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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.

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.

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.

Microsoft may lose $1 billion a year making Call of Duty exclusive
Microsoft could lose out on over $1 billion in sales if it keeps Call of Duty off of PlayStation, and Sony could lose $500M.

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.

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.

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.

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.

FTC lootbox scrutiny begins this August
The FTC plans to arm itself with tons of info before it investigates lootboxes.

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

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.

FTC temporarily shuts down PC clean up service scams, seizes assets
Inbound telemarketers were able to scam over $120 million from gullible customers.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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