European Commission

Legal

'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

22 Jun 2021 19:20 | 16

Personal Tech

European Commission outlines appeal against Apple's €13bn tax ruling

iGiant says case alleging state aid from Ireland was 'categorically annulled'

01 Feb 2021 18:53 | 38

On-Prem

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

10 Nov 2020 14:45 | 22

Updated

Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices

App Store cut and Cupertino's NFC platform in competition crosshairs

16 Jun 2020 15:32 | 50

Security

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

17 Apr 2020 06:33 | 131

Legal

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

18 Jul 2019 12:45 | 18

On-Prem

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

17 Jul 2019 13:16 | 4

On-Prem

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

06 Jun 2019 04:54 | 19

On-Prem

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'

19 Oct 2018 11:15 | 29

Legal

EU watchdog sniffing around Amazon's merchant data collection

Not yet an investigation, Margrethe Vestager says

20 Sep 2018 10:23 | 13

Personal Tech

From toothbrushes to coffee makers to computers: Europe fines Asus, Pioneer, Philips for rigging prices of kit

And Denon+Marantz, too

25 Jul 2018 07:09 | 50

Security

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

19 Jan 2018 16:35 | 32

HPC

Europe to spend €1bn on supercomputers and big data infrastructure

Four machines on the slate, at almost-exascale and beyond, to nourish local industry

12 Jan 2018 07:30 | 16

SaaS

European Commission intervenes in Microsoft Irish data centre spat

Files brief to make sure US ‘correctly understands’ EU data protection law

07 Dec 2017 23:52 | 34

Security

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

19 Oct 2017 06:03 | 49

Analysis

Intel's €1bn EU antitrust appeal: What the heck is the AEC test?

And what does this mean for competition case law?

07 Sep 2017 09:34 | 5

Legal

EC puts Qualcomm-NXP investigation on hold, slowing merger approval

Please pass the paperwork

07 Sep 2017 04:59 | 3

Legal

Europe seeks company to monitor Google's algorithm in €10m deal

Follows €2.4bn mega fine

30 Jun 2017 09:21 | 13

On-Prem

Google hit with record antitrust fine of €2.4bn by Europe

Abused its market dominance as a search engine, says commission

27 Jun 2017 10:12 | 183

Bootnotes

Hotheaded Brussels civil servants issued with cool warning: Leak

Brexit? No, no... it's baking! Put away the booze, biz-suit

19 Jun 2017 12:38 | 75

Legal

EC fines Facebook €110m for 'misleading' data on WhatsApp deal

'Errors' in 2014 filings 'not intentional', apparently

18 May 2017 09:42 | 14

Legal

Mozilla wants EU to slow down its ePrivacy Directive process

'We love privacy, just not this much privacy, not this fast'

11 May 2017 05:05 | 10

Legal

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

17 Mar 2017 20:53 | 73

On-Prem

Apple to Europe: It's our job to design Ireland's tax system, not yours

Cupertino says no

21 Feb 2017 08:27 | 97

On-Prem

Google: I know we promised not to mix our data silos buuuut...

Behavioural data + searches + texts = 'super profiles'

25 Jan 2017 12:56 | 27

Legal

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

07 Dec 2016 06:02 | 31

HPC

European Commission dangles €374m for low-power exascale research

Processors are going to be everywhere, so they shouldn't be energy hogs

14 Nov 2016 07:28 | 7

Opinion

EU €120m Wi-Fi spend explained, but not excused

It's a colossal waste, says basically everyone

01 Nov 2016 09:00 | 19

Science

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

26 Oct 2016 06:56 | 75

Legal

EU's one-time antitrust hammer Steelie Neelie had 'offshore interests'

Failure to declare was an 'admin error' she says

22 Sep 2016 15:58 | 13

Networks

EU chief promises modernised spectrum policy to avoid mistakes of LTE

How best to resolve the spectrum gridlock?

