The UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in search and ads, but excludes Gemini; Google has warned such oversight could slow product launches
Update Natasha Lomas Euractiv / Euractiv : Google's search and ads business to face tougher rules in the UK Holly Williams / The Standard : Google may be forced to loosen control of search engine in U...
A bill strengthening the UK Competition and Markets Authority to regulate tech giants like Apple and Google heads toward approval before the UK's July election
https://techcrunch.com/... Wouldn't have happened if not for the continuing efforts of @owa and in-kind contributions from Apple's legal team. Nothing pulls people together like a megacorp acting li...
The UK CMA raises concerns after uncovering an “interconnected web” of 90+ AI deals and investments involving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia
As the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race heats up primarily due … Finextra : CMA outlines competition concerns with AI Foundation Models GOV.UK : CMA outlines growing concerns in markets for AI Founda...
Sources: Binance's efforts to re-enter the UK market are being frustrated after UK's financial regulator expressed concerns to prospective local partners
- UK regulator had expressed concerns to firms about Binance — New CEO Teng is trying to rebuild credibility with regulators
The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft's OpenAI investment should be vetted under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds
- EU watchdog follows UK regulator in weighing a probe — Move comes after furore over firing and rehiring of Sam Altman
UK regulator Ofcom investigates TikTok over concerns the company supplied “inaccurate” information about its parental controls; TikTok blames a technical issue
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times :
The UK CMA is considering an antitrust investigation into Microsoft and OpenAI's partnership, and is taking comments until January 3 before making a decision
Update Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : UK CMA and US FTC Are Investigating Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI (UPDATED) Devesh Beri / MSPoweruser : Microsoft's investment in OpenAI faces antitrust scrutin...
Sources: Adobe's proposal to address EU and UK regulator concerns for its $20B Figma deal may include not tying Figma into Creative Cloud and divesting Adobe XD
Bloomberg :
The UK CMA approves Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Blizzard acquisition, after Microsoft reformed the deal to sell some Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft
Who would have thought that a regulatory body that refused to let Meta buy Giphy would allow Microsoft to buy Activision? … Bluesky: Knoebel / @knoebel.bsky.social : The Cloud Deal with Ubisoft change...
The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns
new consultation suggests an end to the drawn-out Activision Blizzard acquisition saga Oli Welsh / Polygon : A Ubisoft sale clears the final obstruction for the Microsoft-Activision merger Siôn Geschw...