Hacker News with Generative AI: Competition

Roadblocks to Competition: Investigate Google's Non-Compliance with the EU's DMA (spreadprivacy.com)
Today, we are calling on the European Commission to launch three non-compliance investigations around Google’s obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA):

Competition, EU Law, Google, Antitrust

3 points by impish9208 14 hours ago | 0 comments

Bluesky Exceeds Threads DAUs in the US (bsky.app)

Social Media, Twitter, Competition

37 points by Karrot_Kream 1 day ago | 23 comments

Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky, the social network and X competitor, has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app formerly known as Twitter. Today, Bluesky has hit a major milestone: it’s topped 20 million users.

Social Media, Twitter, Competition, User Growth

16 points by cannibalXxx 2 days ago | 3 comments

Google reacts to report that it will have to sell Chrome (bbc.com)
Google has said it would harm consumers and businesses if it is forced to sell Chrome, the world's most popular web browser.

Google, Web Browsers, Competition, Antitrust, Business

6 points by priyankanath 2 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Smells Blood in the Water (petapixel.com)
In just the last year and a half, Apple launched Final Cut on iPad and Final Cut Camera, updated Final Cut Pro to a new version for the first time in 13 years, and moved to purchase Pixelmator. As Adobe’s public perception continues to struggle, Apple is making moves to take advantage.

Apple, Video Editing, Competition, Adobe

88 points by atombender 5 days ago | 92 comments

Google's Shadow Campaigns (microsoft.com)
Since moving into my current role at Microsoft almost seven years ago, I’ve worked hard to be genuine, responsive, and transparent.

Google, Microsoft, Competition

24 points by boh 6 days ago | 12 comments

CATL Founder Burns Elon Musk (cleantechnica.com)
In case you missed the comments amidst that larger piece about CATL batteries and innovation, here’s a list of eye-popping comments Zeng made about Musk, who the reporting indicates Zeng is in regular contact with:

Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Business, Competition

8 points by toomuchtodo 6 days ago | 1 comments

Amazon launches Temu and Shein rival with 'crazy low' prices (bbc.com)
Amazon has launched a new outlet called Haul which caps the price of products on sale at $20 (£15.79), in an effort to take on low-cost retailers Temu and Shein.

E-commerce, Retail, Competition, Amazon, Pricing

4 points by pseudolus 7 days ago | 0 comments

EU fines Meta €797.72M over abusive practices benefitting Facebook Marketplace (europa.eu)

EU, Facebook, Antitrust, Competition, Business

4 points by impish9208 7 days ago | 1 comments

CATL Founder Burns Elon Musk (cleantechnica.com)
I was reading through Steve’s article on CATL’s fascinating new move into producing EV platforms and CATL founder Robin Zeng’s take on solid-state batteries. Them, way down at the bottom, I got to Zeng’s comments about discussions with Elon Musk. Holy cow — there were some jaw droppers there!

Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Business, Competition

10 points by Arnt 7 days ago | 0 comments

Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google (restofworld.org)
Grab began mapping locations because Google Maps and Here were inadequate for its drivers’ needs.It has trained drivers to use its own cameras to map streets and alleys. Hyperlocal maps are essential, but taking on the dominant players is tough.

Southeast Asia, Mapping, Competition, Google, Transportation

97 points by impish9208 8 days ago | 62 comments

The Future of Programming: Copilots vs. Agents (Part I) (eastwind.substack.com)
With the the launch of Github Spark and multi-model support in late October, Microsoft has fired another salvo at AI code-generation startups, bringing the competition for developer mindshare to a new level of intensity.

Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Developer Tools, Competition

25 points by thunderbong 9 days ago | 1 comments

The War Against Indie Creators Is Now Getting Dirty (honest-broker.com)
It’s getting ugly out there. For example….

Indie Creators, Digital Marketing, Competition, Business, Media

6 points by paulpauper 9 days ago | 0 comments

Two upstart search engines are teaming up to take on Google (wired.com)
Generative AI and new rules targeting tech giants are giving Ecosia and Qwant fuel to challenge Google and Microsoft and develop a web index for Europe.

