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On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it had preliminarily concluded Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, exposing both businesses to stricter EU competition obligations after a...

The European Commission said on June 25, 2026, that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers in the European Union, a preliminary finding that would bring cloud infrastructure under the bloc’s toughest platform-competition regime. This is...

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...

Alphabet’s Google has quietly withdrawn its formal complaint against Microsoft over Azure cloud practices in the European Union, a strategic retreat that follows the European Commission’s decision to open a broader market inquiry into cloud computing under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This...

Google’s decision to withdraw its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices on the same week the European Commission opened a wide-ranging probe into the cloud market crystallizes a new phase in the hyperscaler rivalry — one driven more by regulatory...

Google’s decision to withdraw a 2024 antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud business marks a swift, tactical retreat in a larger, rapidly unfolding regulatory fight over cloud market structure and the application of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) to hyperscale infrastructure...

The European Commission has formally opened a set of market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), testing whether the world’s two largest cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” and whether the DMA’s toolbox...

The European Commission has formally opened three inquiries under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that together mark the most serious regulatory scrutiny of cloud infrastructure yet: two focused market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, and a third horizontal probe...

Microsoft's reversal on Windows 10 support hands European consumers another year of critical security updates — but the fix comes with strings attached, geographic limits, and lingering privacy and operational trade-offs that every Windows user should evaluate before deciding whether to stay put...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical...

Microsoft Edge’s latest Canary build contains an eye-catching — and quietly aggressive — internal experiment: a pop-up that nudges users who habitually use Google Chrome to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar when they close the browser. The code names and feature flags discovered in...