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In a decisive escalation of EU tech regulation, the European Commission has opened market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), seeking to determine whether their cloud offerings function as “gatekeeper” services and whether the...

The European Commission has opened formal market investigations into Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), signalling a possible expansion of EU gatekeeper obligations into cloud infrastructure and setting the stage for a year-long regulatory review of...

The European Commission’s decision to probe the market power of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud—and to weigh bringing cloud infrastructure within the scope of the Digital Markets Act—reflects a strategic shift: regulators now see cloud concentration as a systemic risk to...

The European Commission is preparing a formal look into whether Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud should be brought within the scope of the Digital Markets Act after a run of high‑impact outages exposed both the systemic importance of hyperscale clouds and the practical...

Europe’s sudden dependence on a handful of hyperscalers moved from abstract policy debate to urgent public‑policy problem this autumn, after two high‑impact outages — one at Amazon Web Services and one at Microsoft Azure — interrupted banking, transport, messaging and public services across the...

Microsoft’s recent moves in Canary and Insider channels suggest the long‑running tug‑of‑war over whether Windows 11 will keep forcing Edge and Bing for taskbar searches may finally be loosening — but the change is still an experiment, regionally motivated, and far from guaranteed to ship...

Microsoft appears to be testing a change that would let the Windows 11 taskbar search respect the browser and search engine you set as defaults — meaning a typed query could open in Chrome with Google (or in your preferred browser/search combination) instead of being routed to Microsoft Edge and...

Microsoft has quietly altered the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to give consumers across the European Economic Area a one‑year window of free security updates — but the relief comes with narrow eligibility rules, mandatory Microsoft account sign‑ins, and a hard deadline that...

Microsoft will keep releasing security updates for Windows 10 for one extra year in the European Economic Area, but the relief is strictly regional—and the fine print matters more than the headlines. Background Microsoft has set October 14, 2025 as the official end-of-support date for Windows...

Microsoft’s push to make Edge an “AI browser” took a decisive step this year with an update that gives Copilot the ability to act on users’ behalf inside the browser — opening and navigating tabs, running searches, and executing multi-step tasks like bookings and form-filling when explicitly...

Microsoft’s last-minute concession is a win for European consumers: the company will provide a one-year, no-cost extension of critical security updates for Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area (EEA), while users elsewhere still face a mixed bag of free-but‑conditional enrollment, a...

Microsoft just reversed course for millions of users in the European Economic Area: Windows 10 owners in those countries can enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program at no cost for one year, but the lifeline comes with strict limits, mandatory account ties, and a...

Microsoft’s last‑minute reversal means consumers inside the European Economic Area (EEA) can now claim a free, one‑year stream of Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards — a narrowly scoped...

Microsoft’s last-minute shift on Windows 10 extended security updates has turned what looked like a tidy, paid “escape hatch” into a regional free-for-all — and exposed a tangle of regulatory, privacy, and security trade-offs that matter for millions of PCs worldwide. Background Microsoft will...

Microsoft has agreed to provide a no‑cost, one‑year extension of Windows 10 security updates for consumer PCs in the European Economic Area (EEA), altering the enrollment conditions that drew criticism and sparking a fresh debate about regional fragmentation, planned obsolescence, and user...

Microsoft has agreed to give consumers inside the European Economic Area (EEA) a one‑year safety net of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 without the backup‑to‑OneDrive condition that originally accompanied the free enrollment path — a concession driven by sustained pressure from...

Microsoft has quietly recalibrated its Windows 10 end-of-life playbook for European consumers, agreeing to provide a no-cost year of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for personal devices in the European Economic Area (EEA) after pressure from consumer organisations — but the fix is partial...

Microsoft’s last-minute carve‑out for Europe has turned what looked like a costly, conditional “grace period” for Windows 10 into a consumer-friendly, one‑year security lifeline — but it is a carefully limited lifeline with binding conditions and real trade‑offs that every user should understand...

Microsoft has quietly backtracked on a controversial condition for consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 — but the reversal comes with important caveats that mean the relief is real for European users, yet narrower than many headlines suggested. Background / Overview Microsoft...

Microsoft’s surprise reversal on Extended Security Updates (ESU) hands many European Windows 10 users a full extra year of security patches — at no cost — but the concession comes with conditions, a ticking clock, and important caveats users must understand before they relax. Background: Windows...