The move by Khan, who has less than two months remaining in office before the Trump administration takes over, is one last attempt to rein in Big Tech.

Microsoft is confronting a federal investigation that could reshape the technology industry's competitive landscape, with regulators examining the company's potentially anticompetitive practices in cloud computing and artificial intelligence markets.

The FTC chaiar launches an eleventh-hour antitrust probe into Microsoft.

News of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is "not a worry" with Chairwoman Lina Khan likely to depart with the arrival of the Trump administration, Wedbush Securities said on Friday.

Lina Khan departs in January 2025, which begs the question as to whether or not anything will come of this latest FTC vs. Microsoft scuffle.