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Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products reut.rs/42JlTt0

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The Meta antitrust trial dove into Facebook's pivot from friend content to a new feed full of "entertainment"--posts, sometimes toxic, from strangers and businesses. Meta gathered a locked in audience for that stuff--even though users hunger to hear from friends, www.wired.com/story/plaint...

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Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds reut.rs/3GqR0Sk

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NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...

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Zuckerberg’s antitrust testimony aired his wildest ideas in Meta’s history

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WIRED spoke to over a dozen US business owners, including mom-and-pop shops, who all said the same thing: Chinese manufacturing is still the gold standard of the world and moving production to a new region would be extremely difficult, regardless of how high tariffs are.

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Trump pauses most tariffs, but these ones are still in effect.

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JUST IN: US appeals court sides with Trump, clears way to fire thousands of federal workers reut.rs/4j67oX3

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Breaking: A false headline on tariffs added $2.4 trillion of market value in minutes—then erased it just as quickly

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Breaking: The U.S. will impose a 10% tariff on all imports, and even higher rates on nations the White House considers bad actors on trade

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Nintendo said Switch 2, which offers a bigger, better screen and a mouse function, would launch on June 5 with the successor to the home-portable Switch gaming device, retailing for $449.99 reut.rs/42rXNDS

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This is what I had in mind when writing Consent as Friction: ssrn.com/abstract=493.... Eventually, obtaining consent will become too burdensome for some business models' viability. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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Scandal surrounding the Trump administration's Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

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The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

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Yes, I still miss Daft Punk regularly

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Monopolies, scalpers, and the future of online ticket sales

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Column: Why gaming company Valve would rather face a consumer class action than arbitration reut.rs/3DqQxi5 @jgreenejenna.bsky.social

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Trump DOJ seeks to break up Google, and demands data sharing with competitors, largely continuing Biden Administration's aggressive approach. This is the most important act yet w.r.t. big tech, and a signal of continuity. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/t...

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The S&P 500 has now lost all of its post-election gains as President Donald Trump dismayed some investors who hoped he was just bluffing on tariffs and instead ignited a trade war.

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the RTX 5070 review from @gamersnexus.bsky.social has me in tears 😅 youtu.be/ntSylZ1Bp1Y?...

submitted 113 days ago • 8 comments

President Trump’s tariffs could reshape relations between the U.S. and two of its biggest trading partners and reverse America’s efforts to expand free trade with allies.

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50 states have introduced "right to repair" laws making it cheaper and easier to repair your own tech. 6 states (MA, NY, MN, CO, CA, OR) have actually passed laws.

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Tech investments are transforming the Texas economy, often via companies from California in search of lower taxes and fewer regulations on land use and labor.

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will look into potential corporate collusion on diversity, equity and inclusion targets as part of a new labor market task force, the agency said @jodygodoy.bsky.social reut.rs/43e5kHj

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People don’t trust doctors like they used to. Patients often feel ignored and complain about disjointed care and a lack of communication.

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JUST IN - US declares administrative law judge removal rules unconstitutional @luccohen.bsky.social reut.rs/3XenW6m

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The FTC is launching a public comment period on censorship by tech platforms. The request for information solicits comments from users who have been “banned, shadow banned, demonetized, or otherwise censored.” 1/ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

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NEW: A handful of states just introduced bills to ban "surveillance pricing and wages" That's when companies charge/pay differently based on personal data. Advocates fear the practice is widespread in the gig economy @willoremus.com & me washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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thank god we banned tiktok

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Instead of devoting billions to share buybacks to Wall Street 👇, Apple should do more of this kind of investment in innovation - likely wouldn't have taken them 7 yrs for this achievement. Qualcomm is a rapacious monopolist that should have endured antitrust liability years ago.

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The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and Open Market Committee.

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JUST IN: Trump says he has instructed DOJ to terminate all remaining Biden-era US attorneys reut.rs/4gHD7Mh

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"You now have some of the biggest corporations in the world accepting the word of the Trump Justice Department that this statute won't be weaponized against them," says @anupamchander.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

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President Trump's talk of acquiring Greenland has sparked creative proposals, from a bill to rename the island "Red, White and Blueland" to a satirical petition for Denmark to buy "Califørnia."

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Inflation heated up more than expected in January, as prices for groceries, housing and energy all rose for Americans in early 2025, complicating President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order

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The top officials for enforcement and supervision at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said they had resigned, citing the Trump administration's decision to halt all activity at the agency, according to internal emails seen by Reuters reut.rs/3EzfUyo

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meanwhile, Microsoft has named the Gulf of Mexico twice on Bing Maps. It’s a bit like having two Outlook apps, or two Microsoft Teams clients, or two Copilot apps 🙃

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Good work with the headline and subhead, @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Musk and Trump allies ratchet up rhetoric against the judiciary @tomhals.bsky.social reut.rs/41abN4t

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JD Vance and Elon Musk criticized a federal judge who for now has restricted the ability of Musk allies to access the Treasury’s payment system, a sign of tensions ahead between the White House and the courts

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SCOOP: Shein and Temu have started raising prices and making some products unavailable as Trump's new tariffs on Chinese imports take their toll, @zeyiyang.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/tariff...

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Google is scamming us all 🥲

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One thing that regularly shocks me about the video game industry is hearing how much time and money is wasted because executives are unwilling or unable to make a decision and communicate it clearly. Anyway, don't miss my feature about the turmoil at Warner Games: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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