Search Engines, Competition, Technology, Europe, Generative AI

215 points by marban 9 days ago | 288 comments

Bluesky capitalizes on X woes with funding and user growth (theregister.com)
Bluesky says it has hauled in more than 13 million users, up from about three million when it opened to the public in February 2024.

Social Media, Competition, Funding, User Growth

9 points by PaulHoule 10 days ago | 2 comments

A Chinese maths 'prodigy' unravelled in cheating storm (bbc.co.uk)
A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated, competition organisers have said - ending months of scepticism over her stellar results.

Cheating, Competition, Education, China, Mathematics

7 points by concerto 13 days ago | 0 comments

A Chinese maths 'prodigy' unravelled in cheating storm (bbc.com)
A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated, competition organisers have said - ending months of scepticism over her stellar results.

Cheating, Education, China, Math, Competition

10 points by impish9208 13 days ago | 0 comments

Fight over Privacy Firefox and Brave Take Potshots at Each Other (itsfoss.com)
Firefox put out some claims on their blog post, but it is not exactly how it seems. Do you agree?

Privacy, Web Browsers, Technology, Competition

4 points by taubek 18 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft and Google are at war again (theverge.com)
Microsoft and Google are back to their old tricks.

Microsoft, Google, Competition

20 points by ramn7 20 days ago | 8 comments

Chinese EVs leave other carmakers with only bad options (ft.com)

Electric Vehicles, China, Automotive Industry, Competition

4 points by marban 21 days ago | 0 comments

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals (arstechnica.com)
After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren't happy.

Business, Technology, Acquisitions, Mergers, Competition

44 points by rntn 21 days ago | 16 comments

Google's Shadow Campaigns (microsoft.com)
Since moving into my current role at Microsoft almost seven years ago, I’ve worked hard to be genuine, responsive, and transparent.

Google, Microsoft, Business Strategy, Competition

11 points by lunarmony 22 days ago | 1 comments

Shopify Is Winning Salesforce Clients, Stoking E-Commerce Rivalry (bloomberg.com)
Over the past 15 or so years, Shopify Inc. has established itself as the go-to for mom-and-pop businesses looking to set up shop online. Now, in a dramatic shift, the Canadian company is targeting larger companies and, in doing so, looking to wrest e-commerce customers from Salesforce Inc.

E-commerce, Business, Competition, Technology, Software

136 points by mobilio 23 days ago | 92 comments

Ford CEO says new mid-size electric pickup will match the cost of Chinese EVs (electrek.co)
With new low-cost Chinese flooding global markets, Ford CEO Jim Farley vows its new mid-size electric pickup is a “game changer.”

Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, China, Competition

7 points by peutetre 23 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft says Google is behind 'shadow campaigns' to undermine cloud business (theverge.com)
Microsoft is taking its gloves off today. The software giant is accusing Google of being behind what it calls “shadow campaigns” to discredit Microsoft’s cloud business.

Microsoft, Google, Cloud Computing, Business, Competition

7 points by 47thpresident 23 days ago | 1 comments

You only compete with one thing (world.hey.com)
There's so much chatter and advice out there about how to handle "the competition".

Competition, Success, Productivity, Philosophy

7 points by blueridge 26 days ago | 1 comments

Amazon adds gasoline discounts for Prime members (techcrunch.com)
Amazon is challenging Walmart+ by offering Prime members a discount on fuel to combat high gas prices.

Amazon, Prime Membership, Gas Prices, Retail, Competition

7 points by geox 29 days ago | 6 comments

The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its Drug (wired.com)
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk is taking action to curb the massively popular compounded semaglutide industry, which provides copies of its blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to patients—often for much lower prices.

Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Business, Competition

103 points by impish9208 29 days ago | 153 comments

It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat (theregister.com)
This week, Intel and AMD set their decades-old rivalry aside to ensure x86 remains relevant amid growing adoption of competing architectures.

Intel, AMD, Processors, Competition, Technology

3 points by rntn 30 days ago | 0 comments

Smallest Self Reproducing Program (ioccc-src.github.io)
Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed was the world’s smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes of these submissions varied, a quick glance would reveal that they were too big, until this entry came along.

Programming, Code, Competition, Optimization

7 points by greggyb 31 days ago | 1 comments