Jake A. Evinger

Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products reut.rs/42JlTt0

Meta's Monopoly Made It a Fair-Weather Friend As the FTC trial has shown, a lack of competition allowed the company to shift its focus away from users—and toward its bottom line.

The Meta antitrust trial dove into Facebook's pivot from friend content to a new feed full of "entertainment"--posts, sometimes toxic, from strangers and businesses. Meta gathered a locked in audience for that stuff--even though users hunger to hear from friends, www.wired.com/story/plaint...

Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds

Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds reut.rs/3GqR0Sk

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.

NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...

Mark Zuckerberg revealed some of his wildest ideas in Meta’s history in his antitrust testimony He considered beating the government to the punch with an Instagram spin-off.

Zuckerberg’s antitrust testimony aired his wildest ideas in Meta’s history

Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US American companies that make everything from keychains to mattresses say Chinese manufacturing is superior, and tariffs won’t be enough to shift production to the United States.

WIRED spoke to over a dozen US business owners, including mom-and-pop shops, who all said the same thing: Chinese manufacturing is still the gold standard of the world and moving production to a new region would be extremely difficult, regardless of how high tariffs are.

Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs, but these ones are still in effect Cars and auto parts from outside of the U.S. still maintain their new duties.

Trump pauses most tariffs, but these ones are still in effect.

JUST IN: US appeals court sides with Trump, clears way to fire thousands of federal workers reut.rs/4j67oX3

The False Tariff Headline That Sent Stocks on a $2 Trillion Ride Misinformation on a White House official’s remarks triggers a short-lived rally.

Breaking: A false headline on tariffs added $2.4 trillion of market value in minutes—then erased it just as quickly

Trump Tariffs Live Updates: New 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Plan to Be Announced Soon President Donald Trump is set to announce new tariffs at 4 p.m. from the Rose Garden. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500…

Breaking: The U.S. will impose a 10% tariff on all imports, and even higher rates on nations the White House considers bad actors on trade

Nintendo Switch 2 to launch in June with $449.99 price tag Nintendo said on Wednesday the Switch 2 would launch on June 5 with the successor to the home-portable Switch gaming device retailing for $449.99.

Nintendo said Switch 2, which offers a bigger, better screen and a mouse function, would launch on June 5 with the successor to the home-portable Switch gaming device, retailing for $449.99 reut.rs/42rXNDS

French regulator fines Apple €150 million over data collection tool Without directly condemning Apple’s data collection tool, the antitrust regulator has determined that the conditions surrounding its implementation amounted to an abuse of a dominant market position. The decision comes at a time of tension between the US and the EU over the treatment of Big Tech. #EuropeNews

This is what I had in mind when writing Consent as Friction: ssrn.com/abstract=493....

Eventually, obtaining consent will become too burdensome for some business models' viability.

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SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever Scandal surrounding the Trump administration's Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

Scandal surrounding the Trump administration's Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

23andMe is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what it means for your genetic data The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

Yes, I still miss Daft Punk regularly

Monopolies, scalpers, and the future of online ticket sales Live Nation-Ticketmaster and resellers like StubHub often find themselves head-to-head.

Monopolies, scalpers, and the future of online ticket sales

Column: Why gaming company Valve would rather face a consumer class action than arbitration reut.rs/3DqQxi5
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DOJ Reinforces Demand to Break Up Google’s Search Monopoly In a court filing on Friday, the government signaled a continuation of tough regulatory pressure on the search giant.

Trump DOJ seeks to break up Google, and demands data sharing with competitors, largely continuing Biden Administration's aggressive approach. This is the most important act yet w.r.t. big tech, and a signal of continuity.
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Thank goodness. I've been dying waiting for the native databases to come back up.

Trump 'bump' disappears as the S&P 500 is now negative since the election The S&P 500 is on track to close below its preelection levels, while small caps and energy stocks are performing even worse since Trump's victory.

The S&P 500 has now lost all of its post-election gains as President Donald Trump dismayed some investors who hoped he was just bluffing on tariffs and instead ignited a trade war.

the RTX 5070 review from @gamersnexus.bsky.social has me in tears 😅 youtu.be/ntSylZ1Bp1Y?...

Trump Tariffs Usher In New Era of Protectionism Uncertainty from tariffs on Mexico and Canada are disrupting manufacturers and markets.

President Trump’s tariffs could reshape relations between the U.S. and two of its biggest trading partners and reverse America’s efforts to expand free trade with allies.

All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation The legislation hasn't yet passed everywhere, but all 50 states introducing some form of right to repair legislation is a "tipping point” for the right to repair movement.

50 states have introduced "right to repair" laws making it cheaper and easier to repair your own tech.

6 states (MA, NY, MN, CO, CA, OR) have actually passed laws.

Texas Is the Low-Cost, High-Reward Darling of Big Tech Tech investments are transforming the state’s economy, often via companies from California in search of lower taxes and fewer regulations on land use and labor.

Tech investments are transforming the Texas economy, often via companies from California in search of lower taxes and fewer regulations on land use and labor.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will look into potential corporate collusion on diversity, equity and inclusion targets as part of a new labor market task force, the agency said @jodygodoy.bsky.social reut.rs/43e5kHj

Why We Don’t Trust Doctors Like We Used To Patients often feel ignored and complain about disjointed care and a lack of communication.

People don’t trust doctors like they used to. Patients often feel ignored and complain about disjointed care and a lack of communication.

JUST IN - US declares administrative law judge removal rules unconstitutional @luccohen.bsky.social reut.rs/3XenW6m

Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry on Tech Censorship Today, the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or affilia

The FTC is launching a public comment period on censorship by tech platforms. The request for information solicits comments from users who have been “banned, shadow banned, demonetized, or otherwise censored.” 1/ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Analysis | States eye bans on ‘surveillance pricing’ that exploits personal data Democratic lawmakers in California are latest to try outlawing personalized pricing amid a nationwide push by consumer protection advocates.

NEW: A handful of states just introduced bills to ban "surveillance pricing and wages"

That's when companies charge/pay differently based on personal data. Advocates fear the practice is widespread in the gig economy

@willoremus.com & me

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thank god we banned tiktok