"FTC" content on TweakTown - Page 1

We found 49 items for the tag: FTC

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FTC probes Adobe for cancellation fees

The Federal Trade Commission could force Adobe pay a fine for its notorious cancellation policies that can charge expensive pro-rated cancellation fees.

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CMA's request to adjourn appeal had nothing to do with FTC loss

The adjournment request from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was unaffected by the Federal Trade Commission's loss in the United States.

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FTC requests order to block Microsoft and Activision from merging until appeal decision is made

FTC requests an injunction that would block Microsoft from merging with Activision until after the Commission's appeal filing has been decided upon.

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FTC responds to federal ruling: Microsoft-Activision merger is a clear threat to competition

The FTC says it is disappointed with Judge Corley's ruling, says the Microsoft-Activision merger is a 'clear threat to competition' in various markets.

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FTC: Activision and Microsoft identified 'large financial benefits' to ATVI games on Game Pass

FTC's pre-hearing findings of fact document says that Activision and Microsoft 'identified large financial benefits' from Activision games on Game Pass.

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Microsoft's buyout consideration list included 100+ game devs: Bungie, CD Projekt, FromSoftware

Microsoft's internal mergers and acquisitions consideration list from 2021 includes 100+ devs/publishers like Bungie, CD Projekt RED, Hello Games, SEGA.

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FTC secures restraining order temporarily prohibiting Microsoft-Activision merger from closing

California courts have granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for a restraining order to temporarily prohibit the MSFT-ATVI merger from closing.

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CMA met with FTC 26 times to discuss Microsoft-Activision merger, CEO Sarah Cardell says

UK regulators at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) met with the FTC 26 times to discuss the Microsoft-Activision merger, CEO Sarah Cardell says.

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Xbox hit with a $20 million fine for 'illegally retaining children's personal information'

Microsoft claims that it was a data retention glitch that resulted in it asking children playing Xbox for their phone numbers and other personal info.

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U.S. House opens probe into FTC, Chair Lina Khan accused of 'abuses of power'

The United States House Oversight Committee has opened a formal probe into allegations of 'abuses of power' made during Chair Lina Khan's FTC regime.

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Did Sony lead the FTC to create the High-Performance Console market designation?

Did Sony convince or lead the FTC to create the High-Performance Console Relevant market that removes Nintendo from the Big 3? We investigate further.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan denies CMA collusion, says accusations are 'flatly untrue'

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan denies allegations that agency has 'outsourced U.S. regulatory policies' to European competition watchdogs.

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FTC's Khan on Microsoft-Activision merger: 'We have to protect nascent markets'

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan comments on Microsoft-Activision merger, says FTC can't 'allow incumbents to thwart competition and innovation'

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Here's why regulators exclude Nintendo and focus on PlayStation vs Xbox

Microsoft-Activision merger news: Here's why regulators like the FTC and CMA have excluded Nintendo from the Big 3 and focus on PlayStation vs Xbox.

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Nintendo ordered to testify before FTC in Microsoft-Activision Merger case

FTC law judge orders Nintendo executive who negotiated the 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft to testify in FTC's Activision merger lawsuit.

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FTC responds to Activision CEO, says it 'absolutely did not collude' with CMA

Sources at the FTC say that US regulators did not discuss the Microsoft merger in meeting with CMA last week: 'FTC absolutely did not collude with CMA'

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FTC seeks info on Microsoft's 10-year Call of Duty deal with Nintendo

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about the 10-year Call of Duty licensing deal that Microsoft signed with Nintendo.

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FTC judge orders Sony to mostly comply with Microsoft subpoena

FTC's administrative law judge has ordered Sony Interactive Entertainment to mostly comply with Microsoft's subpoena for sensitive business documents.

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FTC allows Sony more time to prepare documents for Microsoft-Activision merger

The FTC has granted another one of Sony's request for a time extension, Sony now has until March 1 to prepare documents for Microsoft's discovery period.

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FTC argues semantics, creates new console market that doesn't include Nintendo

The Federal Trade Commission has created a new 'high-performance console' market definition that does not include the $62 billion Nintendo Switch platform.

