The UK CMA's block of Microsoft's Activision deal focuses on the nascent cloud gaming market, confusing analysts as regulators typically focus on mature markets
but that's what tripped up the Activision deal Sean Carey / TrueAchievements : Microsoft inks another 10-year cloud gaming partnership despite CMA setback Sean Hollister / The Verge : Microsoft's Acti...
Sources: to avoid a formal antitrust investigation by EU regulators, Microsoft agrees to stop bundling Teams with Office, after a complaint from Slack to the EU
Here's What to Watch Luke Hughes / TechRadar : Microsoft Teams is about to become optional for Office users Sean Endicott / Windows Central : Is Microsoft going to debundle Teams and Office? One repor...
In a bid to appease lawmakers and regulators, Microsoft outlines 11 app store principles, including equal treatment and allowing third-party payment processing
Microsoft hints it will open up Xbox store, changing its entire business model The Economic Times : Microsoft unveils new app store guidelines as it woos regulators on deal Financial Times : Microsoft...
Sources: Microsoft and ByteDance hoped to have broad strokes of a TikTok deal by Monday, but then Trump's comments led them to seek clarity from the White House
Trump Deletes TikTok Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : Microsoft might buy TikTok — here's what's going on Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : It's official: Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok's US ope...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...
Microsoft pushes a fix for a critical flaw in a cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows; NSA says it alerted Microsoft to the bug
rather than weaponizing it Robert Hackett / Fortune : The NSA patches up its reputation with a gift to Microsoft Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Microsoft turns the screws on Windows 7 users with fu...
A developer based in Crimea and one based in Iran say that GitHub has “restricted” their accounts “due to US trade controls”
Tip: You can use this extension … Troy Wolverton / Business Insider : GitHub is reportedly blocking access to its site for users in places like Crimea and Iran, which are under US sanctions Joe Fay / ...
Consumer Reports pulls its recommendations of Microsoft Surface devices after an issue with their “predicted reliability” based on an annual subscriber survey
here's why I'm not worried by the Consumer Reports downgrade Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com : Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer : Consumer Re...
CEOs of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and others decry Trump's decision to withdraw US from Paris climate accord as Musk exits Trump advisory councils
and the move could spell bigger problems for Tesla Paris Martineau / New York Magazine : For an International Pact That's ‘Anti-Business,’ the Paris Agreement Sure Seems Popular in the Tech Industry J...