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The breakdown in Ticketmaster’s sales of Taylor Swift tickets is a mess some attorneys general aren’t shaking off. With fans sharing outrage and heartache over the fruitless hours they spent trying for seats for Swift’s upcoming concert tour, top legal chiefs in Nevada, Tennessee and Pennsylvania have launched investigations into the fiasco. “Trouble, trouble, trouble,” tweeted Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro in a reference to Swift’s 2012 hit song ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ as he asked…

TuSimple Holdings Inc., TSP 3.95% a U.S.-based self-driving trucking company, faces federal investigations into whether it improperly financed and transferred technology to a Chinese startup, according to people with knowledge of the matter.The people said the concurrent probes by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Securities and Exchange Commission and Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., known as Cfius, are examining TuSimple’s relationship with Hydron Inc.,…

EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals' access to Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard's best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. EU antitrust regulators are due to make a preliminary decision by November 8 on whether to clear Microsoft's proposed $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,67,600 crore) acquisition of Activision.The EU competition enforcer also asked if Activision's trove of user data would give the US software giant a…

After a Tata Nexon EV caught fire in Maharashtra, the government has asked Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to probe the incident. The organisation was earlier assigned with the task to probe the electric two-wheeler fire incidents by the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry. Tata Motors is also investigating the cause behind the isolated thermal incident. The manufacturer said that a detailed investigation is being conduced to find cause of the fire in Nexon EV. Tata Nexon EV caught fire in…

Four Democratic lawmakers have called on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate tech giants Apple and Google over selling personal data.According to The Wall Street Journal, the lawmakers alleged the companies engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of mobile phone users' personal information.Apple and Google "knowingly facilitated these harmful practices by building advertising-specific tracking IDs into their mobile operating systems," the lawmakers wrote in a letter…

London: After examining Google and Apple's "duopoly" for a year, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided that they "hold all the cards" in the mobile phone market.According to Engadget, it is now consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the tech giants' market power in mobile browsers, as well as into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions.In addition, the CMA has launched a separate investigation into Google's Play Store rules, the one that requires certain app developers to use the tech…

Altice founder Patrick Drahi, left, and co-founder Armando Pereira pose for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange, before the company's IPO, Thursday, June 22, 2017.Richard Drew | APThe U.K. has launched probes into two major technology deals under its new National Security and Investment Act as it moves to protect its most prized technology assets from foreign takeovers.In a note to shareholders Thursday, BT announced that U.K. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is "calling in" its deal with Altice, which is owned by…

U.S. auto-safety regulators have opened a special crash investigation into a fatal wreck involving a Tesla Inc. vehicle that has left three people dead. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration disclosed the probe Wednesday, identifying the vehicle as a 2022 Tesla Model S. It added the incident to a list of auto crashes it is investigating that are potentially linked to semiautonomous driving features. The regulatory agency has disclosed it is investigating more…

BEIJING—Fast-growing car maker BYD Co. 1211 -4.11% is being investigated by local authorities in the central Chinese city of Changsha, after people living near one of the company’s biggest factories raised concerns about its emissions and complained of health problems.The city’s government said Sunday that it has formed a team to look into gas emissions from BYD’s plant, “in response to the public’s feedback.” It has roped in third-party testing agencies and other…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating how Amazon handled employee disclosures on the use of third-party sellers' data purportedly to boost its own private-label business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.The federal regulator's enforcement division has asked for emails and communications from several senior Amazon executives, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while a spokesperson for the…