Europe

Analysis

Tougher rules on targeted ads, deepfakes, crafty web design, and more? Euro lawmakers give a thumbs up

'This is strongly limiting the scope of maneuver by Big Tech', expert tells El Reg

22 Jan 2022 07:30 | 36

On-Prem

EC president promises European Chips Act to quadruple homegrown production by 2030

'Most of our supplies come from outside Europe. This is a dependency and uncertainty we cannot afford'

21 Jan 2022 06:44 | 30

Security

CIOs across Europe add their VOICE to chorus of calls to regulate cloud gatekeepers

What do we want? Licences not lock-in! Where do we want to use them? Anywhere!

18 Nov 2021 10:15 | 4

Bootnotes

Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – Euro cops

Vid filming ended in deadly disaster

02 Oct 2021 07:10 | 155

On-Prem

Intel may spend up to €80bn on chip plants in Europe over next ten years

CEO also said it'll use its fab in Ireland to crank out parts for automakers amid shortages

08 Sep 2021 05:16 | 14

Personal Tech

Net neutrality lives... in Europe, anyway: Top court supports open internet rules, snubs telcos and ISPs

It only took five years

16 Sep 2020 06:59 | 37

Personal Tech

French monopoly watchdog orders Google to talk payment terms with French publishers

Copying article snippets could get costly, if web giant doesn't ditch them altogether

10 Apr 2020 06:52 | 38

SaaS

Oracle staffers in Europe weather cloudy job cuts: As many as 1,300 workers face chop after sales slide

Database giant needs 'adapt its spending to its revenue situation'

05 Mar 2020 07:49 | 17

Updated

The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it

German Constitutional Court is much more dangerous than people think

16 Jan 2020 10:57 | 51

Legal

It's official: Deploying Facebook's 'Like' button on your website makes you a joint data slurper

Using widgets probably not worth the GDPR minefield

29 Jul 2019 23:00 | 88

Networks

Brussels sprouts yet another 'transparency' centre: This time the honour is all ZTE's

Networks and phone builder joins compatriots Huawei in insisting it has nothing to hide

10 Jul 2019 15:44 | 3

Personal Tech

The completely rational take you need on Europe approving Article 13: An ill-defined copyright regime to tame US tech

Confusing rules aim to spread the wealth... in two years' time

26 Mar 2019 20:54 | 130

Analysis

El Reg eyes up Article 13 draft leak: Will new Euro law give Silicon Valley more power? Some lawyers think so

Copyright leak prompts Big Tech angst

05 Feb 2019 18:09 | 33

Legal

Facebook Like, social sharing buttons on your website may land you in GDPR hot water if data goes a-wanderin'

Euro court mulls whether site operators should share compliance responsibility with info-slurping giants

20 Dec 2018 07:06 | 42

Legal

EU tech tax talks teeter on brink – reports

As OECD strikes positive note on prospect of global consensus

03 Dec 2018 15:40 | 11

Software

EU Android latest: Critics diss Google's money-spinning 'cure'

You shouldn't profit from punishment

30 Oct 2018 15:30 | 35

Science

GDPR v2 – Gradually Diminishing Psychotic Robots: Brussels kills Terminator apocalypse

I won't be back

13 Sep 2018 06:01 | 46

Networks

Plans for half of Europeans to get 100Mbps by 2020 ain't gonna happen – report

EU auditors also reckon universal 30Mbps unlikely

07 Jun 2018 15:53 | 24

Exclusive

Under-fire Silicon Valley to gain new copyright 'safe harbour' in EU, fume critics

Language tweak makes internet giants safer than ever, say rights groups

27 Apr 2018 15:02 | 8

Software

Mulled EU copyright shakeup will turn us into robo-censors – GitHub

Code-sharing websites may be forced to install automatic infringement filters

15 Mar 2018 20:43 | 40

Science

Europe is living in the past (by nearly six minutes) thanks to Serbia and Kosovo

Continental electric clocks go TITSUP*

09 Mar 2018 16:57 | 148

Legal

Now Europe is getting jitters over Broadcom's Qualcomm takeover bid

Lawmakers express concern about data protection

02 Mar 2018 14:07 | 8

Legal

German Bar Association says Nein to patent court block effort

Good news for UPC advocates, bad news for EPO staff

15 Jan 2018 08:01 | 7

Personal Tech

Of course Uber allegedly had a tool to remotely destroy evidence

Early contender emerges for 'least surprising story of 2018'

