EU Regulators Agree to Rein in Big Tech’s Walled Gardens

Regulators in the European Union’s Parliament reached an agreement on a package of laws aimed at curtailing technology companies’ anti-competitive practices late Thursday.The Digital Markets Act would open up so-called “walled gardens,” ecosystems of linked software and hardware. To that end, the legislation would prohibit technology companies from conferring preference on their own services, i.e. Apple could not set Safari as the default browser on a new MacBook.“W