As Andy Jassy gears up to step in as the new CEO of Amazon after Jeff Bezos, the 53-year-old will also be subjected to several regulatory battles. The famous Amazon founder is set to fly off to space in a rocket built by his spaceship company.

Antitrust probes, fake reviews, worker ire: What's in store for Amazon's new CEO Andy Jassy?

Germany's antitrust watchdog said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether Apple was exploiting its market dominance, following similar proceedings into US tech rivals Facebook, Amazon and Google.

German antitrust watchdog launches investigation into Apple

Alibaba, Tencent and other Chinese tech giants took a heavy hit as their shares tumbled for a second day on Wednesday. The companies lost billions as Beijing's market regulator released draft antitrust rules that gave signals of crackdown on high-flying internet giants.

Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent stocks heavily hit after draft antitrust rules

India-born judge Amit Mehta has been assigned US Justice Department's lawsuit against Google. Amit Mehta is an Obama appointee and is a district judge. US Justice Department has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google to stop it from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets and to remedy the competitive harms.

India-born Judge Amit Mehta to decide on lawsuit against Google

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing that put four of America's most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat.

'Google steals content from honest businesses': Sundar Pichai questioned

Big Tech executives faced an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers Wednesday at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation and legal actions against the major internet platforms.

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon: Tech Giant CEOs testify at US antitrust hearing

Amazon.com Inc has begun legal action in India to quash an antitrust investigation against the company, saying it could cause "irreparable" loss and damage to its reputation, according to reports.

Amazon and Flipkart to quash antitrust investigation; legal battles to follow

US state attorneys general probing Alphabet's Google plan to meet next month in Colorado to discuss a probe into whether the search giant's business practices break antitrust law, according to three sources knowledgeable about the meeting.

US states plan Google antitrust meeting next month in Colorado: Report

The European Union's powerful anti-trust authority on Wednesday ordered United States chipmaker Broadcom to immediately halt certain practices, in an unprecedented salvo against US big tech.

European Union orders emergency anti-trust measures against chip-maker Broadcom

US lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe, according to two sources briefed on the investigation into allegations the iPhone maker engages in anti-competitive behavior to support its own apps.

Antitrust probers in Congress ask Spotify to detail alleged Apple abuses: Sources

A coalition of US states unveiled on Friday an antitrust investigation of Facebook, the first of what is expected to be a wave of action against dominant technology firms.

Antitrust probe of Facebook may be first step against Big Tech

The Nasdaq plunged Monday as tech giants Alphabet/Google, Facebook and Amazon suffered bruising losses on reports that US antitrust officials are stepping up oversight of Big Tech.

Alphabet, Facebook stocks dive over reports of US antitrust move against tech giants

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