Adobe ditches $20B Figma takeover under pressure from monopoly cops Now Photoshop giant needs to cough up that $1B break-up fee Applications18 Dec 2023 | 1
EU launches investigation into X under Digital Services Act Musk-owned platform first to face freshly minted rules Personal Tech18 Dec 2023 | 84
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it'll be classified as a job Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 170
Trust us, says EU, our AI Act will make AI trustworthy by banning the nasty ones Big Tech plays the 'this might hurt innovation' card for rules that bar predictive policing, workplace emotion assessments AI + ML11 Dec 2023 | 17
EU running in circles trying to get AI Act out the door Bloc risks missing out on first-to-legislate status if timetable slips AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 15
Europe signs off on up to €1.2B in state aid for homegrown cloud project Vendor to speak unto vendor with first results expected in 2027 PaaS + IaaS06 Dec 2023 | 43
Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination Software20 Nov 2023 | 9
What do Apple, Meta, TikTok have in common? Fighting off Europe's stiff antitrust rules Gatekeeper status under DMA? Don't you know who I am? Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11
Amazon's retail wing tops list of take-down demands from Europe under new DSA law Box shifter says it caught millions of miscreants with its own systems though Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 5
Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination Public Sector11 Nov 2023 | 57
EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of privacy-busting content-scanning 'experts' Names of consultants on encryption bypass plan leaked anyway Public Sector09 Nov 2023 | 54
In quest to defeat Euro red-tape, Apple said it had three Safari browsers – not one And with a straight face, too. Brussels didn't buy it Software02 Nov 2023 | 52
European Commission loves Oracle enough to sign six-year cloud deal Larry promised Brussels 'less risk and cost' and they believed it PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2023 | 15
Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time If you're in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland Security31 Oct 2023 | 115
Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge Exclusive Vivaldi boss calls for browser choice and warns that Redmond might be deflating usage figures Applications26 Oct 2023 | 39
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 227
Tell me Huawei: Chinese giant wants to know what made EU label it high security risk Files official complaint as it battles to keep market share Networks16 Oct 2023 | 57
EU consultation on future telecoms cools on having big tech pay for network builds €1.5 trillion needed in the next five years – some to turf Huawei – and nobody's quite sure where to find it Networks12 Oct 2023 | 11
EU threatens X with DSA penalties over spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation Final update Meta also told to clean out election-bothering deepfakes from its empire – or face the music Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 81
European Commission checks AI chip market for stifled competition No formal moves yet, but massive demand for GPUs has drawn its attention Systems02 Oct 2023 |
Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs Gets blanked again Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 132
European Commission hits Intel with new fine over antitrust findings Updated What a difference a year makes: in June '22 it was asking for half a billion in interest back after a successful appeal Systems22 Sep 2023 | 4
ESA gets the job of building Europe's secure satcomms network IRIS2 oversight deal signed as constellation’s schedule slips, and Ariane 6 hits another snag Cybersecurity Month22 Sep 2023 | 4
Bane of Big Tech, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, steps away for a bit Is that a relieved sob from Google lawyers we hear? Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 1
Microsoft tells partners unbundling Teams is a 'compromise' with the EU Meanwhile, Zoom boss calls on US authorities to consider adopting Europe's breakout policy Channel06 Sep 2023 | 17
Big Tech has failed to police Russian disinformation, EC study concludes In Putin's Russia, the planet hacks you Security05 Sep 2023 | 61
Official: Microsoft unbundles Teams in Europe Breaking up is hard to do: Redmond reluctantly lets EU play matchmaker for software suite flings SaaS31 Aug 2023 | 19
Europe's tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready? Google says it is. Amazon's swerves the rules, for now. And tests suggest consumer protections aren't yet strong Personal Tech25 Aug 2023 | 60
Europe sticks a monopoly probe into Adobe-Figma merger US, UK watchdogs also question proposed $20B deal Applications08 Aug 2023 | 9
It's official: EU probing bundling of Teams with Microsoft 365 Updated Antitrust inspectors trying to figure out if Redmond has breached local competition laws SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 42
Euro monopoly cops to probe Microsoft for slipping Teams into Office Three years after Slack flagged up 'illegal' bundling of chat app SaaS17 Jul 2023 | 44
