European Commission

Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA

Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship

Legal23 Apr 2025 | 54

EU lands 25% counter tariff punch on US, Trump pauses broad import levy hike – China excepted

World War Fee Middle Kingdom gets 145%. So this is what it's like living in reality TV

On-Prem09 Apr 2025 | 154

EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!

ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too

Security03 Apr 2025 | 148

EU says Google scroogles app makers, also gives Apple an antitrust must-do-list

Chrome colossus accused of tilting search results, blocking cheaper purchases, while iTitan told to open iOS

Personal Tech19 Mar 2025 | 9

Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death grip

Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions

Public Sector17 Mar 2025 | 107

EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China

Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms

AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 15

Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage

NATO increasing patrols in the Baltic as region awaits navy drones

Networks27 Jan 2025 | 64

Meta, X sign up to Euro Commish code of conduct on hate speech

Under Digital Services Act, monitors will be allowed to report abusive language and platforms should respond in 1 day

Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 116

EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms

Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election

Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 93

Apple's interoperability efforts aren't meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue

Free Software Foundation Europe and others urge European Commission to double down on DMA

Software16 Jan 2025 | 27

Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain

Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want

AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 143

Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests

Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course

Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 35

Take a closer look at Nvidia's buy of Run.ai, European Commission told

Updated Campaign groups, non-profit orgs urge action to prevent GPU maker tightening grip on AI industry

Systems16 Dec 2024 | 3

Bluesky too opaque about user figures for Euro watchdogs

Updated X rival also under fire for failing to designate legal representative

Legal26 Nov 2024 | 82

European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing

Exclusive Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium

PaaS + IaaS20 Nov 2024 | 3

Top EU court overturns Intel's billion-dollar antitrust fine

Conditional rebates settled, but $400M matter of naked restrictions remains

Systems24 Oct 2024 | 6

Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft

Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal

PaaS + IaaS25 Sep 2024 | 29

Europe to force Apple to help rivals connect to iOS, iPadOS

Fail to comply may cost up to 10% of annual revenue

Software19 Sep 2024 | 32

Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win

Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky

Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13

EU kicks off an inquiry into Google's AI model

Privacy regulator taking a closer look at data privacy and PaLM 2

Security12 Sep 2024 | 8

Apple owes billions in back taxes over Ireland state aid rule break

Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union

Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 146

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

Under pressure from Europe, Apple makes iOS browser options bit more reasonable

Analysis Cupertino quits screwing around with defaults – for those in the EU

Applications24 Aug 2024 | 19

Euro antitrust cop Margrethe Vestager to depart after decade of reining in Big Tech

Her legacy hinges on her successor – will they double down?

Public Sector20 Aug 2024 | 5

Apple tries again to make EU DMA officials happy – with new fees

Meanwhile, UK watchdog contemplates breaking Cupertino's WebKit rule

Applications09 Aug 2024 | 16

EU regulator reportedly set to give the nod to HPE-Juniper deal

Aruba, Aruba! Some network pros worry it will lead to less choice

Networks29 Jul 2024 | 5

Microsoft's CISPE settlement includes a suspension of audits for members

Exclusive Cloud group companies free of Redmond's compliance cops for 2 years in return for ditching EC antitrust complaint

Software22 Jul 2024 | 7

EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check'

Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs

CxO19 Jul 2024 | 78

EU officials say X’s paid-for blue check deceives users and breaks law

Preliminary findings also claim platform not compliant with DSA requirements for transparency, research access

Personal Tech12 Jul 2024 | 76

European Commission accepts Apple's 'tap and go' promises

Makes third-party wallets getting iOS NFC access a 'legally binding' thing

Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 7

Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union

Get ready for a cacophony of beeps at least if you're a bit heavy on the go pedal

Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 517

Fear of commodity chip flood sparks EU probe into China's silicon ambitions

They're cranking 'em out like there's no tomorrow

Systems08 Jul 2024 | 22

Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card

After button brouhaha, CEO rages Cupertino 'must be stopped'

Personal Tech06 Jul 2024 | 41

Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans

Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not

Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 40

Antitrust latest: Europe's Vestager warns Microsoft, OpenAI 'the story is not over'

I'll get you next time, Gadget, next time!

Personal Tech29 Jun 2024 | 4

EU accuses Microsoft of antitrust violations for bundling Teams with O365

Statement of Objections sent to Redmond HQ following probe that began July 2023

SaaS25 Jun 2024 | 23

Europe accuses Apple of preventing devs from telling users about world outside

Plus: Commission launches new probe into iPhone maker's efforts to work with new laws

SaaS24 Jun 2024 | 13

How Europe can force Apple to support competition

Exclusive Open Web Advocacy report calls for these extensive changes to iGiant's rules

Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 56

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

European Commission may be about to put the squeeze on Apple for its App Store rules

iBiz potentially facing hefty penalties under the Digital Markets Act

Personal Tech15 Jun 2024 | 27

Chinese electric car brands zapped by price surge as EU cranks tariffs

Companies that cooperated with probe will be slightly less hard hit

Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 86

Microsoft expects further concessions for Teams amid EC antitrust probe

Despite unbundling video and chat app from Office, Redmond 'committed to find a resolution to regulators' concerns'

Applications05 Jun 2024 | 8

STMicro bags €2B from Europe for Sicily car chip fab

Eurocrats made them an offer they couldn't refuse

Public Sector03 Jun 2024 | 1

Prepare your audits: EU Commission approves first-of-its-kind AI Act

'High-risk' AIs will have hoops to jump through if they want to keep doing business in Europe

AI + ML21 May 2024 | 7

Apple says if you want to ship your own iOS browser engine in EU, you need to be there

Exclusive Rival coders must have Euro-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing

Software17 May 2024 | 100

European Commission starts formal probe of Meta over election misinformation

Europe takes action after Facebook parent withdraws monitoring tool

Security30 Apr 2024 | 15

Spotify claims Apple wants 'tax' for in-app pricing tweak

App maker accuses Cupertino of defying EU rules

Applications25 Apr 2024 | 18

European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe

For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law

Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 25

Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app

Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes

Software18 Apr 2024 | 53

Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief

All sorts of levers being pulled to lure AI developers from here, there, everywhere

AI + ML05 Apr 2024 | 4

VMware by Broadcom plots pair of Cloud Foundation releases that will show off its strategy

Exclusive But unhappy European buyers have called for regulators to step in

Virtualization02 Apr 2024 | 3

EU antitrust cops probe Microsoft ties between Entra ID and 365 services

Exclusive Google claims rival has made an 'art and science' out of licensing

SaaS22 Mar 2024 | 29

European Commission broke its own data privacy law with Microsoft 365 use

Euro folk have until December to put house in order

Public Sector11 Mar 2024 | 29

Apple may have made itself a target before the EU's Digital Markets Act comes into force

iPhone giant's $2B fine shows the bloc is serious about regulation

Legal07 Mar 2024 | 16

What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice

We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies

OSes06 Mar 2024 | 61

EU takes a bite out of Apple with $2B in-app purchase fine

Cupertino blames Spotify, says Commission is just giving preference to another European company

Applications04 Mar 2024 | 31