Microsoft’s high-stakes legal gambit in the UK could redraw the map for the entire European market for second‑hand Windows and Office licences, and the preliminary hearing now before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is already exposing fault lines that matter to resellers, IT purchasers...
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OpenAI’s highly anticipated corporate restructuring has been pushed off the immediate calendar as last‑ditch negotiations with Microsoft over API access, intellectual property (IP) rights and a disputed “AGI clause” remain unresolved, forcing a delay that could push the overhaul into next year...
