Windows Microsoft is being fined $20 million by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by illegally gathering kids' personal information and retaining it without parental consent. Along with paying the rather small fine (slightly more than a tenth...
Windows Server Another economic powerhouse has assented to Microsoft's $68.7 billion absorption of video gaming powerhouse Activision Blizzard, with China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) giving the covenant its okay late last week. Reports of the regulator's approval appeared late last week, but it wasn't...
Windows UK regulators have dealt a serious blow to Microsoft's hopes of acquiring gaming giant Activision Blizzard, with the Competition and Markets Authority blocking the massive deal because Microsoft's proposed remedies "had significant shortcomings."Â The $68.7 billion purchase would be the largest in the gaming industry's...
Microsoft Office Microsoft's 365 productivity suite is the latest to get an injection of AI, with Redmond using what felt like an hours-long webcast to say Copilot AI will soon be available across the entire suite. If you're aware of Microsoft's addition of Copilot to its...
Microsoft Office Microsoft has once again proposed a ten-year licensing deal with Sony to appease British watchdog concerns over the Windows giant's proposed $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard – but the PlayStation maker isn't having any of it. In a document [PDF] published by the...
