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What Microsoft CEO Said While Defending OpenAI Partnership After EU, UK Probes
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said he had no issue with partner OpenAI's governance structure, two months after the startup's non-profit board temporarily ousted its chief executive without regard to investors' interests.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Offered to Agree to FTC Consent Decree on Call of Duty Games for Rivals
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday revealed that the US firm, which is seeking approval for its takeover of Activision Blizzard that was announced earlier this year, offered to agree to a consent decree with the US FTC to provide its Call of Duty games to Sony and other rivals, like Nintendo. The company's acquisition deal is also facing scr...
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Microsoft Offers Sony 10-Year Contract for Upcoming Call of Duty Titles on PlayStation: Report
Microsoft has reportedly offered Sony a 10-year contract for upcoming Call of Duty releases on PlayStation. The company is facing a full-scale EU probe into its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and previously offered a 3-year deal to Sony after the current agreement expires, which the latter termed inadequate.
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Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
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EU Opens Probe Into Microsoft's $69-Billion Deal
The European Commission said Tuesday it has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation into Microsoft's bid to buy video games developer Activision Blizzard.
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Microsoft Said to Have Offered No Remedies in EU Antitrust Review of Activision Deal
Microsoft's has not offered any remedies to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its proposed $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,400 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard ahead of an expected full-scale EU probe, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. The US software company is betting on the acquisition to help it compete bett...
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Microsoft's Incentives to Block Rivals After Activision Deal Probed by EU Regulators: Details
Antitrust regulators in the European Union have asked games developers to repsond by October 10 on whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals' access to Activision Blizzard's best-selling games on their platforms. A decision on the acqusition of Activision by Microsoft is expected by November 8.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Probing Alliance for Open Media’s Video Licensing Policy, Ahead of Incoming EU Rules
Antitrust regulators in the EU are probing the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), according to the European Commission. The investigation will look into the policy of the group, that includes companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Netflix, YouTube, Microsoft, Mozilla, Cisco and Tencent. AOM aims to create a new sta...
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EU Drafts Rules to Force Big Tech Companies to Share Data: Report
The European Union (EU) is preparing to force big technology companies to share their customer data with smaller rivals, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing an early draft of its landmark 'Digital Services Act' regulations.
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Facebook, Microsoft Voice Concerns Over Their Games Appearing on Apple's App Store Amidst Antitrust Probes
Facebook and Microsoft's grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple's App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the iPhone maker's business as antitrust regulators said such concerns are on their radar.
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Facebook Probe Is in Antitrust, Privacy Grey Zone, EU Says
Data and how it may be misused by fast-growing technology giants is a focus for Vestager, who's probing Google on several fronts.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Likely to Step-Up Google Probes: Report
The Wall Street Journal reports that regulators are preparing investigations on several fronts, and are likely to revise terms of the settlement proposed earlier this year.
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EU close to decision on Microsoft anti-trust probe
The European Commission said it is close to a decision in its investigation of Microsoft and its failure to provide clients with a choice of Web browser.
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What Microsoft CEO Said While Defending OpenAI Partnership After EU, UK Probes
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said he had no issue with partner OpenAI's governance structure, two months after the startup's non-profit board temporarily ousted its chief executive without regard to investors' interests.
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Microsoft Activision Deal: Firm Offered to Agree to FTC Consent Decree on Call of Duty Games for Rivals
Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday revealed that the US firm, which is seeking approval for its takeover of Activision Blizzard that was announced earlier this year, offered to agree to a consent decree with the US FTC to provide its Call of Duty games to Sony and other rivals, like Nintendo. The company's acquisition deal is also facing scr...
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Microsoft Offers Sony 10-Year Contract for Upcoming Call of Duty Titles on PlayStation: Report
Microsoft has reportedly offered Sony a 10-year contract for upcoming Call of Duty releases on PlayStation. The company is facing a full-scale EU probe into its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and previously offered a 3-year deal to Sony after the current agreement expires, which the latter termed inadequate.
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Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
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EU Opens Probe Into Microsoft's $69-Billion Deal
The European Commission said Tuesday it has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation into Microsoft's bid to buy video games developer Activision Blizzard.
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Microsoft Said to Have Offered No Remedies in EU Antitrust Review of Activision Deal
Microsoft's has not offered any remedies to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its proposed $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,400 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard ahead of an expected full-scale EU probe, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. The US software company is betting on the acquisition to help it compete bett...
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Microsoft's Incentives to Block Rivals After Activision Deal Probed by EU Regulators: Details
Antitrust regulators in the European Union have asked games developers to repsond by October 10 on whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals' access to Activision Blizzard's best-selling games on their platforms. A decision on the acqusition of Activision by Microsoft is expected by November 8.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Probing Alliance for Open Media’s Video Licensing Policy, Ahead of Incoming EU Rules
Antitrust regulators in the EU are probing the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), according to the European Commission. The investigation will look into the policy of the group, that includes companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Netflix, YouTube, Microsoft, Mozilla, Cisco and Tencent. AOM aims to create a new sta...
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EU Drafts Rules to Force Big Tech Companies to Share Data: Report
The European Union (EU) is preparing to force big technology companies to share their customer data with smaller rivals, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing an early draft of its landmark 'Digital Services Act' regulations.
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Facebook, Microsoft Voice Concerns Over Their Games Appearing on Apple's App Store Amidst Antitrust Probes
Facebook and Microsoft's grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple's App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the iPhone maker's business as antitrust regulators said such concerns are on their radar.
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Facebook Probe Is in Antitrust, Privacy Grey Zone, EU Says
Data and how it may be misused by fast-growing technology giants is a focus for Vestager, who's probing Google on several fronts.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Likely to Step-Up Google Probes: Report
The Wall Street Journal reports that regulators are preparing investigations on several fronts, and are likely to revise terms of the settlement proposed earlier this year.
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EU close to decision on Microsoft anti-trust probe
The European Commission said it is close to a decision in its investigation of Microsoft and its failure to provide clients with a choice of Web browser.
