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March 28, 2025
OpenAI’s Viral Studio Ghibli Moment Highlights AI Copyright Concerns

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March 28, 2025
Report: SoftBank to Invest $1 Trillion in AI-Powered Robot Factories...

Japanese tech investment firm SoftBank Group is reportedly planning to invest $1 trillion to build artificial intelligence (AI)-equipped factories in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form...


March 27, 2025
Washington State Considers Ban on Rent Pricing Software Amid Federal...

Washington state lawmakers are moving forward with legislation that could ban the use of software to coordinate and set rent prices. The proposed measure comes after the federal government filed...


March 27, 2025
OpenAI Reportedly Ready to Close Record $40 Billion Funding Round

OpenAI is reportedly close to finalizing what would be the largest funding round of all time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...


March 26, 2025
Qualcomm Challenges Arm’s Market Power in Antitrust Complaints Worldwide

Qualcomm  has initiated a global antitrust campaign against Arm Holdings Plc, accusing its longtime partner of engaging in anticompetitive behavior as the two companies vie for dominance in the computing...


March 25, 2025
Seven & i Raises Concerns Over Antitrust Risks in $47...

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings has expressed serious reservations about the antitrust challenges associated with its proposed $47 billion acquisition by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, emphasizing that the latter has not...


March 24, 2025
Antitrust Chronicle® – Mobile Ecosystems

Dear Readers, In this edition of the Chronicle, we bring together a series of articles that delve into key regulatory developments and antitrust concerns in the mobile and digital ecosystems....


March 24, 2025
Mobile Ecosystems: An Intellectual Entelechy but A Necessary Model

The concept of mobile ecosystems has evolved from a mere digital marketplace into a dynamic, interdependent network of economic agents, yet antitrust frameworks struggle to fully capture their complexities. This...


March 24, 2025
The Mobile Software Competition Act and Its Impact on the...

Domestically, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) is often envisioned as a brigade of black-suited bureaucrats shuffling into corporate offices, lugging cardboard boxes for cartel raids. Naturally, companies have been...


Real-Time Payments World Map - May 2023

As real-time payments continue to grow around the world, some countries are expected to see significant adoption by 2026. In this this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores Italy, Kenya, Japan, Mexico and Malaysia, countries with very different projected growth.