European tech businesses cool on China due to coronavirus lockdowns Oops. Beijing wants zero COVID, not zero foreign investment Channel06 May 2022 | 13
Apple's grip on iOS browser engines disallowed under latest draft EU rules Special report Leaked Digital Markets Act language forbids limiting of Safari rivals Personal Tech26 Apr 2022 | 98
Europe twists YouTube's arm to get better cookie consent popups No dark patterns, no Google nonsense ... Wow, what a superpower Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 32
NTT finds partner to help accelerate datacenter builds in Europe, North America Asset management outfit Macquarie will buy existing bit barns. But first, check out the shiny new 15.2MW bit barn in Indonesia Off-Prem04 Apr 2022 |
Europe, US warn of fake-chip danger to national security, critical systems Scammers exploit global supply-chain crunch Systems18 Mar 2022 | 8
Europe advances crypto-coin regulation – without potential ban on Bitcoin Vote held after red-tape targeting proof-of-work assets removed Personal Tech16 Mar 2022 | 28
European nations battle to bag some of Intel's billions US giant wants 20% of the world's chips from EU Systems02 Mar 2022 | 6
Cyberwarfare looms as Russia shells, invades Ukraine Player Three Iran has entered the game? Security24 Feb 2022 | 45
Joined up thinking: Europe to oversee trio of projects for homegrown chips, HPC gear Move comes ahead of draft law to turn continent into a center of semiconductor expertise HPC08 Feb 2022 | 4
Website fined by German court for leaking visitor's IP address via Google Fonts Now that's egg on your typeface Legal31 Jan 2022 | 108
Tougher rules on targeted ads, deepfakes, crafty web design, and more? Euro lawmakers give a thumbs up Analysis 'This is strongly limiting the scope of maneuver by Big Tech', expert tells El Reg SaaS22 Jan 2022 | 38
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' On-Prem21 Jan 2022 | 31
EU data watchdog to Europol: You've helped yourself to too much data Law enforcement agency now has one year to delete any data older than 6 months not related to criminal activity Security11 Jan 2022 | 8
New submarine cable to link Japan, Europe, through famed Northwest Passage Alternative route will skip the Suez Canal and other tricky spots Off-Prem21 Dec 2021 | 58
Euro-telcos call on big tech to help pay for their network builds Aka 'rebalancing global technology giants and the European digital ecosystem' Off-Prem30 Nov 2021 | 32
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! SaaS18 Nov 2021 | 4
Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – Euro cops Vid filming ended in deadly disaster Bootnotes02 Oct 2021 | 155
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 On-Prem08 Sep 2021 | 14
Net neutrality lives... in Europe, anyway: Top court supports open internet rules, snubs telcos and ISPs It only took five years Personal Tech16 Sep 2020 | 37
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 Personal Tech10 Apr 2020 | 38
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' SaaS05 Mar 2020 | 17
The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it Updated German Constitutional Court is much more dangerous than people think Science16 Jan 2020 | 51
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 Legal29 Jul 2019 | 88
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 Networks10 Jul 2019 | 3
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 Personal Tech26 Mar 2019 | 130
El Reg eyes up Article 13 draft leak: Will new Euro law give Silicon Valley more power? Some lawyers think so Analysis Copyright leak prompts Big Tech angst Legal05 Feb 2019 | 33
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 Legal20 Dec 2018 | 42
EU tech tax talks teeter on brink – reports As OECD strikes positive note on prospect of global consensus Legal03 Dec 2018 | 11
EU Android latest: Critics diss Google's money-spinning 'cure' You shouldn't profit from punishment Software30 Oct 2018 | 35
GDPR v2 – Gradually Diminishing Psychotic Robots: Brussels kills Terminator apocalypse I won't be back Science13 Sep 2018 | 46
Plans for half of Europeans to get 100Mbps by 2020 ain't gonna happen – report EU auditors also reckon universal 30Mbps unlikely Networks07 Jun 2018 | 24
