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The European Union will reportedly not launch a formal investigation into the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI because it feels Microsoft's dealings with OpenAI is not considered a takeover

Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, according to Reuters. The decision comes after the EC opened a formal antitrust investigation last year.

The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched an investigation against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta to see if they have violated compliance with the Digital Markets Act.

Apple has now restored the developer account for Epic Games Sweden. That means work can continue to bring the Epic Games Store to iOS devices in Europe along with its Fortnite game.

Apple has officially terminated the iOS version of Epic Games' developer account due to Epic's public statements about Apple. This conflict has now urged the European Commission to investigate Apple.

Apple has been hit with a $2 billion fine by the EU's European Commission, stating it abused its App Store rules and made consumers pay more for music streaming. Apple has already said it will appeal.

A number of mobile app companies that do business in Europe have sent a joint letter to the EU, claiming that Apple's efforts to comply with the act instead "make a mockery of the DMA."

The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched a formal probe to investigate if the TikTok social network has violated the EU's Digital Service Act in several ways.

Apple and Microsoft have had their iMessage, Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising products and services exempted from the EU's DMA rules. The two companies will surely be pleased with this outcome.

Amazon has announced it will no longer acquire iRobot. The planned purchase of the robot vacuum company for $1.4 billion was halted after EU regulators voiced anticompetition concerns.

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.

The European Union's regulatory body has officially launched a probe of X (formerly Twitter) to see if the social network has violated the EU's Digital Services Act for content moderation and more.

The European Union's negotiators have approved new regulations for AI software and services, which could result in fines for companies that do not follow these rules. The rules could become law soon

A new report says the EU's European Commission has sent a questionnaire to Microsoft's rivals, asking them if the company's move to make Teams a separate service was enough to keep them happy.

Amazon is likely to get approval from the EU over its acquisition of iRobot which makes the popular Roomba vacuum cleaners, three sources have said. A final decision is due on February 14.

Under the Digital Services Act, the European Commission is strengthening controls on online platforms to ensure the safety of users, especially, children regarding content shared online.

A new report says that the EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, will not ask for a new probe into Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard, after the company made changes to it.

A few weeks ago, Microsoft said it would offer its Teams collaboration service as a stand-alone product in much of Europe, but the European Union reportedly still plans to file a formal complaint.

During a tech conference this week, Zoom's CEO Eric Yuan thinks that the US Federal Trade Commission should look into Microsoft's bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365, saying, "You've got to be fair."

Microsoft says that this decision is designed to address the concerns of the European Commission, which has started a formal investigation of the company's bundling of Teams in other services.

Adobe's acquisition of Figma is coming under more scrutiny, the European Commission has announced. The body said that it's concerned about the implications the deal could have on the market.

TikTok has announced a whole raft of updates that it's going to introduce for users in the European Economic Area. The flagship change is that users will be able to disable the For You feed.

The EU's regulatory group, the European Commission, is looking into if Microsoft's bundling of Teams into Microsoft 365 may have prevented other similar products from competing.

The unconfirmed report claims Microsoft was unable to offer the type of concessions to the EU's executive body, The European Commission, that would keep it from launching an antitrust investigation.

The European Commission has named the Big Tech companies that will be considered gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act. They will be subject to rules to ensure they don't trample competition.

Despite the CMA, the UK antitrust regulator, clearing the suspicions towards Amazon's acquisition of iRobot corporation, the European Commission is still unsure about its effects on the industry.

In a speech today in Brussels, Belgium, Margrethe Vestager, the EVP for the European Commission, offered its reasons why it approved of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has issued a response to the EU's approval of Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, and it's clear the two groups have different cloud gaming views.

The European Commission regulatory body of the EU has approved Microsoft's planned purchase of Activision Blizzard, but the company must abide by some conditions with cloud gaming features.

A new report claims that if the UK and EU regulators approve Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard, the company could close the deal soon afterwards, and take the chances with the UK FTC's lawsuit.

The European Commission has named the platforms and search engines that will be targeted by the Digital Services Act. They will have to meet strict new rules within the next four months.

The move to delay the decision is likely to give Microsoft more time to offer concessions to the European Commission so it will finally approve the $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

TikTok has criticized the European Commission's decision to ban its employees from using TikTok on their devices. It said the process to reach the decision was "un-European" due to its secretiveness.

The executive of the European Union has ordered its 32,000 employees to remove TikTok from their personal smartphones and devices that have official apps, due to unnamed cybersecurity concerns.

The closed-door meeting between Microsoft and EU officials will take place Tuesday, February 21 as the company's planned $69 billion merger with Activision Blizzard is in jeopardy of falling apart.

The EC has reportedly sent its statement of objections regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft. It contains potential reasons to block the deal unless concessions are made.

Microsoft could soon be facing an antitrust probe from the European Commission regarding bundling Teams in the Microsoft 365 suite. The root of the potential probe is a Slack complaint from 2020.