Europe greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware buy Chip biz pledged to allow hardware interoperability Virtualization12 Jul 2023 |
Obscure internet boutique Amazon sues EU for calling it a Very Large Online Platform If it walks like a duck... PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2023 | 62
EU gives its blessing to reopen data pipelines to the US 'We already have various legal options in the drawer,' says Max Schrems, lawyer who killed the first two deals Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 27
Amazon's robo vacuum power grab sucks EU attention Regulators concerned iRobot could receive preferential treatment on the company's ecommerce platform Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 20
UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting EU citizens' info could be at risk over new rules Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 164
EU launches 4 testbeds to put AI tech through its paces before it goes to market The labs will look at AI and robotics for manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and cities AI + ML28 Jun 2023 | 5
First pushback against EU's Digital Services Act and it's not Google Who are you calling a VLOP? asks German web fashionista Networks27 Jun 2023 | 31
Europe seeks to punish Putin's infowar pals with bans on Russian tech firms Also slaps Chinese backdoor entities shipping forbidden tech to Moscow Legal26 Jun 2023 | 10
Europe plots rules to protect tech supply chains from foreign influence This is totally not about China, commissioners claim On-Prem21 Jun 2023 | 3
EU boss Breton: There's no Huawei that Chinese comms kit is safe to use in Europe European Commission's own networks to toss Middle Kingdom boxes amid calls for total replacement Security16 Jun 2023 | 55
Google's Bard barred while trying to enter Europe We've not had any of the required paperwork yet, Irish watchdog tells El Reg AI + ML14 Jun 2023 | 3
Europe teases breaking up Google over ad monopoly Oh dear, look who hasn't spent enough on lobbying? Personal Tech14 Jun 2023 | 20
Europe to vote on AI laws with potential 7% revenue fines Risk-based approach puts onus on developers and sees bloc diverge from US, UK plans AI + ML12 Jun 2023 | 36
Nexperia left off subsidies list as Germany chips away at Chinese connection The country has swallowed almost half of the EU's semiconductor funding Systems09 Jun 2023 | 6
EU greenlights billions for microelectronics under Chips Act Pumps money into sensors, processors, actuators and comms across 56 companies Systems08 Jun 2023 | 7
Sweden’s Evroc going full Viking with Euro cloud to raid US providers Ikea just messes up your weekend – this could cause a serious storm PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2023 | 14
Europe vows it won't let US and Asia treat it as a source of museum-grade chip tech With €43 billion at stake, Thierry Breton says that Europe should get advanced fabs Systems17 May 2023 | 28
EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13
Boss fight cleared: Europe approves Microsoft's Activision takeover Completing a tough level doesn't mean squat if you can't defeat UK and USA Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 7
Tough Euro crackdown on AI use passes key vote It's a familiar story: Legislation versus rapidly evolving technology AI + ML12 May 2023 | 6
EU proposes spyware Tech Lab to keep Big Brother governments in check Potential roles for IT pros and lawyers, European city location included Security09 May 2023 | 7
European companies form space jam to secure comms sovereignty with satellites IRIS² program aims to get the EU off other countries' infrastructure Networks05 May 2023 | 23
Europe floats patent overhaul, which obviously everyone's thrilled about Industry groups and biz aren't yet sold on reforms Legal01 May 2023 | 8
GlobalFoundries, STMicro snag €7.4B in EU money for French fab project Joint site to produce low-power chips Systems29 Apr 2023 | 1
Amazon, Bing, Wikipedia make EU's list of 'Very Large' platforms Will need to sit at the front of the class where Commish can keep an eye on them Legal26 Apr 2023 | 21
Europe doesn't just pass laws on Big Tech algorithms, it sets up cop shops to police them The union doesn't fsck around Software20 Apr 2023 | 11
Europe finalizes €43B Chips Act it hopes will help free it from foreign fabs If all goes well, Europe will double its market share in a decade Systems19 Apr 2023 | 21
EU lawmakers fear general purpose AI like ChatGPT has already outsmarted regulators Rules proposed in EU AI Act are not enough to control 'very powerful AI' AI + ML18 Apr 2023 | 24
Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels Virtualization13 Apr 2023 | 1
EU mandated messaging platform love-in is easier said than done: Cambridge boffins Digital Market Act interoperability requirement a social challenge as well as a technical one Security29 Mar 2023 | 56
Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years Smartphones and tablets would also be added to the EU's list of devices that must be repairable under new rule Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 129