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European carriers again call for Big Tech to fund network builds
Argue tough economy means everyone needs to pay for the internet's growth – especially those who use it most
Networks27 Sep 2022 | 11
EU puts smart device manufacturers on the hook for cyber security
Requires five years of patching, 24 hour incident reporting, and proper security … for starters
Systems16 Sep 2022 | 69
EU proposes regulations for tablet battery life, spare parts
Rules for devices including phones aimed at reducing environmental impact of scroll addiction
Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 64
Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm
Snapdragon giant was accused of bribing Apple not to use rival modems
Personal Tech29 Aug 2022 | 8
EU court says it can probe M&As even when one party has no European operations
Bloc insists it has right to rule on planned merger between US biotech firms Illumina and Grail
Legal14 Jul 2022 | 15
Europe passes sweeping antitrust laws targeting America's Big Tech
Updated Google, Facebook, Amazon and the rest stand to lose – if rules are actually enforced
Personal Tech06 Jul 2022 | 28
Intel demands $625m in interest from Europe on overturned antitrust fine
Chip giant still salty
Systems20 Jun 2022 | 30
Big Tech falls in line with Euro demands to fight bots, deepfakes, disinformation
Six percent of revenues at risk if Code of Practice broken
Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 24
Qualcomm wins EU court battle against $1b antitrust fine
Another setback for competition watchdog as ruling over exclusive chip deal with iPhone nullified
Legal15 Jun 2022 | 2
EU lawmakers vote to ban sales of combustion engine cars from 2035
Analysis China one potential source of battery power to service massive expected demand – though market access is limited
Off-Prem10 Jun 2022 | 281
Tough news for Apple as EU makes USB-C common charging port for most electronic devices
Commissioner to device makers: 'We're not forcing anybody to enter the internal market, but if they want to do so, they must comply'
Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 278
Europe moves closer to stricter cybersecurity standards, reporting regs
More types of biz fall under expanded rules – and fines for those who fall short
CSO17 May 2022 | 9
Europe proposes tackling child abuse by killing privacy, strong encryption
If we're gonna go through this again, can we just literally go back in time?
Security12 May 2022 | 130
US, Europe formally blame Russia for data wiper attacks against Ukraine, Viasat
Thank goodness someone cleared that one up
CSO10 May 2022 | 9
EU Apple suit alleges anticompetitive Apple Pay practices
The new investigation marks the fourth set of allegations leveled against Apple by the EU since 2020
Legal02 May 2022 | 14
European Right to Repair resolution headed for vote
Motion calls for repairability ratings and expected lifetime of products
Personal Tech07 Apr 2022 | 64
Big Tech revenues under threat from EU law proposals
Digital Markets Act rules agreed, set to include fines of up to 10% of turnover and power to break up businesses
Legal25 Mar 2022 | 28
EU law threatening 'commercially painful changes' for tech out tonight
Reports suggest Digital Markets Act could hit a broader sweep of players than the FAANG gang
Legal24 Mar 2022 | 61
Microsoft faces EU antitrust complaint from OVHcloud
Several companies 'taking action to ensure a level playing field among cloud services providers' in Europe
PaaS + IaaS17 Mar 2022 | 9
EU directs €11bn toward European Chips Act to build homegrown semiconductor industry
Additional €43bn in the pipeline, but it's still chickenfeed, say critics
On-Prem08 Feb 2022 | 41
Twelve years after Intel was fined $1.2bn for unfairly running over rivals, an EU court says: No need to pay
Ah, y'know what, maybe those rebates for not using AMD chips weren't so anti-competitive after all, eh?
On-Prem27 Jan 2022 | 42
European silicon output shrinking, metal smelters closing as electricity prices quadruple, trade body warns
Probably something to tackle before those chip fabs are built, eh?
