Meta asks judge to rule that FTC failed to prove its monopoly case

Meta asks judge to rule that FTC failed to prove its monopoly case

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission’s case accusing it of an illegal social media monopoly, saying the agency failed to prove its case at a high-stakes antitrust trial. At the trial, which began on April 14 in Washington, the FTC has sought […]

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Explained: What does ruling on Google’s illegal ad tech monopoly mean?

Explained: What does ruling on Google’s illegal ad tech monopoly mean?

A U.S. judge’s ruling that Google has illegal monopolies in ad technology sets up the possibility of U.S. prosecutors seeking a breakup. Here’s what the case involves and what Google owner Alphabet faces from here. The most important thing is what this is not about: this is not about search, Google’s bread and butter, although […]

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Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

A historic antitrust trial began Monday for Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The trial is bringing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into federal court in Washington to testify. In […]

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Elizabeth Magie: the forgotten inventor of a popular board game

Elizabeth Magie: the forgotten inventor of a popular board game

Madison Square, Fifth Avenue, Go To Jail, Grand Boulevard. Do these words and places ring any bells? Most of us would have stumbled upon them while playing the popular board game Monopoly. Imagine being a woman in the United States way before they got voting rights who worked hard to create a unique game to […]

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Hasbro India’s latest board game combines the charms of Monopoly with cricket

Hasbro India’s latest board game combines the charms of Monopoly with cricket

It’s that time when cricket permeates everything. The nation is gripped by the World Cup frenzy, and leveraging on this, Hasbro has just launched its brand-new game — Monopoly Cricket. “This is one of our big launches this year,” says Lalit Parmar, Country Manager, Hasbro India, adding that with the fervour in India around cricket, this was […]

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