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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.

After being fined $161.59 million in October on the basis of anticompetitiveness by the Competition Commission in India, Google has charged an appeal that the order threatens its market in India.

The EU has published documentation confirming the exact date from which new electronic devices will be required to adopt USB-C charging. The law impacts Apple the most and is a bid to reduce e-waste.

The Indian government is all set to mandate a uniform standard of charging for all consumer electronic products and another for feature phones. The new standard may also include wearable devices.

The European Commission has commenced an in-depth investigation into the Microsoft-Activision acquisition deal as it believes the transaction could damage competition in several industries.

The European Union's Digital Markets Act enters force on November 1. It aims to help third-party businesses better interact with customers without so-called gatekeepers making business difficult.

The European Union has passed the law to use USB Type-C as the single charging solution for nearly all portable consumer tech devices after 2024 to avoid having a negative impact on the environment.

The European Union is set to announce the AI Liability Directive that will make it easier for individuals to sue the manufacturer of an AI product or its user through "presumption of causality".

Google has lost its appeal in the EU General Court for a case that required it to pay a €4.34 billion fine. Although this fine has been slightly reduced now, it is still its biggest penalty in the EU.

The European Commission has published its DESI 2022 report, which looks at how much digitalization progress member states are making. It highlighted that the deployment of 5G is going too slow.

EU and EEA residents can now cancel Amazon Prime with a much more streamlined process, following complaints from the European Commission in April 2021, resulting in less confusion.

A job search firm in Denmark has filed a complaint against Google, saying that the company uses its inferior Google for Jobs tool to stifle the competition and tighten its grip over the labour market.

The European Commission could unveil new rules on Thursday, according to a new report. It would see social media firms having to take action against deepfake content being posted on their platforms.

A report claims that Apple will not only ditch Lightning connectivity for iPhones in the near future, but also for other accessories such as AirPods, MagSafe Battery Pack, Magic Mouse, and more.

The EU Commission has announced a comprehensive set of measures called the "European Chips Act" that will bolster Europe's semiconductor chip-making capabilities while reducing dependency on Asia.

Intel has seen a major victory in court as a 2009 European Commission ruling and a $1.2 billion fine against it for anticompetitive behavior and practices to stifle AMD has been overturned.

The European Commission has put forward its declaration on digital rights. EU officials will now look over the draft, debate it, and then the EC wants to ratify the document in the summer.

The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, has given the go-ahead for Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance. Nuance develops transcription software and will boost Microsoft's AI prowess.

The European Commission is working on a new Directive that'd re-classify many self-employed people as workers making them eligible for a range of benefits such as sick pay and the minimum wage.