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158 FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

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msmash @ Slashdot · 02/13/2026 13:31 EDT

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

The US Federal Trade Commission is accelerating scrutiny of Microsoft as part of an ongoing probe into whether the company illegally monopolizes large swaths of the enterprise computing market with its cloud software and AI offerings, including Copilot. From a report: The agency has issued civil investigative demands in recent weeks to companies that compete with Microsoft in the business software and cloud computing markets, according to people familiar with the matter. The demands feature an array of ques

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