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EU tech rules should curb cloud computing providers, study says

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EU tech rules should curb cloud computing providers, study says

A study on Tuesday said that the European Union’s draft plan to curb the power of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Facebook should also address potential anti-competitive behavior by cloud computing service providers.

The report coincides with the concerns of some EU legislators who are reviewing the Digital Market Act https://www.reuters.com/technology/tech-rules-not-just-few-giants-eus-vestager-says-2021-07-02 (DMA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager may be lenient towards cloud computing companies. Market research company Statista found that Amazon’s Amazon Web Services was the leading provider in the second quarter of this year, followed by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Others include IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Salesforce and Oracle.

The study was prepared by Frederic Jenny, chairman of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Competition Committee, in his personal capacity for the trade organization  Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE). “DMA does say that cloud infrastructure can be within the scope of DMA, but it does not obviously cover all vendors.

For example, Google Cloud does not seem to be eligible to be a gatekeeper or IBM Cloud or Salesforce under DMA,” Jenny told Reuters in an interview Tell Reuters. He said that some companies’ potential anti-competitive practices may include unfair pricing techniques or make it technically difficult for users to switch to competitors. Jenny said that the study interviewed about 25 companies using cloud computing services, some of which mentioned unfair licensing terms and other issues, which forced customers to pay for the software they already own when they turn to competitors.

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Respondents also worry that providers will bundle software products with their cloud infrastructure to reduce the attractiveness of competitors’ products or make them more expensive. Google, Oracle and SAP declined to comment. Microsoft and Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EU legislators must discuss the DMA draft with EU countries before it becomes law (possibly in 2023).

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Surfaces of the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra with Snapdragon 8S Gen 3

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Surfaces of the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra with Snapdragon 8S Gen 3

Early this week, renders of the Edge 50 Fusion appeared, and Motorola has previously stated that the Edge 50 Pro will ship on April 3. The highest-end smartphone in the Edge 50 series, the Edge 50 Ultra, has now been shown in renders.

The phone is depicted in the renderings in peach fuzz and black with a vegan leather finish, while sisal, a beige color, will have a brushed surface. As opposed to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 in the Pro variant and the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 in the Edge 50 Fusion, the phone is reportedly powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC.

A 50MP primary camera, an ultra-wide camera, and a periscope telephoto camera with a 5x optical zoom are all included in the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra’s feature set. Additionally, there is a triple LED flash on the right side and a laser autofocus feature above the periscope lens.

Although the phone’s display, battery, and charging specifications are yet unknown, the Edge 50 Pro is said to include 12GB of RAM and support both 50W and 125W wired and wireless charging.

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It is anticipated that this will launch as the Motorola X50 Ultra in China. It is unclear if the India launch may be expected on the same day as the rest of the Edge 50 series phones, even if this is scheduled to go official on April 3.

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