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Apple, Google probes are a test of UK digital markets regime’s benefits

By Simon Zekaria ( August 13, 2025, 12:06 GMT | Comment) -- The outcome of Apple and Google-targeted probes under the UK competition regulator’s bespoke digital markets powers will be a test-bed of the new regime’s main benefits: to draw together various tech activities and to future-proof enforcement of some of the world’s most powerful companies.The UK competition regulator’s first probes using upgraded digital markets powers don’t pose risks just for the targeted companies themselves — Apple and Google. They also pose risks for the watchdog itself....

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