Antitrust
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Lawsuit Demands Free Windows 10 Updates Beyond 2025, Citing Forced Obsolescence and E-Waste Concerns
A California resident has filed a lawsuit aiming to stop Microsoft from ending free security updates for Windows 10 in October 2025, accusing the company of forced obsolescence, anticompetitive...
Google's $19.99 AI Plan Just Got Smarter—and It's Part of a Much Bigger US Monetization Play
Google has quietly folded its upgraded AI note-taking tool, NotebookLM Plus, into the $19.99-per-month Google One AI Premium plan, giving U.S. subscribers immediate access to advanced features like...
California Man Sues Microsoft to Halt Windows 10 Support Cutoff, Alleges Coercive AI Strategy
A Southern California resident has filed a state-court lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s published end-of-support...
San Diego Lawsuit: Microsoft Accused of Using Windows 10 Sunset to Force AI PC Upgrades
A lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court seeks an injunction that would force Microsoft to continue issuing free security updates for Windows 10 indefinitely, upending the company’s long-planned...
Microsoft's Latest Edge Growth Hack: Pin to Taskbar for Chrome Users—Will It Spark Regulatory Fire?
Dormant feature flags unearthed in recent Microsoft Edge Canary builds reveal the company is designing an exit-time prompt that would urge heavy Google Chrome users to pin Edge to the Windows 11...
Inside Microsoft's 'Most-Wanted' Campaign to Poach Meta AI Stars with Million-Dollar Packages
Microsoft has escalated the artificial intelligence talent war into a multimillion-dollar bidding battle, deploying an internal "most-wanted" spreadsheet, a proprietary compensation modeler, and...
Microsoft Hit With Lawsuit Over Windows 10 Support Cutoff, Accused of Forcing Upgrade to AI-Centric Hardware
A San Diego Superior Court filing has thrown a legal wrench into Microsoft's plans to retire Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Plaintiff Lawrence Klein seeks an injunction compelling the Redmond giant...
California Lawsuit Could Force Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Support as 240M PCs Face Scrapheap
In a legal challenge that could reshape how Microsoft retires its most popular operating system, a California lawsuit is demanding the company continue issuing free security updates for Windows 10...
xAI's Apple Lawsuit Threat: Can Musk Prove ChatGPT App Store Bias?
Elon Musk’s threat to sue Apple over alleged App Store favoritism toward OpenAI’s ChatGPT has ignited a firestorm of debate about platform power, editorial curation, and the rules that govern AI...
Microsoft Drives GitHub Deeper Into AI Unit After CEO Resigns, Raising Governance Concerns
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and instead of appointing a new leader, Microsoft will fold the code-hosting platform more directly into its CoreAI division, ending the relative...
Microsoft Edge Canary Flags Hint at Targeted Chrome-User Prompts, Renewing Privacy Debate
Hidden feature flags discovered inside Microsoft’s Edge Canary builds point to an experiment that would prompt heavy Chrome users to pin Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar, a tactic that has drawn...
Lawsuit Challenges Microsoft’s Windows 10 Shutdown, Alleges Forced AI Transition
A San Diego resident has filed a lawsuit that could force Microsoft to continue free security updates for Windows 10 beyond its October 14, 2025 deadline, arguing the cutoff is a calculated move to...