European Commission

Amazon to settle Euro antitrust probes by Christmas

Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants

Personal Tech17 Dec 2022 | 5

Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word

Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time

SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 25

Europe's USB-C deadline: Lightning must be struck from iPhone by December, 2024

Single market's worth $95.12 billion to Apple, so it's not like it had a choice

Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 92

EU reaches agreement on satellite comms project: Opens Iris

Very keen to unhook infrastructure from 'third countries', private biz after Ukraine crisis brings situation into focus

Networks21 Nov 2022 | 7

EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power

Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools

Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10

USB-C iPhone, anyone? EU finalizes charging standard rule

It's officially official: Mobile devices will be required to use USB-C from 2024, with laptops following in 2026

Personal Tech04 Oct 2022 | 129

Europe just might make it easier for people to sue for damage caused by AI tech

Imagine the lawyer infomercials – Did a computer hurt you? Call (30) 555 1234...

AI + ML29 Sep 2022 | 17

Microsoft among software titans under spotlight for restrictive licensing

US campaign group forms as customers complain of lock-in, unclear terms, problems using wares in cloud

Off-Prem28 Sep 2022 | 12

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 | 13

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

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