Germany is monitoring Microsoft to thwart 'anti-competitive practices' Wants to peer into gaps in DMA to keep Redmond honest in cloud and AI PaaS + IaaS01 Oct 2024 | 6
Dutch watchdog wants more powers after EU drops Microsoft Inflection probe Concerns over the elimination of a future competitor through acquihiring AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 1
Top EU court crushes Google appeal against $2.65B Shopping antitrust ruling After years of legal wrangling, judges say Chocolate Factory played dirty Networks10 Sep 2024 | 32
Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant's dominance Personal Tech06 Sep 2024 | 7
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 10
UK CMA early findings indicate Microsoft restricts cloud choice Pricing, licensing, ease of switching and more under the microscope PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2024 | 6
UK tribunal greenlights $17.4B advertising monopoly case against Google Chocolate Factory entangled in yet another anti-competitive claim Networks05 Jun 2024 | 7
Spanish startups say 'no más' to Microsoft cloud dominance Updated Group alleges anticompetitive behavior PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 4
Apple's failure to duck UK antitrust probe could bring £785M windfall for devs That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liability Legal12 Apr 2024 | 18
VMware by Broadcom plots pair of Cloud Foundation releases that will show off its strategy Exclusive But unhappy European buyers have called for regulators to step in Virtualization02 Apr 2024 | 3
European Commission hits Intel with new fine over antitrust findings Updated What a difference a year makes: in June '22 it was asking for half a billion in interest back after a successful appeal Systems22 Sep 2023 | 4
Europe greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware buy Chip biz pledged to allow hardware interoperability Virtualization12 Jul 2023 |
Comms regulator says UK cloud market should be referred to competition watchdog Ofcom takes quick glance, says: It's off to the CMA with you PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2023 | 6
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
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
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
Amazon, Bing, Wikipedia make EU's list of 'Very Large' platforms Will need to sit at the front of the class where Commish can keep an eye on them Legal26 Apr 2023 | 21
Tech giants could pay 10% of turnover under draft UK law Competition? We've heard of it Legal25 Apr 2023 | 16
German cartel watchdog objects to the way Google processes user data Not transparent, not specific, and too easy to say yes to Security11 Jan 2023 | 16
Quest VR glasses back on sale in Germany – but watchdog has eye on Meta Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 15
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
Finance watchdog warns of long-term risk Big Tech poses to competition FAGA's interest in payments and lending services has UK's Financial Conduct Authority's attention Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 12
Google fined $4b after Euro court snips 5% off earlier price Search giant’s appeal lands flat as fine imposed for anticompetitive practice in Android search Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
Google faces fines of up to $25.4b in UK and EU ad tech case Legal cases in Europe claim anticompetitive conduct, which Google denies Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
Judge rejects another Microsoft appeal against surplus license reseller suit Windows giant's UK tentacle still on the hook over pre-owned on-prem software market dominance Applications08 Jul 2022 | 19
Competition regulators probe Amazon's Marketplace and Microsoft's buy of Activision Blizzard Tech giants under scrutiny by the Competition and Markets Authority Legal07 Jul 2022 | 6
UK tribunal: App Store class action seeking up to $1.8b can continue Stop us if you've heard this before: Apple facing charges of anti-competitive behavior in the App Store Legal06 Jul 2022 | 30
UK suit over reselling surplus Microsoft licenses rolls on In the meantime, Windows giant eliminates 'challenged restriction' Legal01 Apr 2022 | 45
EU law threatening 'commercially painful changes' for tech out tonight Reports suggest Digital Markets Act could hit a broader sweep of players than the FAANG gang Legal24 Mar 2022 | 61
UK, EU regulators probe Google and Meta's 'Jedi Blue' ad deal Watchdog: We're 'concerned' they 'teamed up ... to put obstacles in the way of competitors' Legal11 Mar 2022 | 12
US DoJ gets more time to consider Oracle-Cerner merger Big Red must wait to gets its teeth into health records giant Software14 Feb 2022 |
Nextcloud boss: You gotta fight … for your right … to 'plug into Windows and offer the exact same service' Interview It's the browser wars all over again – but this time it's cloud storage Off-Prem02 Dec 2021 | 22
