Euro-cloud consortium issues ultimatum to Microsoft: Fix your licensing or else Redmond hasn't budged on deals that make its wares cheaper on Azure, and regulators are circling Software08 Mar 2024 | 15
Watchdog calls for more plugs, less monopoly in EV charging network Exclusivity deals a no-no, and 'charging deserts' must be avoided Offbeat05 Mar 2024 | 92
Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket Good start, but we want further reassurance, says Competition and Markets Authority Applications01 Feb 2024 | 15
Cory Doctorow has a plan to wipe away the enshittification of tech Opinion It's not just you – things really are getting worse Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 159
UK merger of Vodafone and Three in competition watchdog's crosshairs Union claims corporate greed behind alliance, firms claim it is about helping customers Networks26 Jan 2024 | 23
Adobe ditches $20B Figma takeover under pressure from monopoly cops Now Photoshop giant needs to cough up that $1B break-up fee Applications18 Dec 2023 | 1
AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 8
UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA Personal Tech02 Dec 2023 | 9
Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 7
Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination Software20 Nov 2023 | 9
Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem Interview And why the UK cloud industry can't ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers PaaS + IaaS17 Nov 2023 | 9
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking Exclusive Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 95
Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals Watchdog on a tear to level the playing field Personal Tech04 Nov 2023 | 40
Regulator delays Adobe's $20B buy of Figma, derails deal deadline Updated Competition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider 'complex case', new deadline set for February 2024 Software26 Oct 2023 | 11
Imagine a world without egress fees or cloud software license disparities UK regulator lists series of potential remedies for anti-competitive practices early on in probe Public Sector20 Oct 2023 | 5
Brit watchdog slams Microsoft as it clears $69B Activision Blizzard buy 'Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with us' Software13 Oct 2023 | 16
Obscured by clouds: Time for IaaS vendors to come clean and play fair Opinion All that stuff about resilience, choice, and control? Yeah, we'll take them now please PaaS + IaaS09 Oct 2023 | 9
UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon Updated Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing PaaS + IaaS03 Oct 2023 | 5
CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises Software22 Sep 2023 | 2
Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft? All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal Software22 Aug 2023 | 37
UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China Middle Kingdom has made a habit of scuppering western mergers of late Virtualization21 Aug 2023 | 1
UK watchdog reopens consultation on Microsoft's bid for Activision Blizzard CMA admits Sony deal might change the battlefield Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 6
UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2
Broadcom asserts VMware's strategy isn't working and it basically needs rescuing Redacted document filed with UK regulator states customers aren't buying Virtzilla's poorly-executed vision Virtualization14 Jul 2023 | 43
Judge shoots down FTC attempt to stall Microsoft-Activision merger Final update UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 20
Amazon's robo vacuum power grab sucks EU attention Regulators concerned iRobot could receive preferential treatment on the company's ecommerce platform Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 20
UK competition watchdog threatens deeper probe of Adobe's $20B Figma deal Vendors have days to answer cost and innovation concerns, may face potential delay to merger... or worse Software30 Jun 2023 | 1
Meta promises UK it won't pilfer rivals' ad data to build Facebook Marketplace Once it knows how to stop, anyway Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 15
Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8
EU still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 8
American, British monopoly watchdogs probe AI to make sure we don't get screwed Review will also look at barriers to entry where hyperscalers hold all the cards AI + ML04 May 2023 | 4
Microsoft cries foul over UK gaming deal blocker but it's hard to feel sorry for them Opinion Brit regulator is merely heeding the Call of Duty Software02 May 2023 | 80
UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 69
Tech giants could pay 10% of turnover under draft UK law Competition? We've heard of it Legal25 Apr 2023 | 16
UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable If the news is bad for chip giant, a remedy will need to be found very quickly indeed Virtualization24 Apr 2023 | 3
Ofcom tempted to bring in competition watchdog to sniff the UK cloud market As much as 80% in the hands of three companies – you can guess which PaaS + IaaS05 Apr 2023 | 8
Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed Personal Tech04 Apr 2023 | 31
Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage Competition regulators in Britain opt for Phase II discovery over worries about prices and rival tech access Virtualization29 Mar 2023 | 8
Sony won't budge on Microsoft-Activision merger objection Ten-year deal to put Call of Duty on PlayStation shot down Personal Tech09 Mar 2023 | 30
VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition to be signed, sealed, delivered 90-day stretch comes after Euro-probe paused for production of paperwork Virtualization20 Feb 2023 | 1
Microsoft-Activision deal will hurt UK gamers, says watchdog Competition and Markets Authority isn't buying promises of equal access to Call of Duty Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 3
Google ready to kick the cookie habit by Q3 2024, for real this time As for privacy concerns about the Topics API? We'll get back to you Devops01 Feb 2023 | 43
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google 'stranglehold' over the mobile market Apple doesn't want to bite Software23 Nov 2022 | 28
UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition Hard to see multi-cloud management, hypervisors, or enterprise security triggering public interest test to can the deal Virtualization22 Nov 2022 | 3
Meta gives up fight to get $400m Giphy buy approved Facebook to dump GIF super-gallery after just enough pestering from UK Personal Tech18 Oct 2022 | 14
UK regulator proposes price cap on Motorola as supplier of Airwave network Home Office and emergency services appear to be locked in with monopoly provider, market watchdog says Networks17 Oct 2022 | 16
Viasat and Inmarsat $7.3b tie-up delayed over competition concerns The multibillion dollar question: Will it make in-flight Wi-Fi on planes more expensive? Networks07 Oct 2022 | 6
Meta's Giphy buy could be back on after watchdog agrees to reboot investigation We'll be back in jiffy Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 8
Meta mostly fails in appeal against order from UK watchdog to sell Giphy Might have been a good idea to mention that Snap was sniffing around GIF biz, too, judges note, though Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 9
UK competition watchdog seeks to make mobile browsers, cloud gaming and payments more competitive Investigation could help end WebKit monoculture on iOS devices Legal12 Jun 2022 | 24
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate Legal27 May 2022 | 11
Google's first report on Privacy Sandbox hits UK watchdog's inbox No 'reportable concerns' yet plenty of concerned feedback Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 2
UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms We have bad news: you probably can't... but good luck anyway Software29 Apr 2022 | 63
UK competition watchdog probes school software contract revisions Former Capita-owned ESS' minimum 3-year deals put under spotlight by CMA Software27 Apr 2022 | 13
UK regulator puts NortonLifeLock merger with Avast on ice Security vendors now have 5 working days to explain to the Competition and Markets Authority why it's wrong Security16 Mar 2022 | 12
UK regulator 'broke international law', says Facebook From the people who 'sat on their hands' when asked for info about Giphy deal Networks15 Feb 2022 | 28
UK regulators accept Google's Privacy Sandbox promises ICO and CMA say they will oversee cookie-free adtech product Applications11 Feb 2022 | 8
Arm's $66bn sale to Nvidia is off: Deal collapses after world's competition regulators raise concerns SoftBank Group opts to take Arm stock public again as CEO Simon Segars announces departure On-Prem08 Feb 2022 | 43
Facebook fined peanuts after Giphy staff quit and firm didn't tell UK competition regulators £1.5m fine is 0.005% of social network's profits Legal04 Feb 2022 | 46
NortonLifeLock and Avast tie-up falls under UK competition regulator's spotlight CMA invites comments from 'interested parties' on what merger means to them Security20 Jan 2022 | 7
UK competition watchdog closes the comment book on Microsoft's Nuance merger European Commission gives an unconditional green light, but Blighty needs a bit more time AI + ML12 Jan 2022 | 6
Facebook files challenge to UK Giphy buyout ban by complaining CMA was 'unfair' and 'irrational' They really want that display ad and user tracking service Legal05 Jan 2022 | 14