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FTC's Lina Khan could greenlight Activision merger to avoid split vote fallout

Sources say a Democratic commissioner at the FTC lead to a split vote in the Microsoft-Activision merger, which could lead to the deal being approved.

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US regulator finds the cause for $1 billion being lost to crypto scams

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that more than $1 billion was lost in cryptocurrency scams throughout 2021.

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Activision buyout is 'moving fast,' says Microsoft president

Microsoft's $68.7 billion buyout of Activision-Blizzard is 'moving fast,' and the FTC has issued a Second Request review.

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Elon Musk is now being investigated by the US government

The US government has opened an investigation into SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his recent $44 billion acquisition.

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Microsoft may lose $1 billion a year making Call of Duty exclusive

Microsoft could lose out on over $1 billion in sales revenues (about $1.32 bn) if it keeps Call of Duty off of PlayStation, and Sony could lose $500M.

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FTC investigates Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard buyout for anti-trust

The Federal Trade Commission will closely scrutinize Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion buyout deal for Activision-Blizzard.

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NVIDIA's huge $54 billion Arm deal being probed by the EU

NVIDIA's gigantic acquisition of British chip manufacturer Arm is about to be probed by the EU, after being probed by the FTC.

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Facebook is the youngest company to receive a $1 trillion valuation

After some favorable rulings, Facebook has joined the few other companies to close above $1 trillion in market capitalization.

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FTC fines AT&T $60 million, customers entitled to 'partial refunds'

The Federal Trade Commission have slapped a $60 million dollar fine on AT&T.

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FTC lootbox scrutiny begins this August

The FTC plans to arm itself with tons of info before it investigates lootboxes.

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FTC to investigate lootboxes

The Federal Trade Commission will scrutinize the game industry's billion dollar lootbox market.

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FTC: don't worry about 'warranty-void-if-removed' stickers

You can fix it: those warranty-void-if-removed stickers hold NO POWER according to the FTC.

ASUS Settles FTC Charges Involving Insecure Routers and 'Cloud' Services
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ASUS Settles FTC Charges Involving Insecure Routers and 'Cloud' Services

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FTC temporarily shuts down PC clean up service scams, seizes assets

Inbound telemarketers were able to scam over $120 million from gullible customers.

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FTC shuts down Butterfly Labs, a supposed bitcoin mining company

The FTC isn't impressed with Butterfly Labs for scamming customers thinking they were able to mine for bitcoins.

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FTC says that ban on direct sales of Tesla vehicles is bad policy

The Federal Trade Commission has spoken up and said that the banning of direct sales of Tesla vehicles is a bad thing for everyone.

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FTC ends anti-trust investigation, orders Google to stop excluding competitors from Motorola SEPs

Google settles FTC anti-trust investigation.

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Study suggests that the FTC would see strong support for revised laws to protect children online

Study suggests that adults are against tracking and other privacy invasions of children online.

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Be wary: One in 10 social-media reviews will be paid for by 2014

One in 10 social media reviews will be a paid-for fake by the year 2014 a new study suggests.

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Google gets fined $22.5m by FTC over Safari tracking

Google gets fined $22.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission over the Safari tracking incident

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Google co-founders to face US antitrust regulators for questioning

Larry Page, Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google to face antitrust regulators for questioning.

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Twitter adds Do Not Track privacy feature

Twitter enables Firefox's Do Not Track feature to allow users to opt-out of tracking by Twitter.

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Google in hot water over privacy, may face fines for bypassing Safari settings

Google may face more fines for circumventing Safari privacy settings.

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FTC mods antitrust settlement with Intel

FTC lets Oak Trail ship.

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Apple moves to ban the use of third party compilers and tools

It's Jobs' way or nothing.

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Intel Responds to FTC Suit

Claims FTC is rushing to file.

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US FTC sues Intel for Anti-Competitive Practices

They want their share of the Intel Pie too.

US FTC wants to clamp down on Bloggers
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US FTC wants to clamp down on Bloggers

Wants bloggers to disclose more info about samples.

Google/Apple relationship under the microscope
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Google/Apple relationship under the microscope

iPhone ties a little much.