Chat among yourselves: New EU law may force the big IM platforms to open up Send an iMessage to Facebook, and we'll talk Applications26 Nov 2021 | 37
US lawmakers give Amazon until November to prove it didn't lie to Congress This better be a Prime delivery Personal Tech18 Oct 2021 | 19
Brit reseller given 2022 court date for £270m Microsoft SaaS licence sueball's first hearing End of March for ValueLicensing's jurisdictional defence Legal26 Jul 2021 | 4
Get a load of fancypants no-enemies AMD-Xilinx: 'Large majority' of third parties 'had no concerns' about pair's hookup British competition watchdog publishes details of why it approved AMD/Xilinx merger On-Prem16 Jul 2021 | 6
Google fined €500m for not paying French publishers after using their words on web If the Chocolate Factory doesn't play ball soon it'll be an extra €1m a day Personal Tech14 Jul 2021 | 40
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
£1bn lawsuit by Google Shopping rival staggers back to feet in London High Court Judge rules in Chocolate Factory's favour during prelims of 2015-era case Legal23 Jun 2021 | 5
'Google is present at almost all levels of the supply chain' for online ads: It's time for a competition probe, says EU French regulator can probably help having already fined megacorp €220m Legal22 Jun 2021 | 16
Google ad biz shenanigans smacked down by French competition regulators Chocolate Factory competition-squashing tactics receive a firm 'Non' from Paris Legal08 Jun 2021 | 9
Facebook faces competition enquiry on two fronts as EU and UK officials scrutinise its ad data Did the anti-social network use advertiser info to compete with rivals? Legal04 Jun 2021 | 4
Brit watchdog shows some teeth over McAfee antivirus auto-renewals Refund rights for customers Security25 May 2021 | 32
Only EU can help us, pleads Slack as it slings competition complaint against Microsoft Teams Updated Behold the ghost of Browser Wars past Software22 Jul 2020 | 70
Consumer orgs ask world's competition watchdogs: Are you really going to let Google walk off with all Fitbit's data? Updated It's like the Chocolate Factory isn't dominant enough already Personal Tech02 Jul 2020 | 31
Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices Updated App Store cut and Cupertino's NFC platform in competition crosshairs Legal16 Jun 2020 | 50
Brit competition regulator will soon be able to seize rogue traders' domains – and even Amazon accounts Wide-ranging powers come into force in June Channel18 May 2020 | 26
French watchdog to take €1.1bn bite out of Apple over 'anticompetitive' practices Respect mah Autorité. You too, Tech Data, and Ingram Micro Legal16 Mar 2020 | 7
Euro competition chief mulls forcing tech giants to prove their actions aren't harming market Wouldn't it be nice if they did more of the legwork? Legal31 Oct 2019 | 20
Got room for another probe up there, Google? Jobs sites ask EU antitrust tsar to look at how search giant ranks them Updated 23 reckon anti-competitive behavior has hurt biz – report Legal14 Aug 2019 | 12
Anyone else find it weird that the bloke tasked with probing tech giants for antitrust abuses used to, um, work for the same tech giants? Comment No, of course not. It's all perfectly fine Legal13 Jun 2019 | 79
The e-mpire strikes back: Google appeals that $1.7bn EU fine for choking web ad rivals Lmao, we're not paying that chump change, says ad slinger On-Prem06 Jun 2019 | 19
41% of Brit biz: Setting up a price-rigging cartel is all good... isn't it? Competition regulator: Yeah, no Legal22 Oct 2018 | 7
On Android, US antitrust can go where nervous EU fears to tread Analysis Trustbusters R us Legal24 Jul 2018 | 47
Why Google won't break a sweat about EU ruling Comment If you're expecting Tizens, Fires or alt-droids to flower, don't hold your breath Software20 Jul 2018 | 100
Why the 'feudal' tech monopolies run rings around competition watchdogs Interview Rather than break up Google, can we try owning our data? Legal22 Jun 2018 | 63
Oracle tells tales about Google data slurps to Australian regulator At an inquiry into news and ads, of all things. Is Big Red playing a deeper game? Legal14 May 2018 | 11
Broadcom's buyout of Qualcomm bogs down as DC blocks merger 'Great, great company' to 'security risk' in six months On-Prem12 Mar 2018 | 8
We need baby Googles, say search specialists… and one surprising VC Break 'em up, nothing else works Legal01 Mar 2018 | 39
Huawei claims national security is used as plausible excuse for 'protectionism' Global government affairs veep wants trade rules to apply Legal12 Feb 2018 | 20
Autsch! Germany slaps Facebook in its abusive little face for 'limitlessly amassing data' Monopoly watchdog nicht glücklich about Zuck's info suck Legal19 Dec 2017 | 40
It's 2017 and the UK's competition watchdog just got a data-tech team Antitrust body tries to keep up with business in the digital age On-Prem13 Nov 2017 | 4