Google urges EU regulators to make Apple open up iMessage

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Once again, Google is pressuring Apple to open up iMessage — and this time, it’s doing so by way of a letter to European regulators. Joined by CEOs from major European telecommunications companies, an unnamed Google senior vice president signed a letter saying that Apple’s iMessage should be regulated as … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried trial jury sees his profane message about regulators

(Note language in paragraph 5 that readers may find offensive) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday overruled objections by Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and allowed jurors in the FTX founder’s fraud trial to see a profane message he sent to a reporter days after the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed complaining that … Read more

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard has been approved by UK regulators. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that the deal can proceed after Microsoft recently restructured the deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft. The decision clears the way for the deal to close now … Read more

As much as regulators to determine

Microsoft says it “actually tried” to take the issues of U.Okay. regulators to coronary heart, earlier than launching its contemporary bid to take over Activision Blizzard — and it is now as much as the regulators to determine whether or not that path is obvious. “I feel we have to let the regulators communicate for … Read more

Cruise instructed by regulators to ‘instantly’ cut back robotaxi fleet 50% following crash

Cruise, the self-driving automotive subsidiary of GM, has been requested to scale back its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday evening with a fireplace truck. The California Division of Motor Autos, the company that regulates the testing and deployment of autonomous autos within the state, requested the discount in operations. … Read more

Alibaba shares rise after Chinese language regulators superb Ant Group

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares jumped 4% on Monday morning. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs Inventory Chart IconStock chart icon Efficiency of Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares In March, Alibaba introduced a significant restructuring of its companies, which some analysts recommended might sign that the Chinese language authorities might loosen its grip on the home … Read more

Vodafone and Three plan to merge within the UK in a $19B deal (if regulators approve)

The cellular market in Europe and the U.Ok. — as soon as orchestrated to be ripe floor for competitors — has been on a long-term course of consolidation, and the newest chapter in that story was made official immediately. Vodafone Group and Hutchison Group have introduced a plan to merge their U.Ok. carriers, respectively the … Read more

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal heads to a summer season showdown with regulators

Microsoft’s enchantment of the UK Competitors and Markets Authority’s (CMA) choice to dam its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition will head to a listening to the week of July twenty fourth. The enchantment units Microsoft up for 2 summertime battles with regulators: one towards the CMA and the opposite towards the US Federal Commerce Fee (FTC), … Read more