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Ninja gets smart in the kitchen with its first meat thermometer — and it beats the competition on price
Ninja has launched its first ever meat thermometer in a bid to help at-home chefs get a little smarter when it comes to cooking meat perfectly. The new gadget also looks like it could give market leader Meater a run for its money. The newly-announced Ninja ProChef Wireless Thermometer offers the same app connectivity and real-time data as the Meater…
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UK watchdog finds Google provisionally guilty of restricting online ad competition – Computerworld
“Self-preferencing” limits competition As the CMA explains it, digital advertising has various intermediaries that facilitate the sale of online advertising space on websites or mobile apps between two key parties: sellers, aka publishers, and buyers, aka advertisers. Google acts as an intermediary in three key parts of the advertising chain: It operates ad-buying tools for advertisers, Google Ads and DV360;…
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UK Regulator Deems Microsoft and Inflection AI’s Partnership a Merger, But Clears It Of Competition Concerns
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has ended its investigation into the partnership between Microsoft and Inflection AI and cleared it of any competition concerns. It did, however, deem it a “relevant merger situation” that falls within its jurisdiction, so similar deals that do not strictly meet the criteria of an acquisition could be investigated in the future. Inflection AI…
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UK Competition Watchdog Accepts Meta’s Proposed Changes to Ad Data Use
Meta’s new approach to handling advertiser data has been approved by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. This comes ahead of the rollout of a new digital markets competition regime, which will grant it more power to quash the monopolistic behaviours of big tech companies. As well as approving Meta’s commitments, the CMA has also closed its existing Competition Act…
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Amazon’s $4 billion investment in Anthropic faces UK competition probe – here’s what it means
The UK’s competition watchdog is looking into Amazon’s $4 billion investment in AI firm Anthropic, saying it may refer the deal for further investigation. First unveiled by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2023, the deal consisted of an initial $1.25 billion stake in the firm and was followed by an additional $2.7 billion, confirmed earlier this year. As part…
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