Threatening competition penalty averted: EU drops proceedings against Microsoft after concessions
Microsoft can avert legal trouble
Competition proceedings against American companies have been a sensitive issue since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The EU has now amicably settled a dispute with Microsoft.
US software giant Microsoft has averted a threatened antitrust penalty by making concessions to the EU. As the European Commission announced, the American company has committed to offering certain Office suites, including applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, without the Teams communication platform for at least seven years and at a reduced price. In addition, customers with long-term licenses will be able to switch to packages without Teams, and data exchange with competing products will be possible.
Microsoft cuts thousands of jobs again
Software giant Microsoft is eliminating thousands of jobs for the second time in less than two months. The company announced that the cuts will affect less than four percent of its workforce. An exact number was not disclosed. ...
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