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Adobe executive called software cancellation fees "heroin" for the company, FTC says

Adobe has been criticized for likening its early termination fees to heroin, but Adobe hits back.

TechRadar

Senate To Vote on Web Censorship Bill Disguised as Kids Safety

The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.

Reason

US, UK, and EU finally come together to prevent AI monopoly (catastrophic market failure, not the game)

Everyone agrees an all-powerful AI run by one company would be a bad idea.

PC Gamer

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The Federal Trade Commission Needs To Stay in its Lane

Recent actions by the FTC show that its officers should review the Constitution.

Reason

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is finally available on Xbox Game Pass

The latest Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, has been added to Xbox Game Pass.

TechRadar

FTC Investigates Companies For Surveillance Pricing Practices

FTC investigates companies using personal data for surveillance pricing, raising privacy concerns.

Top News

FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual characteristics

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Biden's Big Government Solutions Dismiss Customer Welfare

Sen. Rand Paul writes that repealing the Robinson-Patman Act would help bust inflation.

Reason

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe - Roll Call

A policy rider in the House fiscal 2025 Financial Services spending bill would curtail a FTC probe of a cyberattack last year at MGM Resorts.

Roll Call

What CEOs could expect from a President Kamala Harris

The VP is likely to tout her administration's relatively calm stewardship to Big Business.

Fortune

Grocery's biggest merger stuck in limbo

The merger of two of the country's biggest supermarkets now faces both state and federal legal hurdles

Salon

Microsoft defends Game Pass price changes, tells FTC that adjustment offers multiplayer for less

Microsoft has responded to FTC criticism of its planned price increases and changes to the Game Pass subscription service, saying its new entry-level product offers more value, not less.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft responds to the FTC, argues its Game Pass price hike is actually a good deal for gamers because the new cheapest tier includes multiplayer now

Why, in the Year of our Lord 2024, does multiplayer functionality still cost extra?

PC Gamer

Microsoft hits back at the FTC's "misleading" letter that called Xbox Game Pass Standard a "degraded" service as a result of the Activision Blizzard buyout

Does Call of Duty make up for the higher price?

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Inverse

The Xbox Game Pass Price Hike Just Gave The FTC More Ammo Against Microsoft

The FTC governing body accused Microsoft of "introducing a degraded product." Experts talked to Inverse about the latest and what it means.

PC Gamer

FTC says I told you judge, I warned you bro, as it unloads on Microsoft for Game Pass price hikes and 'a degraded product' that it says break promises made to seal the Activision merger

The FTC notes that Microsoft didn't mention these hikes when it was talking about bringing CoD to Game Pass subs on day one.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft's new Xbox Game Pass Standard Tier is a 'degraded product' according to FTC

Microsoft Game Pass subscription prices are rising across the board and the FTC isn't happy about it, says Microsoft is exercising its market power post-merger with Activision-Blizzard.

GamesRadar

FTC calls new Xbox Game Pass Standard a "degraded product," says the subscription changes are "exactly the sort of consumer harm" from the Activision merger it alleged could happen

The newly announced Game Pass changes have invited criticism

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The Independent UK

Amazon Prime Day is a big event for scammers, experts warn

Amazon Prime Day is here

Reason

J.D. Vance Thinks Lina Khan Is Doing a Great Job

We're looking at four more years of anti-tech and anti-business antics from the FTC no matter who wins this November.

Kiplinger

TaxAct Class Action Settlement: Claims Deadline Coming Soon

A multimillion-dollar settlement over alleged data privacy violations affects some TaxAct users.

Reason

FTC Opens a Backdoor Route to Age Verification on Social Media

In a "novel" order concerning the app NGL, the agency takes aim at online anonymity and at minors on social media.

Windows Central

Microsoft steps back from OpenAI board, will no longer hold observer seat

After eight months of holding a non-voting observer seat on the OpenAI board, Microsoft has given up that seat. Microsoft continues to own 49% of the for-profit portion of OpenAI.

International Business Times

In A First, FTC Bans NGL Messaging App From Serving Minors; Imposes $5M Settlement

The app was alleged to have engaged in deceptive practices related to its premium subscription plan.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump’s oil baron lovefest wins over a Nikki Haley supporter and his cash

With his finances drained by legal woes, Trump is now engaging in increasingly brazen efforts to win both big-money backers and non-Republican voters

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