Neowin News Feed for: Regulators

Adobe and Figma terminate merger due to regulators

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:56:01 +0000

Adobe and Figma have agreed to terminate their planned merger after regulators in the European Union and United Kingdom opposed the deal. The two firms said that they couldn't see a way forward. Read more...

Microsoft rumoured to offer the EU concessions in Activision acquisition

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:02:01 +0000

Microsoft could give Sony a 10-year licensing deal where it would continue to offer Call of Duty on the PlayStation, sources familiar with the matter said. The move could assuage EU regulators. Read more...

Brazil becomes the latest country to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 02:06:01 +0000

Brazil has approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The regulators said that even if Call of Duty becomes an Xbox exclusive, it would not pose a risk to competition. Read more...

Google is changing how cookie choices work in Europe

Usama Jawad — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:30:01 +0000

Google is re-engineering its infrastructure for cookie choices across its services in Europe in order to comply with updated regulations. The changes have begun to roll out with YouTube in France. Read more...

These are the Open App Store Principles for Microsoft and Xbox Store

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled the "Open App Store Principles" for storefronts. All of them apply immediately to the Microsoft Store while some are gradually being enforced for the Xbox Store. Read more...

Nvidia's $40 billion Arm acquisition has failed [Update]

Usama Jawad — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:08:01 +0000

Yet another report has surfaced claiming that Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of Arm has failed, and only an official announcement confirming the same is pending. It might happen later today. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 update on the horizon, Teams enhancements, and regulators

Usama Jawad — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:16:01 +0000

A lot happened in the world of Microsoft this week, ranging from news about Windows 11 updates, enhancements for Teams, and some pressure from regulators. Find out more in our latest weekly digest! Read more...

Vodafone pulls support for Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:46:01 +0000

Vodafone has announced its withdrawal from the Libra Association, the body responsible for Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency. The association said that the project will be resilient despite its backers. Read more...

Microsoft's deal to buy LinkedIn has been cleared by the European Commission

Rich Woods — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:49:58 +0000

Microsoft today announced that its deal to purchase LinkedIn for $26.2 billion has been approved by European Union regulators, but there is a list of conditions that the company must comply with. Read more...

European Commission blocks Three's proposed £10.25bn acquisition of O2 UK

Andy Weir — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:50:17 +0000

European regulators said that Three's parent company, Hutchison, had "failed to adequately address the serious concerns raised" over the deal, which would have increased prices and harmed innovation. Read more...

Microsoft and Google kiss and make up, drop all regulatory complaints against each other

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:10:01 +0000

Microsoft and Google have reached an agreement to drop all regulatory complaints against one another around the world, in an effort to compete "on the merits of our products, not legal proceedings". Read more...

Three and O2 UK customers could get five-year price freeze in effort to appease regulators

Andy Weir — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:54:01 +0000

As regulators prepare to publish their objections to Three's proposed acquisition of O2 UK, Three's parent company has pledged to freeze prices for all customers on both networks for five years. Read more...

China asks Microsoft to explain "major issues" uncovered in antitrust investigation

Andy Weir — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:52:21 +0000

China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce says that Microsoft must provide a complete explanation for "major issues" that it has uncovered as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation. Read more...

UK government gives ultimatum to Google to change privacy policies

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:09:47 +0000

The United Kingdom is the latest in a long list of EU countries to object to Google's privacy and data collection policies. UK regulators have given Google an ultimatum to change their ways. Read more...

Google to hand over European Wi-Fi data to regulators

Matt Blowes — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:04:18 +0000

Google has relaxed its opposition to European regulators and will hand over the open wireless network data it collected from its Street View cars over the past three years. Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt,... Read more...

U.S anti-trust regulators to test Windows 7 more thoroughly

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:46:58 +0000

The three member panel of Technical Advisers (Technical Committee - TC) to the antitrust regulators which monitor Microsoft's compliance with a 2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 more thoroughly, according to a status report... Read more...

US urges European regulators to lay off Apple DRM

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:25:43 +0000

A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official has joined the debate surrounding Apple Computer's proprietary digital music technology by criticizing European antitrust activities, but groups attacking Apple are defending their actions. Speaking in Washington,... Read more...

EU Regulators Support Fining Microsoft

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:45:34 +0000

In a major step toward new penalties against Microsoft Corp., Europe's antitrust regulators voted unanimously Monday in favor of fining the world's largest software company for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the... Read more...

Vista Search Seems Fair, Regulators Say

Sat, 13 May 2006 21:20:18 +0000

The U.S. government has given its thumbs-up to Microsoft's search box plans for Vista, shrugging off concerns raised recently by Google. While criticizing Microsoft for its implementation of its existing antitrust accord, regulators appear... Read more...

Korean Antitrust Regulators Visit Intel

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:45:23 +0000

The Korean Fair Trade Commission popped into Intel unannounced this week to seek more documents on an antitrust claim in South Korea. The KTFC is looking into whether Intel has used marketing... Read more...

Microsoft set for Long Battle With Japanese Regulators

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:53:36 +0000

Microsoft's Japanese unit is preparing for a potentially long battle with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) in a case that will likely see three of Japan's top electronics companies testify against the software giant,... Read more...

Antitrust Regulators Raid Intel Offices

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:39:57 +0000

Thanks to forum member jerry for also posting in Neowin's BPN European antitrust lawyers raided Intel offices across Europe merely two weeks after its chief rival, Advanced Micro Devices, filed a multi-billion... Read more...

Regulators in Escrow crack down

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:07:56 +0000

California regulators have declared a hunting season on unlicensed Internet escrow companies. According to Associated Press, five were shut down yesterday by the Escrow Fraud Task Force with a little help the Federal Trade Commission,... Read more...

EU regulators to discuss EC's Microsoft ruling

Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:25:39 +0000

Competition regulators from the 15 European Union member states will gather in Brussels Monday to discuss the European Commission's negative draft ruling against Microsoft Corp. The draft ruling brands the company an abusive monopolist for... Read more...

Compaq CEO Sees Merger on Track with Regulators

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:25:34 +0000

Compaq Computer Corp. Chief Executive Michael Capellas said on Wednesday his company and Hewlett-Packard Co. were determined to hold shareholder votes in March on their $22.3 billion merger, and said regulatory approval was on track... Read more...