Senate To Vote on Web Censorship Bill Disguised as Kids Safety The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online. Reason · Jul 24, 2024
US, UK, and EU finally come together to prevent AI monopoly (catastrophic market failure, not the game) Everyone agrees an all-powerful AI run by one company would be a bad idea. PC Gamer · Jul 24, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission Needs To Stay in its Lane Recent actions by the FTC show that its officers should review the Constitution. Reason · Jul 24, 2024
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is finally available on Xbox Game Pass The latest Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, has been added to Xbox Game Pass. TechRadar · Jul 24, 2024
FTC Investigates Companies For Surveillance Pricing Practices FTC investigates companies using personal data for surveillance pricing, raising privacy concerns. Top News · Jul 24, 2024
FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual characteristics The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024
Biden's Big Government Solutions Dismiss Customer Welfare Sen. Rand Paul writes that repealing the Robinson-Patman Act would help bust inflation. Reason · Jul 23, 2024
House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe - Roll Call A policy rider in the House fiscal 2025 Financial Services spending bill would curtail a FTC probe of a cyberattack last year at MGM Resorts. Roll Call · Jul 23, 2024
What CEOs could expect from a President Kamala Harris The VP is likely to tout her administration's relatively calm stewardship to Big Business. Fortune · Jul 22, 2024
Grocery's biggest merger stuck in limbo The merger of two of the country's biggest supermarkets now faces both state and federal legal hurdles Salon · Jul 22, 2024
Microsoft defends Game Pass price changes, tells FTC that adjustment offers multiplayer for less Microsoft has responded to FTC criticism of its planned price increases and changes to the Game Pass subscription service, saying its new entry-level product offers more value, not less. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 21, 2024
Microsoft responds to the FTC, argues its Game Pass price hike is actually a good deal for gamers because the new cheapest tier includes multiplayer now Why, in the Year of our Lord 2024, does multiplayer functionality still cost extra? PC Gamer · Jul 20, 2024
Microsoft hits back at the FTC's "misleading" letter that called Xbox Game Pass Standard a "degraded" service as a result of the Activision Blizzard buyout Does Call of Duty make up for the higher price? GamesRadar · Jul 20, 2024
The Xbox Game Pass Price Hike Just Gave The FTC More Ammo Against Microsoft The FTC governing body accused Microsoft of "introducing a degraded product." Experts talked to Inverse about the latest and what it means. Inverse · Jul 19, 2024
PC Gamer · Jul 19, 2024 FTC says I told you judge, I warned you bro, as it unloads on Microsoft for Game Pass price hikes and 'a degraded product' that it says break promises made to seal the Activision merger The FTC notes that Microsoft didn't mention these hikes when it was talking about bringing CoD to Game Pass subs on day one.
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 19, 2024 Microsoft's new Xbox Game Pass Standard Tier is a 'degraded product' according to FTC Microsoft Game Pass subscription prices are rising across the board and the FTC isn't happy about it, says Microsoft is exercising its market power post-merger with Activision-Blizzard.
GamesRadar · Jul 19, 2024 FTC calls new Xbox Game Pass Standard a "degraded product," says the subscription changes are "exactly the sort of consumer harm" from the Activision merger it alleged could happen The newly announced Game Pass changes have invited criticism
The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024 Amazon Prime Day is a big event for scammers, experts warn Amazon Prime Day is here
Reason · Jul 16, 2024 J.D. Vance Thinks Lina Khan Is Doing a Great Job We're looking at four more years of anti-tech and anti-business antics from the FTC no matter who wins this November.
Kiplinger · Jul 16, 2024 TaxAct Class Action Settlement: Claims Deadline Coming Soon A multimillion-dollar settlement over alleged data privacy violations affects some TaxAct users.
Reason · Jul 15, 2024 FTC Opens a Backdoor Route to Age Verification on Social Media In a "novel" order concerning the app NGL, the agency takes aim at online anonymity and at minors on social media.
Windows Central · Jul 10, 2024 Microsoft steps back from OpenAI board, will no longer hold observer seat After eight months of holding a non-voting observer seat on the OpenAI board, Microsoft has given up that seat. Microsoft continues to own 49% of the for-profit portion of OpenAI.
International Business Times · Jul 10, 2024 In A First, FTC Bans NGL Messaging App From Serving Minors; Imposes $5M Settlement The app was alleged to have engaged in deceptive practices related to its premium subscription plan.
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2024 Donald Trump’s oil baron lovefest wins over a Nikki Haley supporter and his cash With his finances drained by legal woes, Trump is now engaging in increasingly brazen efforts to win both big-money backers and non-Republican voters
Laptop · Jul 4, 2024 Why ASRock, Zotac, and Gigabyte have just been warned by the US federal government The FTC says "restricting consumers' right to repair violates the law," and they're enforcing it for these 3 big PC manufacturers.