21 Sep 2016 09:07 |

Channel

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

09 Sep 2016 19:34 | 40

Analysis

How Brussels works: if you can’t beat them, join rewrite an EU directive

Telcos get green light to stiff WhatsApp, OTTs

16 Aug 2016 07:59 | 32

Security

Eurocrats to pore over Apache, KeePass code

Million-Euro bug-hunt starts

25 Jul 2016 05:02 | 7

Analysis

EU eyes flaw in Google’s cash machine

Getting closer to the source of infinite wealth

14 Jul 2016 15:17 | 15

Legal

Intel still chip, chip, chippin' away at the European Commission's anti-trust fine

AMD's complaint: sweet sixteen, never been nixed

22 Jun 2016 06:56 | 8

Legal

Uber, AirBNB: Lay off 'em, EC tells member states

Absolute bans should only be last resort

02 Jun 2016 11:42 | 24

Channel

EU mulls €3bn fine for Google

And it could just be the start

16 May 2016 09:39 | 47

Legal

'Contractual barriers' behind geo-blocking could breach EU rules

Real talk: What does this mean for our Netflix subscriptions?

21 Mar 2016 16:23 | 26

Legal

European commish considers probing Android, again

Companies asked to prepare docs to send to Google: reports

10 Mar 2016 05:55 | 6

Sketch

Europe is spaffing €20bn on handouts for tech

'You will no longer feel any borders in the EU' promises UNICORN MAN

26 Feb 2016 15:02 | 32

Channel

Europe makes it rain for cloud biz: £30m of gold showered on BT, IBM etc

And Accenture and Atos and ... wait, no Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure?

08 Feb 2016 08:01 | 6

Channel

Ofcom's head is dead against Three and O2's merger

Brit industry regulator snuggles up to EU mummy

01 Feb 2016 13:59 | 48

EMC/Dell deal

Clock's ticking: Euro Commission considers Dell-EMC megacorp

Will approve or launch probe by end of month

26 Jan 2016 15:25 |

Legal

Qualcomm tries to figure out if Apple, Samsung made it anti-trusted

Launches legal probe into who told regulator what, and when

11 Jan 2016 22:40 | 2

Legal

Eurocrats deserve to watch domestic telly EU-wide, say Eurocrats

But no QoS mandate for ISPs. What was the point again?

09 Dec 2015 15:33 | 23

Legal

EC fires antitrust charges at Qualcomm over its pricing tactics

Wireless chipset maker accused of acting illegally to snuff out rivals

08 Dec 2015 16:04 | 4

Networks

UK.gov pooh-poohs Virgin Media's whinge to Brussels over beefy broadband pot

'No issues with state aid compliance', huffs DCMS

30 Nov 2015 13:06 | 29

On-Prem

EU orders Equinix to dump colos in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt

After Telecity tie-up

16 Nov 2015 10:31 | 7

Legal

We’ve got a leak of the European Commission's copyright plan

Read it here. Geoblocking falls off the cart

05 Nov 2015 15:08 | 18

Legal

Fingerprints, facial scans, EU border data slurp too tasty for French to resist

France wants proposed rules applied to EU citizens as well

12 Oct 2015 13:30 | 30

Legal

EU justice ministers agree on police data-sharing law

But directive still needs Euro Parl approval - get the popcorn

09 Oct 2015 15:43 | 5

Legal

EU desperately pushes just-as-dodgy safe harbour alternatives

Doesn't matter whether they're legal, just keep the data flowing!

07 Oct 2015 15:58 | 30

Legal

Europe talks to hackers, security bods on Wassenaar recalibration

Delegates suggest govs should sort themselves out before criminalising researchers

30 Sep 2015 23:23 | 5

Legal

How can we manage this internet thing? The Euro gov needs YOU

Help us make up our minds with yet another consultation

25 Sep 2015 08:03 | 14

Legal

You call THAT safe? Top EU legal bod says data sent to US is anything but

ECJ could upset the whole dang apple cart

23 Sep 2015 12:21 | 53

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'Google is present at almost all levels of the supply chain' for online ads: It's time for a competition probe, says EU

