EU tries to pin down China on definition of 'important data' Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads Legal29 Aug 2024 | 2
Game not over: Epic brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe, using its own app store But the cost of battling Apple and Google? A hefty $1B lost in revenue Software17 Aug 2024 | 27
TSMC confirms it'll dig into Dresden for chip giant's first fab on Euro soil Partnership with NXP, Infineon, and Bosch finally gets under way Systems30 Jul 2024 | 3
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything Networks02 Jul 2024 | 51
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too Security21 Jun 2024 | 56
Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show Germans cooling on proper EVs, according to auto industry group Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 172
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'? AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22
EU grants €15M funding for ICARUS inflatable heat shield Exclusive Just don't let it fly too close to the Sun Science10 Jun 2024 | 24
Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life ANDES, in the Andes, is predicted to find the first Population III mega-star Science08 Jun 2024 | 30
Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint 'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2024 | 20
STMicro bags €2B from Europe for Sicily car chip fab Eurocrats made them an offer they couldn't refuse Public Sector03 Jun 2024 | 1
Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying? Those with a delicate constitution, look away now Bootnotes13 May 2024 | 179
CoreWeave plows £1B into UK HQ and datacenters as it eyes European expansion Ah, just nod and smile when they talk about Britain and Europe Off-Prem13 May 2024 | 5
Politicians call for ban on 'killer robots' and the curbing of AI weapons Video 'This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation' AI + ML30 Apr 2024 | 56
European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 48
Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect Networks12 Apr 2024 | 8
Microsoft Teams decouples from Office 365 suite globally Licenses everywhere can omit collaboration app thanks to EU regulators Applications02 Apr 2024 | 23
Amazon fined in Europe for screwing shoppers with underhand dark patterns E-commerce titan to appeal sanction amounting to three hours of annual profit Personal Tech29 Mar 2024 | 58
Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon Looking for feedback before pressing the production button PaaS + IaaS26 Mar 2024 | 4
Oh look, cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS Thanks to Europe forcing Apple to offer a browser choice screen. Now, about ditching WebKit ... Applications14 Mar 2024 | 68
European Union lawmakers line up to defend world's first AI Act Rules were not bent for Big Tech, politicians say AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 10
IAB Europe's ad consent popups pose privacy problem Court of Justice of the European Union says consent identifers are personal info, subject to GDPR Personal Tech08 Mar 2024 | 24
The DMA hasn't changed Big Tech's anticompetitive DNA, says Free Software Foundation Europe Advocacy group wants more changes, starting with Device Neutrality Public Sector07 Mar 2024 | 1
Google dresses up services for the EU's Digital Markets Act Apple also unpeels its offerings before Europe makes its pips squeak Public Sector06 Mar 2024 | 5
Google wants regulators to take Microsoft down a notch before it stifles AI Updated Ad giant that owns over 80 percent of search traffic yells at cloud monopoly AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 27
Meta to build election operations center in Europe to inspect AI content Fact-checkers will label AI-generated media for upcoming EU elections AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 40
EU wants to make undersea internet cables more resilient Threat to data means submarine infrastructures should get status of 'highest possible national significance' Networks22 Feb 2024 | 24
Europe's datacenter dilemma is that hyperscalers are hogging them all Space scarcity and soaring build costs send rent through the roof On-Prem20 Feb 2024 | 4
Apple makes it official: No Home Screen web apps in European Union iBiz expresses regret for the impact of its entirely avoidable decision Applications16 Feb 2024 | 113
Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions Personal Tech14 Feb 2024 | 11
In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser Software08 Feb 2024 | 60
Tech world won't have long to fall in line when EU signs off on AI Act Did your org already start baking AI into systems? Watch out. Staggered timetable for compliance expected after draft leaked AI + ML24 Jan 2024 | 12
Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26
Mystery German chip fab sips on Gradiant's ultrapure water Most advanced semiconductor facility in Europe is being subsidized by Chips Act funding Systems22 Jan 2024 | 6
Gaia-X project doesn't have a future, claims Nextcloud boss Interview How the hyperscalers derailed Europe's cloud infrastructure train PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2024 | 11
EU running in circles trying to get AI Act out the door Bloc risks missing out on first-to-legislate status if timetable slips AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 15
Europe signs off on up to €1.2B in state aid for homegrown cloud project Vendor to speak unto vendor with first results expected in 2027 PaaS + IaaS06 Dec 2023 | 43
Rights warriors claim online ad auction data a danger to national security 'The industry can not be allowed to put elected leaders, military personnel at risk' Personal Tech16 Nov 2023 | 18
Amazon's retail wing tops list of take-down demands from Europe under new DSA law Box shifter says it caught millions of miscreants with its own systems though Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 5
Enterprise wallets to sustain European IT growth as devices lag Software and services set to save continent's tech growth into 2024, says Gartner CxO09 Nov 2023 |
Bad eIDAS: Europe ready to intercept, spy on your encrypted HTTPS connections EFF warns incoming rules may return web 'to the dark ages of 2011' Security08 Nov 2023 | 121
Woo-hoo, UK ahead of Europe in this at least – enterprise IT automation But plenty of tech folk wish management would just leave them alone CxO07 Nov 2023 | 12
European Commission loves Oracle enough to sign six-year cloud deal Larry promised Brussels 'less risk and cost' and they believed it PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2023 | 15
Europe eyes skies with aim to track space junk and boost orbital operations Fresh strategies unveiled to balance military and commercial interests in space Networks01 Nov 2023 |
Pro-Russia group exploits Roundcube zero-day in attacks on European government emails With this zero-day, researchers say the 'scrappy' group is stepping up its operations Cyber-crime25 Oct 2023 | 4
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 227
Europe mulls open sourcing TETRA emergency services' encryption algorithms Turns out secrecy doesn't breed security Cybersecurity Month12 Oct 2023 | 26
Atos subsidiary Eviden scores contract win in Europe's first exascale system $526M Jupiter set to rule EU's tech orbit by 2024 HPC04 Oct 2023 |
Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks Can you blame it? Applications23 Sep 2023 | 67
Microsoft Edge still forcing itself on users in Europe Updated Promised change to allow Windows system links open in the actual default browser not yet evident OSes12 Sep 2023 | 31
Norway court upholds miniscule fine against Meta for flouting privacy rules Targeted ads require data usage consent under EU regulations Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 33
Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe Video Big blow to blighters' blow-by-the-boatload blueprint Cyber-crime02 Sep 2023 | 31
Europe sets out to squeeze every last drop of power from supercomputers Because Ferraris are meant to fly, not amble along at 2mph HPC06 Jul 2023 | 3
Where are we now, Microsoft 362.5? Europe reports outages Redmond says problems stemmed from a datacenter in Germany, though UK spared the worst of it OSes20 Jun 2023 | 16
EU boss Breton: There's no Huawei that Chinese comms kit is safe to use in Europe European Commission's own networks to toss Middle Kingdom boxes amid calls for total replacement Security16 Jun 2023 | 55
European companies form space jam to secure comms sovereignty with satellites IRIS² program aims to get the EU off other countries' infrastructure Networks05 May 2023 | 23
American private equity can't wait to gobble up Euro stalwart Software AG Silver Lake set to grab control of firm with legacy from Moon landing era Software24 Apr 2023 | 15
Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63
When will regulators get serious on datacenter emissions reporting? Updated An end to greenwashing won't come without a fight Energy Efficient Datacenters11 Apr 2023 | 6
US government sets a 30-day deadline for wiping TikTok from feds' phones Last chance to film yourself doing a ByteDance, in the US and abroad Security01 Mar 2023 | 14