Tom Warren / The Verge: The CMA announces an investigation into public cloud providers in the UK, following a referral from Ofcom, and says the probe will conclude by April 2025  —  The clouds are gathering over Microsoft’s Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announces Synapse, designed to streamline post-trade processes using smart contracts, which will go live on October 9  —  HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Habyt, an Airbnb-style service aimed at longer stays and “flexible living”, raised a €40M Series C and claims ~30K rental units across ~50 cities  —  When it comes to visiting new cities, Airbnb changed the game for people who might have previously considered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Belgium’s intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe at Liège’s cargo airport to detect “possible espionage” by Chinese entities  —  Security service says Chinese group’s logistics arm in Liège under scrutiny over use of sensitive data Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Habyt, an Airbnb-style service aimed at longer stays and “flexible living”, raised a €40M Series C and claims ~30K rental units across ~50 cities  —  When it comes to visiting new cities, Airbnb changed the game for people who might have previously considered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Belgium’s intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe at Liège’s cargo airport to detect “possible espionage” by Chinese entities  —  Security service says Chinese group’s logistics arm in Liège under scrutiny over use of sensitive data Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: The UK’s Ofcom finds that Amazon and Microsoft make it difficult for UK businesses to switch cloud providers or use multiple and refers the case to the CMA  —  – Ofcom is concerned that so-called “hyperscalers” like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in the cloud computing market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Habyt, an Airbnb-style service aimed at longer stays and “flexible living”, raised a €40M Series C and claims ~30K rental units across ~50 cities  —  When it comes to visiting new cities, Airbnb changed the game for people who might have previously considered … Lees verder op Tech Meme