European Commission

Aims to develop alternative to Big Three providers

EU officials see by as a 'killer acquisition' to see off rivals

Under the Digital Services Act, major online platforms are required to take more proactive steps in removing illegal and harmful content

X must answer questions about its crisis response protocol by next week

Semiconductors, AI, quantum technologies and biotech

Twitter infected more than any other social platform

The fine is smaller than that imposed in 2009 but US chipmaker is "evaluating its options"

Also Alphabet, Amazon and ByteDance

Tech giant will unbundle Teams from Office 365 and stop links opening in Edge by default - but only for European customers.

The European Commission will probe the US tech giant over anti-competitive practices