Microsoft’s latest maneuvers in the artificial intelligence arena are making waves throughout the tech industry, as the software titan aggressively promotes Copilot—its generative AI chatbot—within Bing search results. Users typing in queries related to rival AI offerings like OpenAI’s ChatGPT...
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Microsoft’s ongoing tension with antitrust authorities worldwide has landed its latest act on a new stage: Brazil. This time, it’s the Norwegian browser maker Opera shining a spotlight on competition practices amid the soaring stakes of the browser war and the gold rush toward artificial...
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The UK’s cloud computing sector stands at a critical juncture, as a landmark investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concludes that dominant players Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are harming competition. The findings mark an inflection point not only for British...
For more than two decades, the web browser market has been marked by fierce competition, regulatory scrutiny, and recurring debates over fair play—ultimately shaping how billions interact with the internet. The latest development in this long-running saga is the recent complaint filed by Opera...
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Microsoft’s entanglement with EU regulators over its bundling of the Teams workplace communication app with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites has rapidly evolved into one of the most consequential antitrust sagas in the global technology landscape. The stakes are substantial, not...
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Few rivalries in the technology sector have shaped markets or generated as much pointed rhetoric as the ongoing tension between Salesforce and Microsoft. In the current landscape, where artificial intelligence, cloud delivery, and collaboration tools define the competitive edge for enterprise...
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Microsoft’s recent move to restrict its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) exclusively to its first-party products has stirred significant concern and debate throughout the developer community. As of version 1.24.5 released on April 3, 2025, the extension now refuses to work on...
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Microsoft's response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the regulator's provisional ruling on cloud software licensing pricing is robust and critical. Microsoft calls the CMA's intervention "extraordinary and unprecedented," emphasizing that no other software provider...