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Google’s Chrome is quietly testing a native Windows 11 toast that tells users when “Chrome is no longer your default browser,” a move that shifts the browser’s default‑status messaging out of the in‑app infobar and into the operating system itself — and it lands amid an escalating series of...

Brussels has published formal market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, a move that opens a 12‑month fact‑finding window into whether the two hyperscalers function as regulated “gatekeepers” for cloud computing services —...

Google’s quiet decision to withdraw its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft has converted a high‑profile bilateral regulatory fight into a broader institutional test of how Europe will police the cloud era — and it shifts the most consequential questions about vendor lock‑in, cloud...

Google has quietly withdrawn its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices in the European Union, a move that follows the European Commission’s decision to open a broader market investigation into cloud computing under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act framework and...

Google Cloud has formally withdrawn the antitrust complaint it lodged with the European Commission in September 2024 over Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices, a tactical retreat that coincides with the Commission’s own decision to open market investigations into cloud computing services —...

Google’s quiet withdrawal of its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud practices is a consequential tactical pivot: the company has stepped out of a one‑on‑one regulatory fight and handed the contest to Brussels, where the European Commission’s newly launched market investigations...

Google’s formal withdrawal of its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft is the most visible sign yet that the cloud competition fight has moved from bilateral legal wrangling to a Brussels‑led, regulatory test of the entire hyperscaler market — a shift triggered by the European Commission’s...

Google quietly withdrew the antitrust complaint it filed against Microsoft with the European Commission last year, a move that comes only days after Brussels launched sweeping market investigations into the cloud sector under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). What began as a high‑stakes regulatory...

Google’s decision to withdraw its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s Azure cloud services is a strategic pivot that hands the dispute over cloud licensing and alleged vendor lock‑in to Brussels’ broader Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforcement architecture — a move that reframes a...

Google’s quiet withdrawal of its antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union is more than a procedural footnote: it signals a tactical shift in a sprawling regulatory fight over cloud market structure, portability and the scope of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — a fight that will...

Alphabet’s Google has formally withdrawn the European Union antitrust complaint it lodged against Microsoft over alleged anti‑competitive cloud‑licensing practices, a move announced on November 28, 2025 that comes just days after the European Commission launched a coordinated set of market...

Alphabet’s Google has formally withdrawn its formal complaint to the European Commission alleging that Microsoft’s cloud licensing and commercial practices lock customers into Azure — a move that comes after Brussels opened a sweeping set of market investigations into the cloud sector that could...

Google’s abrupt withdrawal of its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud licensing is the latest twist in a transatlantic tussle over the future of cloud competition — and it comes as the European Commission has opened formal market investigations to determine whether Microsoft Azure...

Google’s decision to withdraw its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud practices has reframed what looked like a private legal confrontation into a full‑blown, public policy contest over how Europe will regulate cloud infrastructure in the AI era — a shift that hands the debate to...

Google’s decision to withdraw its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud practices is a swift, strategic pivot that hands the argument over to Brussels’ newly launched Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations — a move that reshapes the fight over cloud portability, vendor...

Google’s cloud antitrust complaint against Microsoft has been quietly folded into a much larger regulatory test of the industry: the company has formally withdrawn its EU complaint after Brussels opened a trio of Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations into cloud computing services...

Google’s decision to withdraw its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft is a tactical pivot that hands the dispute over cloud portability and vendor lock‑in to Brussels’ newly launched market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), changing the enforcement arena from a bilateral...

Google’s sudden withdrawal of its European Union antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud business marks a notable pivot in one of the most consequential tech rivalries of the decade: a strategic retreat that shifts the battleground from regulatory filings back into public policy debates...

Google’s abrupt withdrawal of its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft has converted a heated bilateral tussle into a full-blown regulatory showdown — and it did so on purpose. The complaint Google filed in September 2024, which accused Microsoft of licensing and commercial practices that...

Google’s decision to withdraw its 2024 antitrust complaint against Microsoft marks a tactical pivot in a broader contest over cloud market rules and regulatory remedies after the European Commission launched a separate, wider Digital Markets Act (DMA)–style investigation into cloud computing...