Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will point to the “strikingly large and extraordinarily competitive” global retail market in his opening statement to a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee on Wednesday, making the… Read More
For the first two decades of Amazon’s life, its founding CEO, Jeff Bezos, did his best to stay out of political battles, trying to stay off the radar of regulators… Read More
A hotly anticipated House antitrust hearing with the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google set for Monday will likely be delayed according to reports from CNBC, The Verge, and… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith advised a House antitrust subcommittee on competition in the tech industry during a private interview, The Information learned this week. The discussion primarily focused on Microsoft’s… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith wants more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google. In an interview with Politico on Thursday, Smith did not… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos could testify before Congress along with other Big Tech leaders this summer, according to a letter to House lawmakers obtained by The New York Times. Related:… Read More
Antitrust scrutiny of Amazon is intensifying as new details reveal how the company treats third-party sellers in its marketplace. Regulators in California, Washington state, and Europe are reportedly homing in… Read More
European regulators are set to file antitrust charges against Amazon over the alleged use of third-party seller data to compete with retailers on its e-commerce platform, the Wall Street Journal… Read More
A trio of proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada accuse Amazon of abusing its market dominance to fix prices. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of consumers in both… Read More
Anyone eager for Jeff Bezos’ moment in the Congressional hot seat, previously occupied by the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, probably shouldn’t hold their breath. Amazon sidestepped the… Read More
Nine Senate Democrats asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to explain the rationale for firing four employees who spoke out about the company’s workplace safety policies in a letter sent to… Read More
Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress about the company’s competitive tactics against third-party sellers on its platform — warning that they may compel him… Read More
Amazon has long said that it doesn’t use its advantage as the operator of a massive marketplace to compete with third-party sellers on that platform. But a new investigation by… Read More
A coalition of labor unions — including truck drivers, food workers, and service employees — is pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for anti-competitive behavior. Change to Win,… Read More
The last major antitrust case that the federal government brought against a technology company lasted many years, entrenching Microsoft in a lengthy legal dispute. But the inquiries launched by the… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Kicking off the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference earlier this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy offered an expansive view of the market the cloud giant is pursuing.… Read More
The news: Tech giants fielding a bevy of antitrust inquiries defended their business practices in response to questions from the House Judiciary Committee. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook sent letters to… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited Amazon’s backyard to discuss the state of competition in the… Read More
Managing public relations for the most powerful country in the world, or one of the most powerful companies, is not a job many people would envy. It’s a field with… Read More
During his first year and a half on the Federal Trade Commission, Rohit Chopra has built a reputation as Big Tech’s toughest critic — and today at the GeekWire Summit,… Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at a July meeting, according to recordings obtained by The Verge… Read More
In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one of Big Tech’s biggest skeptics. Chopra was one of two… Read More
Bill Gates believes calls to break up Big Tech are misguided. The Microsoft co-founder said that approach to mitigating the power the tech industry wields is too blunt an instrument,… Read More
Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant violates antitrust laws. A handful of them announced the probe… Read More
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared in Seattle on Sunday, a few blocks from Amazon’s headquarters, and given the Democratic presidential candidate’s call to break up the online retail giant as… Read More
Federal regulators approved T-Mobile’s blockbuster merger with Sprint on Friday after 15 months of negotiations, paving the way for the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers to form another titan in… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook in June, the company confirmed in its second-quarter earnings report released Wednesday. The agency sought clearance to launch an inquiry… Read More
The U.S. technology industry, once seen as the darling of the economy, is facing a reckoning as Americans wake up to the power and influence a handful of companies wield.… Read More
The Department of Justice announced a review of the technology industry to find out whether there are violations of antitrust laws that hurt competition. The agency announced the review Tuesday… Read More
Amazon, Facebook, and Google finished their testimony at last week’s antitrust hearing, but the House Judiciary Committee isn’t letting them out of the hot seat. Rep. David Cicilline, the chair… Read More