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Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.

By Tripp Mickle

Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues Computers and the Internet Federal Trade Commission Google Inc Microsoft Corp OpenAI Labs Search Engines Social Media

Microsoft, Amazon and Google Face F.T.C. Inquiry Over A.I. Deals

The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.

By David McCabe

Federal Trade Commission Haines, Avril D National Security Agency Privacy Surveillance of Citizens by Government United States Politics and Government

N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says

The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.

By Charlie Savage

Advertising and Marketing Federal Trade Commission Intuit Inc James, Letitia Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Tax Preparers and Preparation TurboTax (Intuit Inc)

TurboTax Can No Longer Advertise Products as Free, F.T.C. Says

About two-thirds of taxpayers did not qualify for the free service. The disclaimers that it was not free for all were often “ineffective and often inconspicuous,” the Federal Trade Commission said.

By Rebecca Carballo

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