European Commission outlines appeal against Apple's €13bn tax ruling

European Commission to take a closer look at how Amazon uses business data of third-party sellers using its platform

Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices

Europe publishes draft rules for coronavirus contact-tracing app development, on a relaxed schedule

Qualcomm fined €242m over 'predatory pricing' that helped to knock off British competitor Icera

Euro Commish probes Amazon's marketplace, worries Bezos' beast is sniffing 'competitively sensitive' seller data

The e-mpire strikes back: Google appeals that $1.7bn EU fine for choking web ad rivals

European Commission: We've called off the lawyers over Ireland's late collection of Apple back taxes

EU watchdog sniffing around Amazon's merchant data collection

From toothbrushes to coffee makers to computers: Europe fines Asus, Pioneer, Philips for rigging prices of kit

Dob in naughty data slurps to top EU court, privacy groups urge

Shazam! The sound of EC shoving probe in Apple's plan to buy name-that-tune app

Tech giants should take the rap for enabling fake news, boffins tell EU

Euro Commission gives tech firms an hour to take down terror content

Internet giants removing 70 per cent of reported hate speech, crows European Commission

Europe to spend €1bn on supercomputers and big data infrastructure

European Commission intervenes in Microsoft Irish data centre spat

EU: No encryption backdoors but, eh, let's help each other crack that crypto, oui? Ja?

Intel's €1bn EU antitrust appeal: What the heck is the AEC test?

EC puts Qualcomm-NXP investigation on hold, slowing merger approval

Europe seeks company to monitor Google's algorithm in €10m deal

Google hit with record antitrust fine of €2.4bn by Europe

Hotheaded Brussels civil servants issued with cool warning: Leak

EC fines Facebook €110m for 'misleading' data on WhatsApp deal

Mozilla wants EU to slow down its ePrivacy Directive process

Europe will fine Twitter, Facebook, Google etc unless they rip up T&Cs

Apple to Europe: It's our job to design Ireland's tax system, not yours

Google: I know we promised not to mix our data silos buuuut...

Microsoft says LinkedIn will make Trump, Brexit, voters feel great again

European Commission dangles €374m for low-power exascale research

EU €120m Wi-Fi spend explained, but not excused

LASER RAT FENCE wins €1.7m European Commission funds

EU's one-time antitrust hammer Steelie Neelie had 'offshore interests'

EU chief promises modernised spectrum policy to avoid mistakes of LTE

US Congress blew the whistle on tax-dodging Apple, claims Europe

How Brussels works: if you can’t beat them, join rewrite an EU directive

Eurocrats to pore over Apache, KeePass code

EU eyes flaw in Google’s cash machine

Intel still chip, chip, chippin' away at the European Commission's anti-trust fine

Uber, AirBNB: Lay off 'em, EC tells member states

EU mulls €3bn fine for Google

'Contractual barriers' behind geo-blocking could breach EU rules

European commish considers probing Android, again

Europe is spaffing €20bn on handouts for tech

Europe makes it rain for cloud biz: £30m of gold showered on BT, IBM etc

Ofcom's head is dead against Three and O2's merger

Clock's ticking: Euro Commission considers Dell-EMC megacorp

Qualcomm tries to figure out if Apple, Samsung made it anti-trusted

Eurocrats deserve to watch domestic telly EU-wide, say Eurocrats

EC fires antitrust charges at Qualcomm over its pricing tactics

UK.gov pooh-poohs Virgin Media's whinge to Brussels over beefy broadband pot

EU orders Equinix to dump colos in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt

We’ve got a leak of the European Commission's copyright plan

Fingerprints, facial scans, EU border data slurp too tasty for French to resist

EU justice ministers agree on police data-sharing law

EU desperately pushes just-as-dodgy safe harbour alternatives

Europe talks to hackers, security bods on Wassenaar recalibration

How can we manage this internet thing? The Euro gov needs YOU

You call THAT safe? Top EU legal bod says data sent to US is anything but

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