Google has rolled out its generative AI performance reports in Search Console to all websites worldwide as of August 31, 2026, following a phased rollout that began in June. The reports show impressio…
Google is rolling out a Search Console setting that lets website owners opt out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover's AI features without leaving Search, a choice that became available after the UK…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority launched a formal investigation on July 29, 2026, into whether Microsoft misled customers by failing to clearly offer a cheaper Classic plan without Copilot AI…
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into whether Microsoft misled 365 Personal and Family customers when it raised prices and bundled in its Copilot AI assistant. T…
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into Microsoft over concerns that the tech giant misled customers about subscription options for Microsoft 365 personal and fa…
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority opened a consumer-law investigation into Microsoft on July 27, 2026, over whether Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers were given clear information…
The UK government is considering intervening in Paramount Skydance Corporation's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, citing concerns that the merger would bring HBO Max, CNN, …
Tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are embedding AI features across services, but users and publishers criticize the lack of opt-out options. DuckDuckGo saw a 30% increase in U.S. installs a…
Google is negotiating AI content licensing deals with roughly 20 national news publishers, demanding real money, transparency, and control as regulators like the UK's CMA impose new rules. The talks f…
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal was wrong to set aside the competition watchdog's decision against Pfizer for excessive pricing of an anti-epilepsy drug, the Court of Appeal ruled. The regulator fo…
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has introduced two new conduct requirements for Google's general search services, mandating fair and transparent ranking of organic results and legally oblig…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to explain how it ranks search results and to allow users to port their search data to third-party services within 3 to 6 months, citing concern…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to allow news publishers to opt out of having their content scraped for AI training and search features, marking what the regulator called a "wo…
Google will allow website owners to opt out of having their content used in AI-generated search features while remaining eligible for traditional search results, following a UK Competition and Markets…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to provide clearer attributions and links to publisher content in its AI-generated search features and to allow UK publishers to opt out of AI s…
The U.K. has imposed legal guardrails on Google's AI search features, requiring the tech giant to offer publishers an opt-out toggle for generative AI results. Google announced compliance Wednesday, a…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Google must allow online publishers to opt out of having their content appear in AI Search features, including AI Overviews, and prevent i…
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority imposed new conduct requirements on Google's search services Wednesday, including a provision allowing publishers to opt out of having their content used to…
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority announced Wednesday it will require Google to give publishers more control over how their content appears in AI-generated search results. The conduct require…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has imposed new conduct requirements on Google, giving publishers the power to opt out of having their content used to train the company's AI models and power …