Alphabet
Apple to urge judge to end US smartphone monopoly case
Apple will ask a federal judge to dismiss the case accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the smartphone market, in the latest Big Tech antitrust showdown.
$1 million giveaway
Pennsylvania Judge Allows Musk’s $1M Voter Petition Giveaway To Continue
A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor of allowing Elon Musk’s political action committee to continue giving out $1 million per day to registered swing state voters who signed the petition, pledging to support free speech and gun rights.
AI
Google’s Nobel prize winners stir debate over AI research
The award of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company’s research dominance.
ad exchanges
Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence shows
A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company’s online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rival advertising networks.
Alphabet
TikTok disputes US claims on China ties in court appeal
TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app’s ties to China.
$100 million
Trump To Sue DOJ Over Raid At Mar-A-Lago Following Dismissal Of Classified Documents Case
Less than a month after Donald Trump overturned his case involving classified documents, sources have now indicated that the former president is going to sue the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for $100 million in damages over the 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago home.
2020 U.S. drone strike
DOJ: Pakistani National With Ties To Iran Charged In Connection To Halted Assassination Plot Potentially Targeting Trump
The Justice Department (DOJ) has charged a Pakistani man who has alleged ties to the Iranian government that was seeking out to conduct a political assassination.
anti-doping
US investigating Chinese swimmers doping case
World Aquatics executive director has been subpoenaed to testify about how 23 Chinese swimmers avoided punishment after testing positive for banned drugs weeks ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
American users
DOJ Prepares To File Lawsuit Against TikTok, Citing ‘Children’s Privacy Violations’
On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Justice is getting ready to bring a consumer protection lawsuit against ByteDance’s TikTok app later this year, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Abril Elfi
DOJ Report: 2 Men Sentenced For Defrauding JetBlue Of $10M
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two men were sentenced on Friday in federal court in Brooklyn for a fraud scheme involving JetBlue Airways.