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Attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico appeared in front of the Supreme Court on Monday to unveil a major antitrust investigation of Google, the latest scrutiny in Washington facing the tech giant. The investigation, which involves top state legal officials from both parties…

The formal launch of long-rumored antitrust investigations into the activities of Google and Facebook are set to start next week, according to a Wall St. Journal report. The probe will look at whether the tech giants stifle competition in their spaces, specifically focusing on digital advertising and information…

UPDATE:  Apple has finally responded to a Google assertion of a massive security breach on iPhones, saying it created a “false impression of mass exploitation.” Google asserted in August that iPhones suffered a massive security breach, with hackers placing so-called “monitoring implants” in an untold number of…

UPDATED with more details: Google will pay $170 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission anda New York Attorney General Letitia James that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parent's consent. The record fine, which had been anticipated after news reports that…

Since tightening its controls on content in an effort to limit hate speech in June, YouTube says it removed 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos in the second quarter, both fivefold increases over previous periods. In a blog post Tuesday, the company said it has also reduced views on videos that are later removed for…

YouTube and parent company Google took down 210 channels after they posted a co-ordinated series of videos seen as undermining the anti-government protests in Hong Kong. Shane Huntley, director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group, confirmed the takedowns in a blog post, noting that the action was consistent with similar…

Already under investigation and review by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet could soon face similar probes in more than a dozen states. Appearing Tuesday at the the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum (see full video above), DOJ antitrust…

Roku's streaming TV platform accounted for more than 30% of U.S. sales of connected-TV devices in the first quarter, and its lead over the No. 2 provider, Sony PlayStation, will reach 70% by the end of 2019. Those are among the findings in a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. The report counted more…

President Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-Twitter stance Wednesday morning, telling Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo that Twitter employees “are all Democrats” who “make it very hard for people to join me on Twitter.” “They make it very much harder for me to get out the message,” Trump said. “It’s…

UPDATED with Google Calendar outage resolved. Google Calendar became unavailable for users in the U.S. and UK for more than two hours Tuesday, delivering a “404” error message instead of scheduled appointments. “The problem with Google Calendar should be resolved,” the company said on its G Suite status page. “We…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is making his first extensive comments about reports of a possible U.S. antitrust probe into the tech giant, saying he is not surprised. “We have gone through similar situations in Europe, so it’s not a surprise to us,” Pichai said in an exclusive interview with CNN Business. “For some of the…

During a lengthy telephone interview with CNBC that covered topics such as trade tariffs, 5G and relations with China, President Donald Trump said tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon are “colluding” with Democrats. Asked by Squawk Box host Joe Kernen for his view on whether tech companies should be broken up…