Google is on the hot seat. Some want to break it up. Good luck

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Google is in trouble on two major fronts: The Federal Trade Commission says Google has monopolized the internet search industry, and the Department of Justice says Google has monopolized the internet ad industry. There’s a third case in the U.S. relating to Google’s app store, brought by an app maker named Epic Games. In the search case, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the way Google runs its search business is illegal and monopolistic. He’s scheduled hearings on a solution for next spring and said he’ll issue a ruling next summer. The trial in the ad case began this month in Virginia.

https://qz.com/google-search-advertising-monopoly-antitrust-lawsuits-1851654770

Sony’s Access controller for the PlayStation aims to make gaming easier for people with disabilities

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Playing video games has long been a challenge for people with disabilities. As part of the gaming industry's efforts to address the problem, Sony has developed the Access controller for the PlayStation.

https://qz.com/sonys-access-controller-for-the-playstation-aims-to-mak-1850921182

Once valued at $5.7 billion, Vice may now be headed for bankruptcy

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Vice started as a punk zine in Montreal in the 1990s, expanding into a global media brand that included a print magazine, a vast digital content operation, a TV and film production studio, and its own TV network, Vice TV. It racked up prestigious journalism awards with its flagship program, Vice News Tonight. Vice’s brash reporting style helped define a new era of news, starting in the mid-2000s, that courted a younger audience, while drawing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments from establishment media companies, including Disney and Fox. The company, however, has failed to turn a profit for years, losing money and resorting to successive rounds of staff layoffs.

https://qz.com/once-valued-at-5-7-billion-vice-may-now-be-headed-for-1850394233