Google uses anti-competitive advertising practices, UK authority finds

Google’s anti-competitive advertising practices are harming UK publishers and advertisers, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found on Friday (6 September), amid similar investigations in the EU and US over the company’s monopolistic beha…

Oasis fiasco prompts UK Ticketmaster probe

Competition and Markets Authority looks back in anger after “dynamic pricing” row.

European Commission to examine Ticketmasterโ€™s โ€˜dynamic pricingโ€™

Review follows UK competition watchdogโ€™s announcement of โ€˜urgent reviewโ€™ into Oasis concert tickets fiascoTicketmasterโ€™s ability to raise the price of concert tickets based on demand is being scrutinised by the European Commission, the Guardian has lea…

UK regulator closes app store probe, but new rules could lead to renewed scrutiny of big tech

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority closed its investigation into Google and Apple app stores on 21 August, but new laws that would give it more power to control the dominance of big tech companies could ensure that scrutiny continues.

Metaโ€™s revised commitments on ad data use gets green light from UK authority

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved changes to Metaโ€™s commitments regarding how it uses the data from customers using advertising, the authority announced on Tuesday (20 August).

Combination therapies offer hope to cancer patients โ€“ but we need to act now to ensure access

There is an urgent need to consider solutions to overcome complex access challenges to combination therapies โ€” payers, policymakers and industry leaders must work together and act now to ensure access.

Commission eyes Microsoftโ€™s AI deal with Franceโ€™s Mistral

Microsoft is already under regulatory scrutiny over its ties to OpenAI.

AI choice should not be โ€˜American or American,โ€™ EU antitrust chief warns

Europe fears a repeat of how U.S. tech giants gobbled up social media, cloud markets.

The UKโ€™s move in competition policy

Since Brexit, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has regained its status as a prominent competition enforcer. As the British Parliament is set to adopt a bill that will increase the CMAโ€™s powers and introduce new obligations on tech companies.

Adobe drops $20bn takeover of Figma after EU and UK regulator concerns

UKโ€™s CMA said deal would threaten competition in the product design, image editing and illustration marketsAdobe has abandoned its $20bn (ยฃ15.8bn) takeover of its smaller rival Figma, after European and UK regulators raised concerns that it would elimi…

Adobe abandons Figma takeover after Brussels, UK opposition

EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager had come out against the deal.