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Lawyers for the US government and Google are presenting closing arguments in the largest US antitrust case in years this week. US District Judge Amit Mehta is set to issue a ruling in the late summer or early autumn. If he decides Google broke the law, another trial will determine how to rein in its market power. The judge went back and forth with Google's main litigator, John Schmidtlein, on the first day of the trial's closing arguments. Mehta questioned whether another company had the money and data necessary to develop a search engine to compete with Google. “It seems to be very, very unli...
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Washington (AFP) - A US judge on Thursday pushed against the central pleas of both US government and Google lawyers as he heard their closing arguments at a landmark antitrust trial in Washington. Federal Judge Amit Mehta, whose decision is not expected until later in the year, raised his questions during two days of hearings that come six months after the conclusion of testimony. The case is the first of five major lawsuits by the US government to reach trial, with Meta, Amazon, Apple and a separate case against Google also heading for federal court. The trial is the first time the US Departm...
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A US regulator voted on Thursday to restore "net neutrality" rules which prevent internet providers from favouring certain websites over others. The move will bring back "a national standard to ensure the internet is fast, open, and fair," the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday. It restores an order that was first issued in 2015 under the Obama administration and later repealed under the Trump administration. The measure passed Thursday on a 3-2 vote split along party lines, with Democratic commissioners in favour and Republicans opposed. Net neutrality requires internet ...
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Brussels has long accused Beijing of employing distorting and discriminatory practices that make it all but impossible for European companies to win public contracts in China in the valuable sector of medical devices, where the bloc still retains a competitive edge. These practices include slow certification processes and opaque approval systems for foreign manufacturers, as well as policies to beef up the national economy. In addition, the EU's medical device industry has repeatedly reported that Chinese public tenders previously open to imports now specifically request China-made products. G...
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The European Commission on Tuesday carried out unannounced inspections at a company in the security equipment sector, the first to be done under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The new rules, which applied since July 2023, aim to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and ensure a level playing field for all companies operating in the EU market. So far, the Commission has opened several investigations under the regulation, including into Chinese solar panel manufacturers and wind turbine producers, but this is the first time it has acknowledged raiding premises. "The Commission has i...
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Leaders of 23 EU member states and the European Commission have signed a Solar Charter pledging to step up financing opportunities, skills capacity and to address unfair competition in the bloc during an Energy Council. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the Netherlands signed the European Solar Charter in Brussels on Monday (April 15) in Brussels in an attempt to accelerate deployment of solar energy in the EU, with a view to r...
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Washington (AFP) - After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business. Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split up. The most recent came in March against Apple by the FTC, which alleges the iPhone...
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The European Commission today (April 2) announced it had cleared the way for Greece to invest €1bn to support two landmark renewable energy production and storage projects to be completed by mid-2025. The Faethon Project foresees construction of two photovoltaic units, each with a capacity of 252 MW, along with integrated molten-salt thermal storage units and an extra-high voltage substation. This project is designed to enable surplus energy to be stored and converted for use in times of peak electricity consumption. The Seli Project, entails the construction of a 309 MW photovoltaic unit with...
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Polish regulators fined an Amazon operator €7.2 million (31 million zlotys) for “misleading consumers” about how and when they would receive their purchases. The complaint was against Amazon EU SARL, the Luxembourg-based operator of Amazon’s Polish website. SARL provides “website features and other products and services” to customers on Amazon landing sites or devices, according to the company’s terms and conditions. When customers place an order, they receive a terms and conditions “contract” with Amazon EU SARL. The regulators found “misleading practices” about when a sales contract is concl...
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Washington (AFP) - Call it a "walled garden" or an ecosystem, but at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster US lawsuit against Apple are the many ways the company gets customers to remain faithful to its products. Apple versus PCsVery early on in its nearly half-century history, Apple made a decision that its products were to stand out alone and shouldn't be combined with products from other companies. With fans touting its better design and easier interface, Apple computers often drew the vitriol of PC users who equated its products as a technological straitjacket, denying users flexibility to a...
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