https://www.scmp.com/rss/523880/feed The latest news and top stories on the US Federal Trade Commission. A Washington DC-based US government agency, the FTC is dedicated to protecting consumers and promoting fair competition. Its main areas of focus include enforcing civil antitrust law, investigating deceptive practices and providing consumer education. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Coco Feng Coco Feng A US trade panel investigating a patent dispute between GoPro and Chinese rival Insta360 found a violation involving design applied to outdated cameras of the Chinese firm, effectively allowing it to remain in the US market without any restrictions. The case centred on six patents held by GoPro. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday determined violation of one patent relating to camera design, and issued orders “prohibiting the unlicensed importation by Insta360 of certain... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3344875/us-trade-panel-rules-insta360-infringed-gopro-design-no-impact-current-offerings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3344875/us-trade-panel-rules-insta360-infringed-gopro-design-no-impact-current-offerings?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:30:07 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Innoscience, China’s pioneer in gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, said it completed design-ins for Google’s AI hardware platforms, signalling continued tech collaboration between Chinese and US companies despite broader geopolitical tensions. The collaboration demonstrated “the company’s leading position in terms of technological advancement, product performance and quality,” Suzhou-based Innoscience said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that it would focus on “fields with high growth... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3342376/chinas-gan-pioneer-innoscience-founded-nasa-scientist-secures-google-ai-hardware-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3342376/chinas-gan-pioneer-innoscience-founded-nasa-scientist-secures-google-ai-hardware-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:45:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters Facebook parent company Meta Platforms defeated a US attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company did not hold a social media monopoly. The ruling gives Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in US President Donald Trump’s first term, and is a major setback for the Federal Trade Commission, which is pursuing a separate antitrust case against Amazon.com. The agency sought to force Meta to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333322/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-acquisitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333322/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-acquisitions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:19:58 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Fresh off winning New York’s mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday that a team including former city and federal officials – all women – would steer his transition to City Hall, and that he would “work every day to honour the trust that I now hold”. “I and my team will build a City Hall capable of delivering on the promises of this campaign,” the mayor-elect said at a news conference, vowing that his administration would be both compassionate and capable. He named political... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331693/ny-mayor-elect-mamdani-unveils-all-woman-team-he-prepares-take-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331693/ny-mayor-elect-mamdani-unveils-all-woman-team-he-prepares-take-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:39:00 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a “treat adult users like adults” principle. In a social media post, CEO Sam Altman said that stricter guardrails on conversational AI to address mental health concerns had made its chatbot “less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems”. The stricter safety controls came after California teenager Adam... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329037/openai-allow-erotica-chatgpt-verified-adults?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329037/openai-allow-erotica-chatgpt-verified-adults?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:20:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, making the network one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading parent company Meta Platforms to put even more emphasis on the tools that keep driving growth: short-form video and private messaging. The app is changing its home screen navigation bar to highlight private messaging and Reels, Instagram’s video rival to TikTok, which will make those features easier for users to find. It is also running a test in India where the app... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3326912/why-instagram-changing-focus-photos-videos-users-hit-3-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3326912/why-instagram-changing-focus-photos-videos-users-hit-3-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:15:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Amazon.com will pay US$2.5 billion in fines and reimbursements to Prime subscribers to settle the US Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that it deceived its customers to generate subscriptions, the FTC said on Thursday. While a win for consumers and the FTC, the settlement is relatively painless for Amazon: the company takes in around US$2.5 billion in sales every 33 hours. Shares of Amazon were nearly unchanged after the news. Around 35 million Prime customers will be eligible for payout... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326897/amazon-pay-us25-billion-allegedly-duping-millions-signing-prime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326897/amazon-pay-us25-billion-allegedly-duping-millions-signing-prime?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:47:56 +0000