Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is "using its strength" in the software market to make it harder for Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Cloud to compete for cloud customers in the U.

Many Amazon cloud clients want to test and evaluate DeepSeek's AI capabilities, according to an internal AWS document obtained by BI.

If the companies are found to have ‘strategic market status’ then they could face restrictions on egress fees and software licensing.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority’s independent inquiry group has published provisional findings following an in-depth assessment

Cloud giant explains its thinking behind support for Apache open table format AWS bet on the Apache Iceberg open table format (OTF) across its analytics, machine learning, and storage stack as a concerted response to demand from customers already using its popular S3 object storage.

Google plans to invest another $1 billion into Anthropic. The tech giant previously pumped $2bn into the generative AI business, along with providing cloud computing services.

The cash infusion comes on top of the $2 billion that Google has already provided to the artificial intelligence developer. Separately, Anthropic is said to be raising $2 billion from a group of institutional investors led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The latter deal is expected to value the company at $60 billion.

The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group has published provisional findings following an in-depth assessment into cloud service

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will take a closer look at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's cloud dominance.

The CMA has published the provisional findings from its long-running investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure services market, and is considering taking targeted action against AWS and Microsoft out of concern about the competitive impact their hold on the sector is having.

Abstract Security announced today that it has added Google Cloud Marketplace support, in addition to the support it already offers for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Marketplace, for comprehensive multi-cloud security data operations.

Amazon has reported a very high operating margin in AWS for the last three quarters, which has helped boost the overall operating income and EPS. Read more here.