Under-fire Silicon Valley to gain new copyright 'safe harbour' in EU, fume critics Exclusive Language tweak makes internet giants safer than ever, say rights groups Legal27 Apr 2018 | 8
Mulled EU copyright shakeup will turn us into robo-censors – GitHub Code-sharing websites may be forced to install automatic infringement filters Software15 Mar 2018 | 40
Europe is living in the past (by nearly six minutes) thanks to Serbia and Kosovo Continental electric clocks go TITSUP* Science09 Mar 2018 | 148
Now Europe is getting jitters over Broadcom's Qualcomm takeover bid Lawmakers express concern about data protection Legal02 Mar 2018 | 8
German Bar Association says Nein to patent court block effort Good news for UPC advocates, bad news for EPO staff Legal15 Jan 2018 | 7
Of course Uber allegedly had a tool to remotely destroy evidence Early contender emerges for 'least surprising story of 2018' Personal Tech11 Jan 2018 | 35
EU law bods closer to baking new 'cookie law' after battle Narrow vote goes against the 'it'll stifle innovation' crowd Security26 Oct 2017 | 29
Citrix switches on nuage français, deutsche wolke, nube española New EuroCloud almost matches US cloud, if you can be bothered signing up SaaS13 Oct 2017 | 3
Give staff privacy at work, Euro human rights court tells bosses Management must consider employees' rights in workplace policy Security06 Sep 2017 | 36
Defra recruiting 1,400 policy wonks to pick up the pieces after Brexit Exclusive Prising IT systems from decades of EU lawmaking Legal17 Aug 2017 | 131
'No deal better than bad deal' approach to Brexit 'unsubstantiated' Parliamentary committee calls for continued data sharing with Europol Legal04 Apr 2017 | 163
Silicon Valley bites back via Europe’s copyright reform Exclusive What on Earth is the 'innovation' field? Legal10 Mar 2017 | 5
Brexit could further harm woeful rural payments system But we won't have to pay fines to Europe for being crap... Legal10 Feb 2017 | 63
Europe mulls treating robots legally as people ... but with kill switches Just in case we need to give our talking toasters a brainxit Science13 Jan 2017 | 60
How Apple exploded Europe's crony capitalism iPhone at 10 Jobs dared take on the GSM chumocracy – and won Personal Tech10 Jan 2017 | 95
Fox's meal Sky ready to smother Europe with foreign language OTT content Could launch preemptive strike on local pay TV Personal Tech16 Dec 2016 | 12
Chinese rivals: ZTE to take on Huawei... in the UK Wants to make a play for smart cities and IoT Channel09 Sep 2016 | 3
Net neutrality activists claim victory in Europe BEREC final guidelines land on the side of civil society Networks31 Aug 2016 | 19
Three posts lacklustre results, angrily mutters over O2 merger rejection Getting ready for legal challenge against EU On-Prem11 Aug 2016 | 18
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 Channel28 Jun 2016 | 11
Galileo satnav fleet waxes orbital Satellites 13 and 14 launch tomorrow from French Guiana Science23 May 2016 | 21
Europe adopts new cybersecurity rules for key players New obligations on providers of essential services Channel18 May 2016 | 3
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 Networks13 May 2016 | 31
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 Legal11 May 2016 | 88
How a Brexit could stop UK biz and Europe swapping personal data Analysis An explosive combination of Safe Harbor and Snoopers' Charter Channel11 Mar 2016 | 112
Feel like you got ripped off online? This is for you Europe opens new internet arbitration service On-Prem11 Jan 2016 | 11
Google Ventures ventures away from European investments Move along please, nothing to see here On-Prem07 Dec 2015 | 8
Europe fails to ban web 'fast lanes' – what now for Euro net neutrality? Analysis Expect a decade of fights Networks27 Oct 2015 | 38
EU urged to ignore net neutrality delusions, choose science instead Guest Opinion Establish facts before making broadband regulations? Might be an idea Legal27 Oct 2015 | 34
On its way: A Google-free, NSA-free IT infrastructure for Europe Analysis Take open source. Enlist Euro carriers. How hard was that? SaaS14 Oct 2015 | 67
Are Samsung TVs doing a Volkswagen in energy tests? Koreans hit back Motion Lighting mode is a feature, not a cheat, says biz Personal Tech01 Oct 2015 | 44