Meta Accuses FTC Expert of Bias on Final Trial Day: ‘You Helped Get it Started’

The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a competitor. Continue reading Meta Accuses FTC Expert of Bias on Final Trial Day: ‘You Helped Get it Started’

UK Watchdog Slams Apple & Google for Stifling Mobile Browser Innovation

If Apple and Google don’t make it easier for users to discover third-party browsers, the companies will not have as much of a competitive need to improve Safari and Chrome. Continue reading UK Watchdog Slams Apple & Google for Stifling Mobile Browser Innovation

Apple Faces Scrutiny as UK Regulator Probes Mobile Browser Dominance

Apple reportedly restricts competition by limiting the use of rival browsers on its iOS devices and effectively requiring developers to use its WebKit browser engine. Continue reading Apple Faces Scrutiny as UK Regulator Probes Mobile Browser Dominance

Pangolin-inspired robot poops tree seeds into holes it digs

Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they’re at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is why a California high school student named Dorothy designed a pangolin-inspired robot to do the diggi… Continue reading Pangolin-inspired robot poops tree seeds into holes it digs

Supercon 2023: [Cory Doctorow] with an Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse

Those of us old enough to remember BBS servers or even rainbow banners often go down the nostalgia hole about how the internet was better “back in the day” than …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: [Cory Doctorow] with an Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse

‘Tardigrade rides a nematode’ – and other microscopic video award winners

From a baby tardigrade riding a nematode, to water droplets evaporating from the wing scales of a peacock butterfly, the winners of this year’s Nikon Small World In Motion video microscopy competition let you see the unseen in astounding detail.Continu… Continue reading ‘Tardigrade rides a nematode’ – and other microscopic video award winners

Amazon-Anthropic Merger Cleared of Competition Concerns by UK Government

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has concluded that Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic does not create a relevant merger situation and has closed its investigation. Continue reading Amazon-Anthropic Merger Cleared of Competition Concerns by UK Government