Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway

lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account

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I'm endlessly fascinated by the conservative tabloid coverage of Zohran Mamdani as he's risen in the polls. Last week, the paper tried to suggest that voter support for socialist policies was understandable but Mamdani's anti-Zionism was a bridge too far. nypost.com/2025/03/19/u...

Hadn’t seen this. The UAW issued a statement of support for Trump’s tariffs: uaw.org/uaw-statemen...

#antitrustradar Two things to watch in the upcoming Google Search remedies trial: 1️⃣deadline for the DOJ to file a revised list of remedies is this Friday. We'll see what the new DOJ keeps from the current proposal -> www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

NEW: Rouse Services, a subsidiary of Ritchie Bros., could be at risk of DOJ scrutiny as regulators target algorithmic benchmarking. "Rouse has essentially standardized a lot of the price competition" in construction equipment rental, an industry exec said. 1/6 For @capitolforum.bsky.social

RB Global's Rouse Services Could Face Antitrust Scrutiny Over Information Sharing as Enforcers Target Third-Party Benchmarking $ASHTF $ASHTY $HEES $HRI $RBA $URI library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/87x6gcv... h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social

Super interesting analysis by the White House of how popular algorithmic rent-setting software could allow for anticompetitive price signaling and account for a 4% rise in rents nationwide. www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...

Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro-monopoly ideologue saying the quiet part this loud… I guess the honesty is refreshing?

New, by me: UnitedHealthcare's Optum pulled down an internal AI chatbot after it was found exposed to the internet. The chatbot, seen by TechCrunch, allowed employees to ask it questions about how to handle patient health insurance claims and disputes. techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/u...

This is what antitrust is going to look like at the federal level in the Trump years: oligopolists lobbying Trump to break up competing oligopolists www.reuters.com/technology/g...

(1/2) Tech Tuesday: DOJ Proposes Google Search Remedies as Adtech Trial Ends; Trump's Past and Future Administrations Stymie Lower Fees in Verisign Renewal; IBM/HashiCorp Won't Close Until 2025; Intel Drops CEO After Finalizing Reduced CHIPS Award...

NEWS: IBM's proposed acquisition of HashiCorp isn't expected to close until Q1 2025, HashiCorp said today. The companies had previously said the deal would close this year, but ongoing scrutiny from antitrust regulators appears to have delayed the timeline. $IBM $HCP sec.gov/Archives/edg...

Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence. I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so:

JFC.

Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi. She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.

(1/2) Labor Thursday: Google Workers Met with DOJ Over Search Monopoly Remedy; FTC Commissioner Bedoya Lays Out Case for Federal Workplace Privacy Law and Greater Enforcement; Bedoya Plans Speech on Children and AI, Says He's Concerned with Unfair Franchise Relationships...

New filing: "U.S. v. Google LLC (Dep't of Justice Search Monopoly)" Doc #1062: NOTICE of Plaintiffs' Initial Proposed Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Herrmann, Karl) (Entered: 11/20/2024) Download PDF | View Full Case #CL18552824

HPE CEO to @theregister.com on HPE/Juniper deal: There’s “no cause for concern to get this transaction done. It may take an extra few weeks, but fundamentally, we have a very collaborative process at this point in time.” www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/h...

Darkly hilarious that the deterrent effect of the Microsoft antitrust case on the next generation of tech companies was not "don't be a monopolist" but "don't sound like a monopolist." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/t...

🆕DOJ is getting ready to drop its final proposed remedies for the Google's search monopoly case (deadline: Nov 20). Here at @openmarkets.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social and I make a few additional recommendations, with a focus on AI-assisted search: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Indian news agency sues OpenAI alleging copyright infringement

Interesting take on DOJ’s foray into algorithmic price-fixing litigation, by @tarap.bsky.social in @lpeproject.bsky.social : lpeproject.org/blog/is-anyo...

NEW: Trump officially taps Brendan Carr as next chairman of the FCC.