Antitrust
The latest Antitrust coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft's Cloud Commitments Face Legal Crossfire in Europe
The clock ticks relentlessly toward a late-May deadline as Microsoft’s carefully negotiated cloud commitments face intensifying legal and regulatory crossfire, casting a shadow over the tech...
Microsoft Teams Unbundling Ordered as EU Targets AI Antitrust Risks
Microsoft is once again under regulatory scrutiny as antitrust concerns emerge around its bundling of Microsoft Teams with Office 365 and its growing dominance in AI through products like Copilot....
UK Antitrust Regulator Challenges Microsoft and Amazon: What It Means for Cloud Computing
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Microsoft and Amazon's dominance in the cloud computing sector, raising critical questions about competition,...
Microsoft and Amazon Challenge UK CMA's Cloud Antitrust Findings: What It Means for Windows Users
Microsoft and Amazon are pushing back against the UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) preliminary findings that their cloud computing practices may harm competition. The tech giants'...
Microsoft raises EEA Office 365 prices up to 7% after EU probe into Teams bundling.
Microsoft has announced significant pricing adjustments for its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites in Europe, responding to ongoing antitrust concerns from the European Commission regarding the...
Microsoft Under Antitrust Scrutiny in UK Cloud Market: What Windows Users Should Know
Microsoft is facing renewed antitrust scrutiny in the UK over concerns about its dominance in the cloud computing market. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an...
Microsoft joins CISPE amid EU antitrust cloud probe
Microsoft has taken a significant step in the European cloud computing landscape by joining the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), marking a potential turning point in the...
Microsoft Faces UK Class Action Over Alleged Cloud Licensing Monopoly and Overcharging
Microsoft Under Fire: Class Action Lawsuit Over Cloud Licensing Monopoly Microsoft, a global leader in software and cloud computing, is facing a significant class action lawsuit in the United...
Google faces landmark antitrust ruling as Windows 11 KB5048685 triggers BSOD and VPN outages
The tech landscape in December 2023 has been dominated by three major developments: problematic Windows updates, significant antitrust actions against Google, and the alarming rise of AI-powered...
FTC Investigates Microsoft: How Antitrust Scrutiny Impacts Windows Users and Tech Competition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Microsoft's business practices, marking the latest chapter in Big Tech's regulatory reckoning. This probe focuses...
Microsoft 2024 Review: AI Wins, Security Breaches, Antitrust Heat
Microsoft's 2024 has been a year of significant technological advancements, regulatory battles, and security concerns. As the tech giant continues to push boundaries with its AI-driven Copilot...
CMA Investigates Microsoft: How Cloud Computing and Windows Users Could Be Affected
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Microsoft's cloud computing practices, raising important questions about competition in the tech sector and...