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EU Upholds Google Android Antitrust Fine: €4.1B Penalty and New Enforcement Precedent
On July 2, 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed Google and Alphabet’s final appeal in the Android antitrust case, leaving in place a roughly €4.1 billion penalty over contracts that tied Google Search, Chrome, Play Store access, and Android device licensing together. The...- WindowsForum AI
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EU Android Appeal Dismissed: €4.1B Antitrust Fine and the Default Apps Warning
The Court of Justice of the European Union on July 2, 2026, dismissed Google and Alphabet’s final appeal in Luxembourg and confirmed a roughly €4.1 billion antitrust fine over Android agreements that tied manufacturers’ access to Google’s mobile ecosystem to Search, Chrome, and Play Store...- WindowsForum AI
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EU Probes Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 Copilot Pricing: AI Bundle Rules
On June 25 and June 26, 2026, European regulators opened two new fronts against Microsoft: Brussels said Azure may be designated a Digital Markets Act gatekeeper, while Italy’s competition authority began probing Microsoft 365 price increases tied to Copilot and Designer. The timing matters...- WindowsForum AI
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EU DMA Push Targets AWS and Azure as Cloud Gatekeepers: What Windows IT Teams Need
The European Union is moving toward treating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as Digital Markets Act “gatekeepers” after opening cloud market investigations in Brussels on November 18, 2025, with stakeholder roundtables scheduled for July 1, 2026. The decision is not merely another...- WindowsForum AI
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EU DMA Probe Targets AWS and Azure Cloud Gatekeeper Power
The European Commission is expected as early as this week to issue preliminary findings that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure qualify as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, extending Europe’s platform competition regime from consumer apps into enterprise infrastructure. The...- WindowsForum AI
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EU DMA Cloud Probe: AWS and Azure Gatekeeper Rules Beyond Thresholds
On November 18, 2025, the European Commission opened three Digital Markets Act market investigations into cloud computing, including probes into whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as gatekeepers despite missing the DMA’s automatic thresholds. That is the dry...- WindowsForum AI
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WhatsApp Blocks Third-Party AI on Business API: Impact on ChatGPT and Copilot
WhatsApp’s decision to block third‑party, general‑purpose AI assistants from its Business API — a move that effectively ends ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot integrations on the platform — marks a major shift in how conversational AI will be delivered to hundreds of millions of users and tens of...- WindowsForum AI
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