11 Jan 2018 21:58 | 35

Security

EU law bods closer to baking new 'cookie law' after battle

Narrow vote goes against the 'it'll stifle innovation' crowd

26 Oct 2017 14:58 | 29

SaaS

Citrix switches on nuage français, deutsche wolke, nube española

New EuroCloud almost matches US cloud, if you can be bothered signing up

13 Oct 2017 03:58 | 3

Security

Give staff privacy at work, Euro human rights court tells bosses

Management must consider employees' rights in workplace policy

06 Sep 2017 06:34 | 36

Exclusive

Defra recruiting 1,400 policy wonks to pick up the pieces after Brexit

Prising IT systems from decades of EU lawmaking

17 Aug 2017 09:03 | 131

Legal

'No deal better than bad deal' approach to Brexit 'unsubstantiated'

Parliamentary committee calls for continued data sharing with Europol

04 Apr 2017 10:10 | 163

Exclusive

Silicon Valley bites back via Europe’s copyright reform

What on Earth is the 'innovation' field?

10 Mar 2017 14:00 | 5

Legal

Brexit could further harm woeful rural payments system

But we won't have to pay fines to Europe for being crap...

10 Feb 2017 10:06 | 63

Science

Europe mulls treating robots legally as people ... but with kill switches

Just in case we need to give our talking toasters a brainxit

13 Jan 2017 08:05 | 60

iPhone at 10

How Apple exploded Europe's crony capitalism

Jobs dared take on the GSM chumocracy – and won

10 Jan 2017 14:15 | 95

Personal Tech

Fox's meal Sky ready to smother Europe with foreign language OTT content

Could launch preemptive strike on local pay TV

16 Dec 2016 11:01 | 12

Channel

Chinese rivals: ZTE to take on Huawei... in the UK

Wants to make a play for smart cities and IoT

09 Sep 2016 10:13 | 3

Networks

Net neutrality activists claim victory in Europe

BEREC final guidelines land on the side of civil society

31 Aug 2016 06:29 | 19

On-Prem

Three posts lacklustre results, angrily mutters over O2 merger rejection

Getting ready for legal challenge against EU

11 Aug 2016 11:18 | 18

Channel

MPs of Europe unite: Listen up big biz, air your tax deals in public

Tax doesn't have to be taxing, unless you're trying to avoid it

28 Jun 2016 08:01 | 11

Science

Galileo satnav fleet waxes orbital

Satellites 13 and 14 launch tomorrow from French Guiana

23 May 2016 09:57 | 21

Channel

Europe adopts new cybersecurity rules for key players

New obligations on providers of essential services

18 May 2016 17:57 | 3

Networks

EU commish: We smacked down O2/Three but we didn't take it 'lightly'

Calls on consumers to submit evidence in crusade for greater competition

13 May 2016 11:04 | 31

Legal

Brexit campaign group fined £50k for sending half a million spam texts

Political junk mail OK when it's pro-EU and from gov.UK

11 May 2016 11:19 | 88

Analysis

How a Brexit could stop UK biz and Europe swapping personal data

An explosive combination of Safe Harbor and Snoopers' Charter

11 Mar 2016 07:02 | 112

On-Prem

Feel like you got ripped off online? This is for you

Europe opens new internet arbitration service

11 Jan 2016 08:03 | 11

On-Prem

Google Ventures ventures away from European investments

Move along please, nothing to see here

07 Dec 2015 12:42 | 8

Analysis

Europe fails to ban web 'fast lanes' – what now for Euro net neutrality?

Expect a decade of fights

27 Oct 2015 19:40 | 38

Guest Opinion

EU urged to ignore net neutrality delusions, choose science instead

Establish facts before making broadband regulations? Might be an idea

27 Oct 2015 09:01 | 34

Analysis

On its way: A Google-free, NSA-free IT infrastructure for Europe

Take open source. Enlist Euro carriers. How hard was that?

14 Oct 2015 09:31 | 67

Personal Tech

Are Samsung TVs doing a Volkswagen in energy tests? Koreans hit back

Motion Lighting mode is a feature, not a cheat, says biz

01 Oct 2015 23:33 | 44

On-Prem

Today's Groupon offer to its sacked employees: 100% off your salary

Deals site will axe 1,100 workers in $35m cull

22 Sep 2015 18:17 | 13

HPC Blog

ISC ’15 Student Cluster Competition: Euro kids answered the calls to arms

Human blood conducts electricity just fine

06 Aug 2015 10:04 | 4

On-Prem

Visa mobilises its money out of mobile money firm Monitise

Profitability remains just over the mobile horizon

08 Jul 2015 15:19 |

Legal

MEPs gear up to vote on Europe's copyright 'black spot' report

Political infighting ahead of NON-BINDING report augurs ill for legislative proposals

