Microsoft
Microsoft promises HCI on EU clouds as it settles complaint – but AWS, Google, other critics lash out
"CISPE has given Microsoft the benefit of the doubt"
competition
Tech exec delight tempered, as FTC noncompete ban faces immediate legal challenge
Tech executives, hedge your bets, it ain't over until the fat lady sings or your state legislates independently...
apple
EU takes $2bn bite out of Apple for 'abusive' App Store rules on music streaming apps
"Apple’s rules muzzled Spotify... from sharing with our users directly in our app about various benefits—denying us the ability to communicate with them..."
News
US regulators investigate who should investigate Microsoft/OpenAI
If only there was a chatbot they could ask...
Microsoft
Microsoft's dramatic Activision Blizzard concessions show regulators in the ascendant
"Not a green light" says CMA's chief executive of reworked proposal, with Microsoft's acquiescence coming after President's "bad for Britain" statements
Microsoft
Three years after Slack's complaint, European Commission confirms formal Teams bundling investigation
Slack had alleged that Microsoft “created a weak, copycat product and tied it to their dominant Office product, force installing it and blocking its removal"
Featured
Broadcom's VMware buyout mauled by UK competition watchdog
VMware gets access to “product samples, product roadmaps, driver source code..."
Policy
FTC's legal action against NVIDIA bangs another nail in Arm deal's coffin
NVIDIA's deal looks set to go the same way as Qualcomm's NXP buyout.
Featured
NVIDIA promised to protect Arm's open licensing model for just 5 years, warns CMA in bombshell report
UK competition watchdog orders deeper national security investigation
Featured
France's competition watchdog hits Google with €500 million fine, threatens more.
€900,000 per day more if deals with publishers not reached.