alleges
Elon Musk is being sued again as Tesla shareholders accuse the CEO of overstating self-driving tech and defrauding investors
DoJ Alleges Google Deleted Evidence In Antitrust Case
Serious allegation of misconduct made against Google by US Department of Justice, in its antitrust case against the firm
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Hit With Four More Charges
Four new criminal charges leveled at FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried concerning illegal political donations and bank fraud