Google and Microsoft are at it again, now over government software

 Protocol, here. 

Article 114 TFEU as a Legal Basis for Strengthened Control of Acquisitions by Digital Gatekeepers

 Legal Opinion commissioned by Germany, here. 

[My bet: contrarian legal opinion by Ireland soon...]

Transcript of the Background Talk "New EU-rules for Big Tech: How to improve the Digital Services Act"

SNV, hier.  

Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces

 MIT Tech Review, here.

Didi loses 30% of daily users after Beijing crackdown following IPO

 FT, here

‘New Directions in the European Union’s Innovation Policy?’

 MPI, here.

Wild West ist nun vorbei [?]

 SZ, hier.

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance, report shows

 Reuters, here. 

Amazon is piling ads into search results and top consumer brands are paying up for prominent placement

 CNBC, here.

Europe’s enforcement paralysis

ICCL, here.  

FDA to PTO

 Here. 

DIGITALE ÜBERWACHUNG UND KONTROLLE AM ARBEITSPLATZ

 W. Christli, hier. 

Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’

 The Guardian, here. 

Big Tech, Big Problems, & Big Solutions: The Legislative Package to Reinvigorate Platform Competition

 Public Knowledge, here. 

Australia proves that small publishers benefit from collective negotiation with Big Tech – Canada should follow suit

News Media Canada, here.

Withdrawal of the Vertical Merger Guidelines

 L. Kahn, here. 

Big tech companies snap up smaller rivals at record pace

FT, here.  

Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers

 Chez Senator Klobuchar, here.

The Commission adopts a Statement of Objections in view of adopting interim measures following Illumina's early acquisition of GRAIL

 EC, here. 

Early draft*s* of the DMA proposal: A take

 Coalition for App Fairness, here. 

Beyond Debiasing

 EDRi, here.

THE USE OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN THE EU’S BANKING AND PAYMENTS SECTOR

 EBA, here.

Comments regarding the draft revised VBER and VGL as published on 9 July 2021

 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Bundeskartellamt, here.