On-Prem22 Jan 2022 | 165
'Google is present at almost all levels of the supply chain' for online ads: It's time for a competition probe, says EU
French regulator can probably help having already fined megacorp €220m
Legal22 Jun 2021 | 16
European Commission outlines appeal against Apple's €13bn tax ruling
iGiant says case alleging state aid from Ireland was 'categorically annulled'
Personal Tech01 Feb 2021 | 38
European Commission to take a closer look at how Amazon uses business data of third-party sellers using its platform
Preliminary view is that antitrust rules have been breached
On-Prem10 Nov 2020 | 22
Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices
Updated App Store cut and Cupertino's NFC platform in competition crosshairs
Legal16 Jun 2020 | 50
Europe publishes draft rules for coronavirus contact-tracing app development, on a relaxed schedule
No phone numbers needed – but you’ll need Notifications and Bluetooth on all the time
Security17 Apr 2020 | 131
Qualcomm fined €242m over 'predatory pricing' that helped to knock off British competitor Icera
Too late for chip flinger, but a win for the EU taxpayer
Legal18 Jul 2019 | 18
Euro Commish probes Amazon's marketplace, worries Bezos' beast is sniffing 'competitively sensitive' seller data
On same day Germany forces firm's Ts&Cs revamp
On-Prem17 Jul 2019 | 4
The e-mpire strikes back: Google appeals that $1.7bn EU fine for choking web ad rivals
Lmao, we're not paying that chump change, says ad slinger
On-Prem06 Jun 2019 | 19
European Commission: We've called off the lawyers over Ireland's late collection of Apple back taxes
Case closed month after Apple coughs $14.3bn in 'illegal State Aid'
On-Prem19 Oct 2018 | 29
EU watchdog sniffing around Amazon's merchant data collection
Not yet an investigation, Margrethe Vestager says
Legal20 Sep 2018 | 13
From toothbrushes to coffee makers to computers: Europe fines Asus, Pioneer, Philips for rigging prices of kit
And Denon+Marantz, too
Personal Tech25 Jul 2018 | 50
Dob in naughty data slurps to top EU court, privacy groups urge
11 member states grassed on to European Commission – including the UK
Security26 Jun 2018 | 11
Shazam! The sound of EC shoving probe in Apple's plan to buy name-that-tune app
Show us your data says Euro Commish
Legal23 Apr 2018 | 3
Tech giants should take the rap for enabling fake news, boffins tell EU
Yes, yeesss, give us lots of new things to do, say academics
Legal12 Mar 2018 | 15
Euro Commission gives tech firms an hour to take down terror content
Three months to get your houses in order... or this time we really might legislate
Legal02 Mar 2018 | 34
Internet giants removing 70 per cent of reported hate speech, crows European Commission
But we might still drum up some new regs, so keep it up
Legal19 Jan 2018 | 32
Europe to spend €1bn on supercomputers and big data infrastructure
Four machines on the slate, at almost-exascale and beyond, to nourish local industry
HPC12 Jan 2018 | 16
European Commission intervenes in Microsoft Irish data centre spat
Files brief to make sure US ‘correctly understands’ EU data protection law
SaaS07 Dec 2017 | 34
EU: No encryption backdoors but, eh, let's help each other crack that crypto, oui? Ja?
You scratch my PKCS, and I'll scratch yours
Security19 Oct 2017 | 49
Intel's €1bn EU antitrust appeal: What the heck is the AEC test?
Analysis And what does this mean for competition case law?
On-Prem07 Sep 2017 | 5
EC puts Qualcomm-NXP investigation on hold, slowing merger approval
Please pass the paperwork
Legal07 Sep 2017 | 3
Europe seeks company to monitor Google's algorithm in €10m deal
Follows €2.4bn mega fine
Legal30 Jun 2017 | 13
Google hit with record antitrust fine of €2.4bn by Europe
Abused its market dominance as a search engine, says commission
On-Prem27 Jun 2017 | 183
Hotheaded Brussels civil servants issued with cool warning: Leak
Brexit? No, no... it's baking! Put away the booze, biz-suit
Bootnotes19 Jun 2017 | 75
EC fines Facebook €110m for 'misleading' data on WhatsApp deal
'Errors' in 2014 filings 'not intentional', apparently
Legal18 May 2017 | 14
Mozilla wants EU to slow down its ePrivacy Directive process
'We love privacy, just not this much privacy, not this fast'
Legal11 May 2017 | 10
Europe will fine Twitter, Facebook, Google etc unless they rip up T&Cs
EC wants language that gives tech giants legal legroom torn down and replaced
Legal17 Mar 2017 | 73
Apple to Europe: It's our job to design Ireland's tax system, not yours
Cupertino says no
On-Prem21 Feb 2017 | 97
Google: I know we promised not to mix our data silos buuuut...
Behavioural data + searches + texts = 'super profiles'
On-Prem25 Jan 2017 | 27
Microsoft says LinkedIn will make Trump, Brexit, voters feel great again
We can't make this stuff up – Microsoft said this after Europe okayed its LinkedIn acquisition
Legal07 Dec 2016 | 31
European Commission dangles €374m for low-power exascale research
Processors are going to be everywhere, so they shouldn't be energy hogs
HPC14 Nov 2016 | 7
EU €120m Wi-Fi spend explained, but not excused
Opinion It's a colossal waste, says basically everyone
Legal01 Nov 2016 | 19
LASER RAT FENCE wins €1.7m European Commission funds
Liverpool John Moores University thinks crop-munching pests deserve light relief, not poison. Or Brexit, presumably
Science26 Oct 2016 | 75
EU's one-time antitrust hammer Steelie Neelie had 'offshore interests'
Failure to declare was an 'admin error' she says
Legal22 Sep 2016 | 13
EU chief promises modernised spectrum policy to avoid mistakes of LTE
How best to resolve the spectrum gridlock?
Networks21 Sep 2016 |
US Congress blew the whistle on tax-dodging Apple, claims Europe
Psst, take a look at de emerald isle if you know what I mean
Channel09 Sep 2016 | 40
How Brussels works: if you can’t beat them, join rewrite an EU directive
Analysis Telcos get green light to stiff WhatsApp, OTTs
Legal16 Aug 2016 | 32
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