Tag: UK
UK Introduces Bill To Push Digital Competition Reform
On Tuesday, April 25th, the UK introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill after experiencing significant delays. The bill will grant regulatory authority...
UK Sets Up And Funds New Taskforce To Drive AI
On Monday, Britain announced an initial funding of 100 million pounds ($124.5 million) for the development of foundation models, a type of artificial intelligence...
UK To Create New Regulator To Tackle Big Tech
The British government plans to create a new regulator to monitor the increasing power of major technology platforms like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Legislation...
Google Allows UK Developers To Use Alternate Payment Methods To Appease...
Google has announced that it will allow Android developers to bypass in-app payments on its Play app store in order to address concerns raised...
UK Watchdog Probes Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot Acquisition
The UK's competition regulator has initiated a preliminary investigation, referred to as "Phase 1", into Amazon's proposed purchase of iRobot, the company responsible for...
UK Regulator Probes On the Key Group’s Proposed Deal
The Competition and Markets Authority of the UK has initiated an inquiry into the Key Group's planned acquisition of RM Integris and RM Finance,...
UK Could Intro Crypto Laws Within 12 Months
England could have laws governing the cryptocurrency sector in place within a year.
That’s according to Andrew Griffith, economic secretary to the U.K. Treasury, who...
Sony Calls UK’s Reversed Stance On Microsoft Activision Deal ‘Surprising &...
The UK government's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the feedback on their initial assessment that Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision would not...
UK To Probe Amazon’s $1.7B Takeover Of Roomba
The purchase of iRobot by Amazon is under investigation by British antitrust regulators, and the deal is receiving additional scrutiny due to its value...
UK Regulator Takes Aim At Motorola
On Wednesday, the UK antitrust regulator announced limitations on the amount that Motorola Solutions can charge for the use of its radio network, Airwave,...
