Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platformsThe Competition and Markets Authority escalated scrutiny of the two US tech companies Google and Apple by labeling them with "strategic mar...
22 Oct, 2025, 10.10 PM IST
UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platformsThe Competition and Markets Authority's announcement Wednesday follows separate investigations it opened at the start of the year into Goog...
23 Jul, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
UK aims to tackle Google dominance of online searchThe UK's CMA has proposed measures to curb Google’s dominance in online search, potentially granting it “strategic market status” under new...
24 Jun, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
Amazon agrees to tackle fake reviews in UK: regulatorAmazon has pledged to enhance its systems to combat fake online reviews on its UK platform, following an agreement with Britain's Competiti...
06 Jun, 2025, 03.05 PM IST
Google to clamp down on fake reviews in UK: RegulatorGoogle has agreed "significant changes" to tackling fake online reviews of UK services and products posted on the US giant's platforms, Bri...
24 Jan, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
UK probes Apple, Google competitiveness over mobilesThe UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, announced it will investigate whether Apple and Google hold "strategic...
23 Jan, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
UK launches probe into dominance of Google searchThe investigation might lead to Google getting the "strategic market status", subjecting it to special requirements under new UK regulation...
14 Jan, 2025, 04.50 PM IST
Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI staff prompts UK probeUK's CMA is investigating Microsoft's $650 million deal and hiring of Inflection AI staff, founded in 2022 by Mustafa Suleyman, involving i...
16 Jul, 2024, 08.54 PM IST
UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short: reportWSJ reviews UK privacy regulator's critique of Google's Privacy Sandbox. Google plans to phase out third-party cookies by late 2024, under ...
19 Apr, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up comes under antitrust scrutinyThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is examining the nature of Microsoft's investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and whether it may violate ant...
09 Dec, 2023, 08.06 AM 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
UK regulator launches probe into Amazon's planned purchase of iRobotThe probe launch by the UK watchdog comes at a time antitrust regulators, including those in the U.S. and the European Union, have become i...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
Apple appeals investigation by UK competition watchdogUS tech giants, including Google's owner Alphabet and Apple, are drawing increasing attention from competition regulators in Brussels, Lond...
20 Jan, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
UK begins investigation into Apple, Google's mobile browser dominanceThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday responses to its consultation from June revealed "substantial support" for a fu...
22 Nov, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
UK appeals court upholds ruling to block Meta's Giphy acquisitionAn appeals tribunal in the UK has upheld a previous ruling directing Meta (formerly Facebook) to unwind its $315 million acquisition of onl...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
Google, Apple's mobile duopoly likely to be probed by UK regulatorThe CMA has concluded after its year-long study that the tech giants (Google, Apple) do indeed exhibit an "effective duopoly" on mobile eco...
11 Jun, 2022, 09.09 AM IST
Indian-origin pharma boss banned for price-fixing in UKAmit Patel, a former director at the pharmaceutical companies Auden McKenzie and Amilco, was the subject of a UK Competition and Markets Au...
05 Jun, 2020, 04.16 PM IST