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The latest news on the biggest tech companies in the world.

The FTC isn't giving up on its antitrust case against Meta

The FTC's appeal is bad news for Mark Zuckerberg, who has spent the last year cozying up to Trump.

Karissa Bell

01.20.2026

Meta's Oversight Board is looking into transparency around disabling accounts

Sarah Fielding

01.20.2026

Elon Musk is looking for a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft

Jackson Chen

01.17.2026

Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals

Ian Carlos Campbell

01.16.2026

TikTok sued by former workers over alleged union-busting

Will Shanklin

01.16.2026

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The FTC isn't giving up on its antitrust case against Meta
The FTC is appealing a ruling last year in which a federal judge found that the government hadn't proven that Meta is currently operating as a monopoly. 
Meta's Oversight Board is looking into transparency around disabling accounts
A user's account was permanently disabled after posting violent threats to a journalist.
Elon Musk is looking for a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft
Musk's financial expert claimed that the two tech giant defendants could be liable for their "wrongful gains."
Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals
Google is appealing the 2024 ruling that it maintains a monopoly in web search.
TikTok sued by former workers over alleged union-busting
Around 400 UK content moderators were fired a week before a scheduled vote to unionize.
Meta is closing down its VR meeting rooms as part of its wider cull
Meta is killing the standalone Workrooms app on February 16, 2026.
Trump administration imposes a 25 percent tariff on high-end chips
President Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff on “certain advanced computing chips,” the White House has announced.
Verizon says its service is back after a 10-hour outage
Verizon is dealing with an outage on its network that's impacting people's ability to make calls. Text messages appear to be fine.
28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes
Silence speaks volumes: So far, neither company has responded to Engadget's request for comment.
Meta appoints ex-Trump and Bush official as its new president and vice chairman
Dina Powell McCormick is a banking executive who served on Meta's board for eight months in 2025.
UK regulator Ofcom opens a formal investigation into X over CSAM scandal
The UK's media regulator has opened a formal investigation into X.
Google's new commerce framework cranks up the heat on 'agentic shopping'
Google's Universal Commerce Protocol was made in conjunction with major players like Shopify, Visa, Walmart and many others.
Elon Musk says X's new algorithm will be made open source next week
Elon Musk wrote on X that the algorithm, 'including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users,' will be made open source in 7 days.
It's time for Apple to reinstate ICEBlock
The danger isn't to ICE officers. The danger is ICE officers.
Amazon is apparently planning a big box store in the Chicago suburbs
Amazon wants to open the store in the Chicago suburbs to offer groceries, merchandise and a fulfillment center for online orders.
CES 2026 Day 3: The most interesting tech that's still on the show floor
Cute robots, lightweight EVs and a surprisingly quiet leaf blower are among the tech that stood out as the show winds down.
Boston Dynamics unveils production-ready version of Atlas robot at CES 2026
Boston Dynamics is making the final version of Atlas available to Hyundai and Google DeepMind first.
The US withdraws from dozens of international bodies, including climate-focused organizations
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump pulls the US out of 66 international organizations, several of which are affiliated with the UN.
CES 2026 Day 2: All of the coolest tech we saw on the show floor during the second day
CES 2026 day two highlighted the kind of tech that only clicks once you try it for yourself.
JPMorgan Chase is taking over the Apple Card
Apple announced today JPMorgan Chase will be the new issuer for the Apple Card.

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