regulator

UK CMA Confirms Microsoft Compromise Satisfies Concerns

UK competition regulator indicates Microsoft/Activision compromise addresses previous CMA concerns in cloud gaming

1 year ago

Mastercard Ends Binance Card Partnership

Latest blow to crypto giant as Mastercard ends Binance-branded cards in certain regions, following similar move by Visa

1 year ago

Intel Purchase Of Tower Semiconductor Terminated, China Blamed

Intel's proposed acquisition of Tower Semiconductor for $5.4bn terminated after China failed to approve the deal

1 year ago

Binance Seeks Protection From US Financial Regulator

Crypto exchange Binance files for court protective order against US SEC, alleging regulator requests were “unduly burdensome”

1 year ago

Bipartisan Bill Seeks New US Tech Regulator

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Elizabeth Warren, back bill to create new US government tech commission

1 year ago

Twitter Is Top Platform For Online Hate, Says Australia

Australian regulator demands Twitter explain its handling of online hate, as complaints surge after Elon Musk lifted account ban

1 year ago

Irish Regulator Investigates Facebook Over ‘Data Leak’

After the discovery last week of a dataset of 533 million Facebook users, Irish regulator warns firm it may have…

4 years ago

French Appeals Court Orders Google To Talk To Publishers

Begin talks now about reusing content. French Appeals Court tells Google it must talk to French publishers over payments to…

4 years ago

Equifax To Pay $700m For Data Breach Settlement

Very costly. Equifax reportedly to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for data breach settlement with US regulators

5 years ago

Labour Party Promises To ‘Break Up’ Tech Giants

An impossible promise? Tom Watson says new regulator would break up American tech giants

6 years ago

Qualcomm Abandons Bid For NXP After Chinese Refusal

Announces massive share repurchase program and agrees to halt pursuit of Dutch chipmaker

6 years ago

Facebook Free Internet Hits Indian Regulator Buffers

Net neutrality halts Facebook's attempts to provide India with free Internet service

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Tech Watchdogs

Who watches the watchdogs? TechWeek does - and so can you, with our quiz about regulators!

10 years ago

French Regulators Rule On HP-Oracle Itanium Dispute

The bitter dispute between Oracle and HP over Itanium support has reached French regulators

13 years ago

Watchdog Seeks Mobile App Clampdown

The industry watchdog has warned of a clampdown on rogue mobile apps that charge users without consent

13 years ago

Ofcom Continues TalkTalk/Tiscali Probe

TalkTalk and Tiscali have coughed up millions in goodwill payments after wrongly billing customers

14 years ago

Intel-McAfee Deal To Get EU Blessing Next Week

European regulators are reportedly ready to approve the acquisition of McAfee after Intel's concessions

14 years ago

BT Reprimanded Over Fibre Advert Claims

Another communications provider is in trouble with the advertising regulator, after BT boasted that its fibre-based service could deliver the…

14 years ago

Vodafone Told Off For Femtocell Ad Claims

The advertising regulator has rapped Vodafone over the knuckles concerning an advert claim about its Sure Signal femtocell

14 years ago

Carbon Monitoring Vendor Speaks Out Against CRC

While activity around CRC is increasing, businesses are in the dark about achieving compliance, according to CloudApps chief executive

15 years ago

Orange and T-Mobile Merger Gets European Green Light

The European Commission has reportedly given the green light to the proposed Orange/T-Mobile merger, according to various media reports

15 years ago