US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on September 2 that Google must stop self-preferencing in digital ad auctions but declined the Justice Department’s request to force a divestiture of the company’s core ad exchange.
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Nvidia Closes In on a $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Deal
Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a deal that would give the chip giant control over the open-source AI hub used by more than a million developers worldwide.
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EU Fines AliExpress a Record €550 Million Under Digital Services Act
The European Commission imposed its largest-ever Digital Services Act penalty on Alibaba’s AliExpress on Monday, citing systemic failures to detect and remove counterfeit and dangerous products.
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Europe’s top court upholds 4.1 billion euro Android antitrust fine against Google
The ECJ upheld a 4.1 billion euro fine against Alphabet on 5 July in a final ruling on Google’s anticompetitive Android app-bundling and search-default practices in Europe.
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EU orders Meta to restore WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots
The European Commission on June 9 issued interim measures ordering Meta to reinstate third-party AI assistants to the WhatsApp Business API within five days, citing antitrust concerns over fees deemed economically unsustainable for competitors.
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UK watchdog launches Strategic Market Status probe into Microsoft’s Office and Copilot bundle
The UK Competition and Markets Authority opened the first Strategic Market Status investigation under the DMCC Act 2024 on 14 May 2026, examining whether Microsoft’s bundling of Teams, Windows, and Copilot suppresses competition.
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FTC opens antitrust probe into Arm as chip designer turns competitor
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Arm Holdings, questioning whether the chip architect is restricting rivals’ access to processor blueprints after launching its own data-centre chip in March 2026.
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Google fights emergency court order to share its search index with rivals
A federal court ordered Google to open its search index to competitors and end exclusive distribution deals; Google filed an emergency stay motion the same week, leaving the remedy in legal limbo.
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EU opens sweeping antitrust inquiry into Big Tech’s AI operations
The European Commission’s competition directorate confirmed in March 2026 that it has opened a wide-ranging inquiry into how large technology companies are using AI to entrench market power, targeting practices at Nvidia, Meta, Google, and Microsoft simultaneously.