08 Jul 2015 07:01 | 2

Science

THEY WANTED OUR WOMEN: Neanderthals lusted after modern humans

And vice versa, perhaps. There was interbreeding, anyway

23 Jun 2015 11:42 | 54

Networks

Net neutrality? Meh. But don't you dare slow my video streaming

EU study finds hifalutin language interests folk less than practical effects

10 Jun 2015 10:20 | 6

Software

Uber app expands in France despite govt opposition ... and laws

Local taxis not happy, but peer-2-peer looks unstoppable

09 Jun 2015 15:42 | 14

Channel

Huawei peels back the covers in pursuit of partner love

Ok, so reseller recruitment was slow but we want to bed other partners too

22 May 2015 15:32 |

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Tougher rules on targeted ads, deepfakes, crafty web design, and more? Euro lawmakers give a thumbs up

EC president promises European Chips Act to quadruple homegrown production by 2030

EU data watchdog to Europol: You've helped yourself to too much data

New submarine cable to link Japan, Europe, through famed Northwest Passage

Euro-telcos call on big tech to help pay for their network builds

CIOs across Europe add their VOICE to chorus of calls to regulate cloud gatekeepers

Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – Euro cops

Intel may spend up to €80bn on chip plants in Europe over next ten years

Net neutrality lives... in Europe, anyway: Top court supports open internet rules, snubs telcos and ISPs

French monopoly watchdog orders Google to talk payment terms with French publishers

Oracle staffers in Europe weather cloudy job cuts: As many as 1,300 workers face chop after sales slide

The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it

It's official: Deploying Facebook's 'Like' button on your website makes you a joint data slurper

Brussels sprouts yet another 'transparency' centre: This time the honour is all ZTE's

The completely rational take you need on Europe approving Article 13: An ill-defined copyright regime to tame US tech

El Reg eyes up Article 13 draft leak: Will new Euro law give Silicon Valley more power? Some lawyers think so

Facebook Like, social sharing buttons on your website may land you in GDPR hot water if data goes a-wanderin'

EU tech tax talks teeter on brink – reports

EU Android latest: Critics diss Google's money-spinning 'cure'

GDPR v2 – Gradually Diminishing Psychotic Robots: Brussels kills Terminator apocalypse

Plans for half of Europeans to get 100Mbps by 2020 ain't gonna happen – report

Under-fire Silicon Valley to gain new copyright 'safe harbour' in EU, fume critics

Mulled EU copyright shakeup will turn us into robo-censors – GitHub

Europe is living in the past (by nearly six minutes) thanks to Serbia and Kosovo

Now Europe is getting jitters over Broadcom's Qualcomm takeover bid

German Bar Association says Nein to patent court block effort

Of course Uber allegedly had a tool to remotely destroy evidence

EU law bods closer to baking new 'cookie law' after battle

Citrix switches on nuage français, deutsche wolke, nube española

Give staff privacy at work, Euro human rights court tells bosses

Defra recruiting 1,400 policy wonks to pick up the pieces after Brexit

'No deal better than bad deal' approach to Brexit 'unsubstantiated'

Silicon Valley bites back via Europe’s copyright reform

Brexit could further harm woeful rural payments system

Europe mulls treating robots legally as people ... but with kill switches

How Apple exploded Europe's crony capitalism

Fox's meal Sky ready to smother Europe with foreign language OTT content

Chinese rivals: ZTE to take on Huawei... in the UK

Net neutrality activists claim victory in Europe

Three posts lacklustre results, angrily mutters over O2 merger rejection

MPs of Europe unite: Listen up big biz, air your tax deals in public

Galileo satnav fleet waxes orbital

Europe adopts new cybersecurity rules for key players

EU commish: We smacked down O2/Three but we didn't take it 'lightly'

Brexit campaign group fined £50k for sending half a million spam texts

How a Brexit could stop UK biz and Europe swapping personal data

Feel like you got ripped off online? This is for you

Google Ventures ventures away from European investments

Europe fails to ban web 'fast lanes' – what now for Euro net neutrality?

EU urged to ignore net neutrality delusions, choose science instead

On its way: A Google-free, NSA-free IT infrastructure for Europe

Are Samsung TVs doing a Volkswagen in energy tests? Koreans hit back

Today's Groupon offer to its sacked employees: 100% off your salary

ISC ’15 Student Cluster Competition: Euro kids answered the calls to arms

Visa mobilises its money out of mobile money firm Monitise

MEPs gear up to vote on Europe's copyright 'black spot' report

THEY WANTED OUR WOMEN: Neanderthals lusted after modern humans

Net neutrality? Meh. But don't you dare slow my video streaming

Uber app expands in France despite govt opposition ... and laws

Huawei peels back the covers in pursuit of partner love

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