EU rules reining in Big Tech will now target cloud services and AI, regulators sayThe European Union is expanding its Digital Markets Act to cover cloud and artificial intelligence services. This move aims to ensure faire...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
US Stocks: US market indexes enter earnings-heavy week on cautious footingWall Street indexes edged lower as investors awaited a busy earnings week and remained cautious due to stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks. Despi...
27 Apr, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Microsoft must face $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licencesA London tribunal has allowed a mass lawsuit against Microsoft. Thousands of British businesses claim they were overcharged for Windows Ser...
22 Apr, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
Microsoft business software faces UK competition probeThe Competition and Markets Authority said the probe would assess whether the US tech company should be handed "strategic market status" (S...
31 Mar, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
Amazon, Microsoft cloud services could face tougher EU rulesAmazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules as Brussels probes their market power, the bloc's tech chief s...
18 Nov, 2025, 04.08 PM IST
Microsoft disables services to Israel defense unit over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza; all you need to know about tech giant’s big moveMicrosoft has disabled specific cloud and AI services utilized by a unit within the Israeli Ministry of Defense, following an internal revi...
26 Sep, 2025, 07.03 AM IST
Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probeThe FTC is probing Microsoft's software licensing and cloud practices. The investigation focuses on potential anti-competitive behavior. Mi...
28 Nov, 2024, 07.44 AM IST
US FTC plans to investigate Microsoft's cloud businessThe agency is examining allegations that the software giant is potentially abusing its market power in productivity software by imposing pu...
15 Nov, 2024, 10.02 AM IST
Microsoft hit with Spanish startups' complaint about cloud practicesThe US tech giant ranks second in the cloud computing sector, behind market leader Amazon but is expected to close the gap rapidly as a clu...
07 May, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
Microsoft in talks to end trade body's cloud computing complaintCISPE, whose members include Amazon and 26 small EU cloud providers, filed a complaint with the European Commission in late 2022 alleging t...
07 Feb, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominanceUK media regulator Ofcom has requested the country's antitrust regulator, the CMA, to investigate the dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in ...
05 Oct, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
European Commission preparing formal complaint against Microsoft Teams video appThe EU's investigation was initiated following a complaint from Salesforce's messaging platform Slack. In addition to this, Microsoft is fa...
19 Sep, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
Microsoft's role in data breach part of US cyber inquiryA U.S. cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing that will also include Microsoft Corp's role in the recent br...
11 Aug, 2023, 07.36 AM IST
Amazon, Microsoft cloud services face UK antitrust probeOfcom, which started looking into cloud services last year, said it was particularly worried about the practices of Amazon Web Services (AW...
05 Apr, 2023, 06.04 PM IST
Britain's cloud market needs competition probe, regulator saysThe communications regulator said on Wednesday it had uncovered practices and features that made it more difficult for customers to switch ...
05 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Google says Microsoft's cloud practices anti-competitive, slams deals with rivalsGoogle Cloud's first public comments on Microsoft and its EU deals underscores the rivalry between the two US tech giants in the multi-bill...
30 Mar, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
Microsoft must do more to resolve antitrust issues, say European rivalsResolving the complaints with the companies could help Microsoft stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation that could lead to a fine ...
24 Mar, 2023, 07.46 AM IST