BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's antitrust head Andreas Mundt on Monday addressed mounting concerns about the deviation in approaches between European regulators and their U.S. peers, saying the divergence is more in terms of rhetoric than substance. Such worries have been amplified in recent months by U.S government and lawmakers' criticism of EU scrutiny of Big Tech and fines levied on U.S....

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

06:31 AM EDT, 05/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) is facing scrutiny from the White House and congressional officials over its plan to use Alibaba Group Holding's (BABA) artificial intelligence technology on iPhones in China, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing three people familiar with the matter. US authorities are concerned over the deal potentially assisting a...

(This May 16 story was refiled without any changes to text.) STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Epic Games' Fortnite video game was not available on Apple's ( AAPL ) iPhone devices in the European Union and the United States on Friday. Access to Fortnite via Apple's ( AAPL ) iPhone Operating System and through its App Store will be unavailable worldwide until...