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 | 19
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
UK competition regulator to Meta's Facebook: Sell Giphy, we will not approve the purchase CMA finds that deal would be bad for consumers and tighten Zuck's grip on almost half of £7bn digital ad spend Legal30 Nov 2021 | 27
UK competition watchdog unveils principles to make a kinder antivirus business Treat customers fairly when it comes to auto-renewal. Or else Security19 Oct 2021 | 13
UK's competition regulator announces market study into music-streaming biz Watchdog is getting comfortable with its new digital remit Offbeat19 Oct 2021 | 5
Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger Updated 'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network Legal09 Sep 2021 | 17
UK gov blocks the acquisition of Welsh graphene fiddler Perpetuus Group over national security concerns Concerns like 'who is Taurus International,' and 'what is Dr. Zhongfu Zhou's relationship with it' Legal07 Sep 2021 | 16
UK's competition regulator fires red flare over Nvidia's $40bn Arm takeover deal We knew this was coming but from Britain? Odd Personal Tech20 Aug 2021 | 53
Perhaps regretting those Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions, UK watchdog suggests Facebook offloads GIF haven Giphy BTW is that pronounced Jiffy or? Personal Tech13 Aug 2021 | 20
UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz Number of 'strong remaining competitors' within the market planning expansions of their own, says CMA Storage30 Jul 2021 | 4
Cellnex complains regulators waved through CK Hutchison mast buyout in Europe – only sticking point is the UK Cell tower acquisition faces full inquiry from Britain's Competition and Markets Authority Networks28 Jul 2021 | 3
UK's Digital Markets Unit – the Big Tech watchdog – remains toothless for now but statutory powers due this year Better get a wiggle on because the work is stacking up, those potentially massive fines won't write themselves Legal20 Jul 2021 | 2
UK's biggest trade union takes aim at Amazon over 'price gouging' allegations Nothing to see here, says gargantuan online retailer, thrilled as ever to chat with a union Legal14 Jul 2021 | 25
Ex-boss of UK's Competition and Markets Authority asks: How can it tackle Big Tech when no one knows what the CMA is? On the other hand, he did have two years to raise watchdog's profile Legal02 Jul 2021 | 15
UK's competition watchdog preps to shoulder post-Brexit workload from European Commission Apparently Eastenders' Phil Mitchell is in charge these days - it sounds fighty Legal28 Jun 2021 | 41
UK competition watchdog launches investigation into fake review epidemic across Google and Amazon Refuses to give tech giants a five-star rating Legal25 Jun 2021 | 20
UK competition watchdog begins probe into Apple and Google's total domination of the mobile landscape Authority investigating whether duopoly is harming consumers Personal Tech15 Jun 2021 | 18
Norton dodges UK courts after telling Brit watchdog it will be nicer to consumers Admits nothing but promises amendments to auto-renewal, refund policies Security14 Jun 2021 | 33
UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval Minimal risk to MVNO or backhaul customers, probe finds Networks20 May 2021 | 38
Bill to protect UK against harmful foreign investment becomes law Act gives government powers to scrutinise, alter, and block transactions where there is a risk to national security Security30 Apr 2021 | 48