December 22, 2023
Investigations of cases where artificial intelligence (AI) is used to break the law will be streamlined under a new process approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the agency said on Tuesday. The move, along with other actions, highlights the …
December 21, 2023
Rite Aid Corp. must stop using facial recognition for the next five years as part of a privacy settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, which said the pharmacy chain misused the technology to mistakenly tag consumers as shoplifters. In …
December 11, 2023
Amazon.com asked a federal court on Friday to dismiss a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit which accuses the company of using illegal strategies to boost profits at its online retail empire, including an algorithm that allegedly pushed up prices by more …
December 8, 2023
The US Federal Trade Commission is examining the nature of Microsoft Corp.’s investment in OpenAI Inc. and whether it may violate antitrust laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The inquiries are preliminary and the agency hasn’t opened …
November 21, 2023
X Corp. failed to persuade a federal judge to curb the US Federal Trade Commission’s close watch over the social media platform’s data privacy policies and block the agency from questioning company owner Elon Musk. US Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson …
November 3, 2023
Amazon.com used a series of illegal strategies to boost profits at its online retail empire, including an algorithm that pushed up prices U.S. households paid by more than $1 billion, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission detailed in a new court …
September 26, 2023
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of monopolizing the most lucrative parts of …
September 25, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to sue Amazon.com Inc. for antitrust violations next week, according to people familiar with the matter – marking the agency’s fourth swipe at the online retail giant this year. The lawsuit, expected to be …
September 5, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission won an administrative ruling against TurboTax tax software maker Intuit INTU.O after the commission said the company misled consumers with deceptive advertisements pitching “free” tax filing products that millions of consumers were unable to use, the …
August 23, 2023
Computer-generated children’s voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate a system protected by face ID. They sound like the stuff of science fiction, but these techniques are already available …