Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta, said in a landmark antitrust trial on Thursday that the social media giant faced strong competition… Read More »At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal
Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape… Read More »Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules
Last summer, a federal judge, Amit P. Mehta, delivered a landmark ruling that found Google had illegally dominated online search. “Google is a monopolist, and… Read More »Will a Federal Judge Break Up Google?
The Justice Department said on Monday that the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search was to break up the $1.81 trillion company,… Read More »U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google
Kevin Systrom, a co-founder of Instagram, testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that his start-up was starved of resources after Meta bought… Read More »At Meta Trial, Instagram Co-Founder Says Startup Was Denied Resources
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft was found to… Read More »The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
In a second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, said he bought Instagram and WhatsApp… Read More »At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp
In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had lost… Read More »What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking off… Read More »U.S. Argues Meta Built a Social Media Monopoly
Soon after Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room in 2004, the social network skyrocketed in popularity. Roughly a decade later, the company… Read More »U.S. Prepares to Challenge Meta’s Social Media Dominance
The Trump administration isn’t letting up on the tech giants. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission will face off with Meta in court over claims… Read More »What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Tech Giants
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its U.S. investors and… Read More »How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
President Trump on Friday granted TikTok another reprieve by announcing that he would extend the deadline for when the popular app had to make a… Read More »Trump Extends TikTok Deal Deadline, Delaying a Potential Ban
For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to have a good time. He spent as much as… Read More »How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul
President Trump plans to meet with top White House officials on Wednesday to discuss a proposal that could secure TikTok’s future in the United States,… Read More »Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate
SoftBank said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $6.5 billion for the Silicon Valley chip start-up Ampere Computing, doubling down on a bet… Read More »SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion
As questions continue to swirl around Washington about the future of TikTok, the name of one potential suitor for the popular video app keeps coming… Read More »Oracle’s Role in TikTok’s Future Gets Capitol Hill Scrutiny
Google has agreed to buy Wiz, a fast-growing cybersecurity start-up, for $32 billion in the company’s biggest push to strengthen its cloud-computing business and expand… Read More »Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz