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Apple, Google-targeted probe actions a crucible for UK regulator’s powers

By Simon Zekaria ( January 7, 2026, 13:39 GMT | Comment) -- The UK competition regulator’s enforcement of threatened actions this year to change Apple and Google’s practices is a touchstone of its broader digital markets enforcement powers. While the watchdog is considering opening other strategic market status probes, the ones it’s already running will be a marker for the success or failure of the regime.The UK's competition regulator has said it is considering opening more strategic market status, or SMS, probes targeting the world’s most powerful tech companies in 2026. But it's the ones it has already opened which are being watched as test cases for the new antitrust regime....

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