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Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Will Reportedly Dodge EU Probe

Laurent Giret
Apr 17, 2024
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Microsoft will reportedly avoid a formal investigation from the European Commission into its multi-billion partnership…

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Microsoft Escalates its War Against Default Browser Workarounds (Premium)

Paul Thurrott
Apr 08, 2024
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Microsoft’s response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been nothing short of astonishing.…

EU Targets Apple, Others for DMA Compliance Violations

Paul Thurrott
Apr 03, 2024
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The European Commission (EC) is moving swiftly to address Digital Markets Act (DMA) compliance violations…

EU Commission is Investigating Possible DMA Violations From Apple, Google and Meta

Laurent Giret
Mar 25, 2024
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The European Commission announced today the launch of several investigations to determine whether Apple, Google,…

EU Competition Chief Suggests Apple’s Core Technology Fee May Not Be DMA Compliant

Laurent Giret
Mar 20, 2024
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EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said yesterday that the fee structure in Apple’s new developer…

EU Commission Fines Apple €1.8 Billion for Abusing its Position in Music Streaming

Laurent Giret
Mar 04, 2024
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The EU Commission is fining Apple €1.8 billion for abusing its position regarding the distribution…

Epic Games, Spotify, Many Others Formally Complain to EU About Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance

Paul Thurrott
Mar 01, 2024
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Epic Games, Proton, Spotify, and over 30 other companies have formally complained to the EU…

Report: Microsoft’s Bing and Edge May Not Fall Under DMA Regulation

Laurent Giret
Jan 23, 2024
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Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Edge web browser may not be "popular" enough to be…

EU Commission is Investigating X/Twitter Over Digital Service Act Violations

Laurent Giret
Dec 18, 2023
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The European Commission announced today that it’s launching an investigation to determine if Twitter/X failed…

Apple’s iMessage App May Avoid EU Regulation

Laurent Giret
Dec 06, 2023
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The European Commission is reportedly considering Apple's iMessage to be not popular enough among business…

Report: Microsoft Unbundling Teams From Office 365 Won’t Prevent Formal EU Complaint

Laurent Giret
Sep 14, 2023
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Microsoft unbundling Teams from Office 365 in Europe reportedly won’t be enough to get the…

EU Designates Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Google, Meta, and Microsoft as ‘Gatekeepers’

Laurent Giret
Sep 06, 2023
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Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have been designated as "gatekeepers" by the EU Commission,…

Margrethe Vestager is Stepping Aside to Bid on a New Job

Paul Thurrott
Sep 05, 2023
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European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced today that she is stepping down temporarily so she…

Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Probe Over Teams/Office 365 Bundling

Laurent Giret
Jul 27, 2023
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The EU Commission opened an antitrust investigation to determine if Microsoft bundling Teams with Office…

EU Hits Google With Antitrust Complain Over its Ad Tech Business

Laurent Giret
Jun 14, 2023
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Two years after opening an investigation into Google’s anticompetitive practices in the digital advertising business,…