The Federal Trade Commission is gathering evidence on whether Microsoft's cloud and AI bundling practices break competition law, according to civil investigative demands reviewed by The Verge. It puts the company back in a hot seat it last occupied 25 years ago.
Lovable is closing a round at $6.6 billion, more than triple its July valuation, while global edtech venture funding has fallen from $16.7 billion in 2021 to under $3 billion in 2025.
Antitrust pressure on the biggest technology companies is now coming from four directions at once: Washington, Brussels, London, Tokyo and Beijing. The clearest signal is the FTC's investigation into Microsoft, which The Verge reported on 1 June 2026 has moved into civil investigative demands, the subpoena-like requests at the centre of the case.
Lovable is now valued at $6.6 billion after a December round that more than triples its July valuation, according to CNBC, as global edtech investment collapses from a $16.7 billion peak to under $3 billion.
Mazda put a LiDAR sensor suite into its China-built CX-6e on 27 September, the same weekend a proposed class action against OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI and Google over an alleged agreement to slow AI development was still making the rounds. Neither story is a courtroom ruling, which is why this week's antitrust picture is messier than the headlines suggest.
The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft used unfair methods of competition in cloud and software, while Google fights a Chrome divestiture demand, China has found Nvidia in breach of its antitrust law, and four AI labs face a proposed class action over slowing development.
Lovable's latest funding round values the Swedish vibe coding startup at $6.6 billion, two sources told CNBC, more than trebling the $1.8 billion valuation it reached in July. Meanwhile global edtech venture funding fell below $3 billion in 2025, from a 2021 peak of $16.7 billion.
Four plaintiffs who subscribe to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini filed a proposed class-action antitrust suit accusing the leading AI labs of agreeing to slow development, according to Tom's Hardware. The case lands as European tech leaders and cybersecurity researchers argue the panic driving it is misplaced.
Alibaba Cloud is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with a $3 million commitment, announced on 28 September, matching DigitalOcean's backing for the Omarchy Linux project. The pledge lands in a week that also brought smaller European AI rounds and a fresh batch of developer tools for coding agents.
Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable has been valued at $6.6 billion in a new funding round, according to two sources who spoke to CNBC, more than tripling the $1.8 billion valuation it reached in July.
TSMC reported record fourth-quarter net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion), up 35 percent year over year, and said AI chip demand looks endless. Micron told investors it can meet only half to two-thirds of key-customer demand.
Judge Leonie M. Brinkema ordered Google to change how its advertising auctions run but declined to force a sale of its ad exchange, rejecting all three structural remedies the Department of Justice had requested in United States v. Google LLC, No. 1:23-cv-108.
Lovable's latest funding round values the Swedish vibe coding startup at $6.6 billion, more than triple the $1.8 billion it reached in July, according to two sources who spoke to CNBC.
TSMC reported record fourth-quarter net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion) on 16 January, up 35 percent year over year. A month earlier, memory maker Micron told investors it will be able to serve only half to two-thirds of what its key customers want.
TSMC reported record fourth-quarter net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion), up 35 percent year over year, while Micron said it can meet only half to two-thirds of demand from key customers.
TSMC posted record fourth-quarter net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion) and told investors AI chip demand looks 'endless.' Memory maker Micron said it can satisfy only half to two-thirds of customer demand.