Previously, the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would conduct a second phase of investigation into Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm which can weakens competitors’ capabilities by restricting competitors’ access to Arm’s...
Last month, there were reports that Nvidia’s chances of acquiring ARM before March 2022 were getting smaller. On the one hand, British regulators may not consider the acquisition until this fall. On the other...
The European Commission announced a new proposal to expand anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules to the crypto industry because currently, only certain types of crypto-asset service providers are subject to these rules....
The well-known game developer Epic recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in the European Union. The company accused Apple of unfair competition in restricting the iOS app store. Epic has had a dispute...
During this period of time, the U.S. Department of Commerce banned Huawei and its affiliates, SMIC, and DJI, which focuses on drones, on various unwarranted charges. These bans not only have a negative impact...
E-commerce and technology giant Amazon has already been sued by EU antitrust lawsuits last year. At that time, the focus of the lawsuit was on Amazon’s use of data from third-party sellers. That is,...
The European Union has adopted a tough stance on climate change many years ago, including enacting laws to reduce the billions of e-waste generated each year. For example, we mentioned earlier that the European...
In the past, all feature phones and smartphones used detachable batteries. Users only need to open the battery back cover to install the batteries or replace them with new ones. But now almost all...
The European Union has promoted the use of the same interface for digital products in the early years, but at that time the European Union only recommended manufacturers to comply with the rules but...
In the past few years, the European Union has conducted many antitrust investigations against Google. For example, in the Android antitrust case, the EU antitrust agency fined Google a record of $5 billion, and...
Apple has already introduced devices with NFC chips and supports the binding of bank cards through wallets. Binding users can use Apple Payments for convenient payment. Of course, for Apple, users pay through their...
Although Huawei has repeatedly stressed that it hopes to cooperate with Google and other technology companies in the United States, Huawei has estimated that it has been hit hard if there is no backup...
In terms of data protection, Google is relatively uncomfortable and therefore often investigated, while competitor Apple is taking the opportunity to promote the company’s privacy protection. For example, Google’s Android operating system is often...
Previously, IBM decided to acquire Red Hat, a well-known open source software manufacturer. Red Hat mainly provides operating systems and related services for enterprises. Upon completion of the acquisition, Red Hat will become part...
Recently, the European Commission issued a public statement on its official website that it officially launched an anti-monopoly investigation against Broadcom to assess its exclusive measures to limit unfair competition. During the investigation, the...
Recently, the anti-monopoly regulators in the European Union once again issued anti-monopoly penalties to Google. The reason for this is that the EU believes that there is unfair competition in Google’s advertising services. At...
