Microsoft pays $20 million settlement for collecting children’s data
Hung onto for rather a long time too
Microsoft has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent and retained it for extended periods.
FTC asks US companies to use AI nicely
Because there will be no problems if everyone is nice
America's consumer-protecting federal agency, the FTC is asking US companies to be nice when it comes to using customer data on AI systems.
US government declares war on Amazon
Likely to be as successful as its invasion of Canada
The White House is planning to act on at least three of its six investigations into the online bookseller Amazon.
FTC worried about Musk’s firings
Worried he might not have enough staff left to protected data
Supreme Twit Elon [Look at me] Musk’s HR policy, which appears to involve firing everyone he sees, has fallen foul of the FTC.
Microsoft says that FTC is blocking its constitutional rights
Forming monopolies is the American way
Software king of the world Microsoft claims that its bid to buy Activision Blizzard is as much a constitutional right as owning guns.
Amazon faces anti-trust investigation
Robot take-over take down
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Amazon’s plans to acquire robot vacuum maker iRobot and the 1Life healthcare company behind One Medical.
FTC is not that keen on Musk’s Twitter deal
Sniffing around
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it is reviewing Tesla boss Elon [look at me] Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
Samsung sells parts and tools to punters
Repair your own S20 and Galaxy S21 phones
Starting this summer, Samsung says it will sell genuine parts and tools to customers needed to repair its Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S21 smartphones, along with its Galaxy Tab S7+ tablet.
FTC investigating Vole's purchase of Activision Blizzard
Toxic monopoly
The FTC said it is going to have a look at Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.
FTC refiles monopoly claim against Facebook
Trying to revive a dismissed case
US antitrust officials refiled their monopoly lawsuit against social notworking giant Facebook, seeking to salvage the landmark case a judge threw out in June.