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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,…
Report: Apple and Microsoft Don’t Want EU’s ‘Gatekeeper’ Status for iMessage and Bing
- Laurent Giret
- Sep 05, 2023
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Apple and Microsoft are reportedly opposed to seeing their own iMessage and Bing services being…
Microsoft to Stop Showing Intrusive Bing Pop-ups to Chrome Users on Windows 11
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 30, 2023
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Microsoft will stop showing Chrome users on Windows 11 intrusive pop-ups suggesting they switch their…
EU May Need to Review Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 22, 2023
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The EU Commission says it's "carefully assessing" the situation after Microsoft submitted a restructured Activision…
PC Game Pass is Coming to Nvidia GeForce Now This Week
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 22, 2023
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Nvidia is getting ready to make select games in the PC Game Pass library available…
Microsoft Proposes Selling Activision Blizzard Cloud Streaming Rights to Ubisoft
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 22, 2023
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To close its Activision Blizzard deal in the UK, Microsoft Microsoft offered to sell cloud…
Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit is Now Being Developed with Qualcomm and Magic Leap
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 21, 2023
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Microsoft's Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) is now an independent project with Qualcomm and Magic…
AI-Generated Travel Guide from Microsoft Suggested Food Bank Stop on an “Empty Stomach”
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 18, 2023
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Microsoft quietly pulled an AI-generated travel guide for the Canadian city of Ottawa, which suggested…
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition Gets Approved by New Zealand
- Laurent Giret
- Aug 08, 2023
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New Zealand is the latest country to approve Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic Launch New AI Safety Group
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 26, 2023
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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic have jointly announced the launch of the Frontier Model Forum,…
Top Tech Companies Promise White House to Implement AI Safeguards
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 21, 2023
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President Biden welcomed executives from the top leading AI companies to have them commit to…
Microsoft and Activision Extend Acquisition Deadline to October 18
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 19, 2023
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have announced an extension of their merging agreement deadline, which expired…
UK CMA Extends Deadline for its Review of Microsoft’s Activision Deal
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 14, 2023
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today that it was extending the deadline…
FTC Appeals Court Ruling on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 13, 2023
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The US FTC has filed an appeal to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard ahead…
UK CMA Says it Could Investigate Restructured Microsoft Activision Deal
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 12, 2023
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If the UK's CMA re-opened discussions with Microsoft regarding its Activision Blizzard deal, the regulator…
Microsoft Wins its US Court Case Over its Activision Blizzard Acquisition
- Laurent Giret
- Jul 11, 2023
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Microsoft has won its trial against the US Federal Trade Commission over its Activision Blizzard…