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European Commission Examines Alphabet, Apple & Meta’s Walled Gardens Under the DMA
The European Commission announced on March 25 open investigations into Alphabet, Apple and Meta for alleged gatekeeping (i.e., promoting their own services above competitors’) on apps and in browsers....
Microsoft to pay Inflection AI US$650 million after scooping up most of staff
MICROSOFT has agreed to pay Inflection AI US$650 million, largely to license its artificial intelligence (AI) software, alongside its move earlier this week to hire much of the startup’s...
What the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Apple means for everyone with an iPhone
Cheaper app subscriptions. Additional payment options. Greater freedom for app developers on the App Store. More consumer choice.Those are some of the possibilities that consumer advocates hope will come...
Microsoft is attracting growing criticism for censoring Bing in China
A SECOND United States Senator has attacked Microsoft’s operations in China, adding to a wave of criticism from human rights groups following a Bloomberg Businessweek investigation about the way...
Meta, Microsoft, X band together against Apple’s App Store plans
META Platforms, Microsoft, X and Match Group asked a federal judge to reject Apple’s plan for opening its App Store to outside payment options. In a rare joint filing,...
Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead AI unit
DEEPMIND co-founder Mustafa Suleyman will become the head of a newly created consumer AI unit at Microsoft, the scientist and entrepreneur said on Tuesday. Suleyman is one of the...
Microsoft to release security AI product to help clients track hackers
MICROSOFT plans to release artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Apr 1 that will help cybersecurity workers produce summaries of suspicious incidents and ferret out the devious methods hackers use...
Microsoft game testers boost union ranks at company to 1,000
ABOUT 600 video game testers at Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard studios have unionised, more than doubling the size of labour’s foothold at the software giant, according to the Communications Workers...
