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The 450-page report from the Democratic majority staff of the House Judiciary Committee looks at Apple's control of its App Store, the only way for consumers to install apps or software on an iPhone, along with Apple's proclivity to buy smaller technology companies and turn them into features for Apple products.

Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and co-founder of the band Van Halen, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 65.

Carousell last month said it received an $80 million investment from a consortium led by South Korean tech company Naver, the firm behind messaging app Line.

The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee determined Facebook wields monopoly powers in social network and has maintained its position by acquiring, copying or killing its competitors, according to a report released by the subcommittee on Tuesday. 

Republicans have voiced objections to some of the bolder proposals in the report, such as imposing structural separations.

The House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust said in a Tuesday report that Amazon's retail dominance gives it monopoly power over third-party sellers.

Google 'overwhelmingly' dominates search market, antitrust committee states

TikTok has surpassed Instagram as teenagers' second favorite social media app, according to a report published Tuesday. 

The divergence leaves an opening for the powerful tech companies to oppose legislation that could install greater regulatory burdens.

"I do think this time we'll learn and we'll have innovations so the next time this happens, we'll do better, but we're still dealing with the mistakes of February and March," Bill Gates said of the U.S. coronavirus response.

The change to Apple's identifier for advertisers, or IDFA, will give iPhone users the option to block tracking when opening an app. Facebook calls it a threat to the ad-supported business model that's helped the internet grow.

Google, Oracle and Ford are at the Supreme Court in disputes expected to have broad impacts on American businesses and consumers. 

"We remove incorrect information about the severity of Covid-19, and have now removed this post," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC.

Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 6, iPad Air and 8th-generation iPad during an event in September, but the iPhone was absent.

"The idea that, until that course of care is broadly available, that we can behave and act as the president, is just not realistic," entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya said

Snap's VP of Sales for Americas Peter Naylor said that "advertisers do want to get back, and they are getting back into the groove." 

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that member states cannot collect mass mobile and internet data on citizens.

The Google Workspace approach, with more obvious pricing options for small and large businesses, could help adoption and spur more growth in Google's cloud business.

Apple manufactures a variety of audio products under its Beats brand as well as products such as AirPods wireless earbuds and the HomePod smart speaker under the main Apple brand.

The report is expected to conclude the more-than-yearlong investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google and will suggest potential areas for reform in the antitrust laws.