Italy

Euro privacy regulators sniff Italy's ChatGPT ban, consider a pizza the action

Germany may follow, France and Ireland look for guidance from Rome

AI + ML04 Apr 2023 | 20

Italy bans ChatGPT for 'unlawful collection of personal data'

Perché siamo il Garante, e tu sei pazzo

AI + ML31 Mar 2023 | 32

Intel's planned Italian facility now tied up in election politics

Government may foot up to 40% of the bill for a fab that runs on time

Systems26 Sep 2022 | 7

European nations battle to bag some of Intel's billions

US giant wants 20% of the world's chips from EU

Systems02 Mar 2022 | 6

NASA's new black hole spotter makes it into orbit

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer's two year mission will check out polarization of black holes, neutrons and other celestial objects

Science10 Dec 2021 | 8

Amazon fined €1.13bn by Italy's antitrust authorities for abusing its power

'Use our logistics service or don't. It'll cost you either way.'

Legal10 Dec 2021 | 27

Apple, Amazon fined to the tune of €200m for colluding over Beats headphones sales

Trillion-dollar giants vow to appeal against penalties that amount to just a few hours of profit

Personal Tech24 Nov 2021 | 34

Italian monopoly watchdog asks Google to cough up a few euros for illegally blocking an Android Auto app

Web giant tells us it's considering its response to €100m fine demand

Applications13 May 2021 | 7

Apple slapped with €60m lawsuit from Italian consumer rights org for slowing down CPUs in old iPhones

Third time's a charm? Suebell number three filed by Euroconsumers members

Personal Tech26 Jan 2021 | 41

Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine

Everyone’s favorite social media giant ordered to pay 3.8m euros

Software06 Jan 2021 | 43

Colt Technology UK nixes winding-up order threat from Italian VoIP reseller over £3.8m disputed debt

High Court judgment reveals bizarre contractual goings-on

SaaS15 Jun 2020 | 10

What a boar! Wild pigs snort and snuffle €20k worth of marching powder stashed in Tuscan forest

Who needs truffles at a cocaine party?

Bootnotes14 Nov 2019 | 67

Italy leans on Amazon to retrieve €100m in unpaid tax

The MEF came, saw, and conquered Bezos' vaults of cash

On-Prem18 Dec 2017 | 14

The cheek of it! Beach bar owner shoots nude bather in the booty

Gerroff moi land!

Bootnotes15 Aug 2017 | 56

You had ONE job: Italian firefighters suspected of starting blazes for cash

That's just Sicily

Bootnotes08 Aug 2017 | 52

Genoans flout terror ban with bumper basil hand baggage policy

Sauce on a plane

Bootnotes22 Jun 2017 | 33

Italian F-35 facility rolls out its first STOVL stealth fighter

Same place that Blighty's dented jets will get their T-Cut

Bootnotes08 May 2017 | 74

Counter-terror cops arrest pair for sending poo-smeared toilet paper to public figures

Still better than most of the press releases we receive

Bootnotes27 Jan 2017 | 24

Shocked, I tell you. BT to write off £530m over 'improper' Italian accounts practices

Figure much higher than the £145m originally estimated

Networks24 Jan 2017 | 58

Public masturbation not a crime declares Italy’s top court

Though tossing more than coins in the Trevi fountain could still merit a fine

Bootnotes08 Sep 2016 | 55

Italian MP threatens parents forcing veggie diets on kids with jail

Populist politician decries 'ideological excesses'

Bootnotes10 Aug 2016 | 121

NASA firms up Space Launch System nanosat manifest

Warning: Contains improbable Japanese CubeSat acronyms

Science27 May 2016 | 11

We’re so over Uber: Italy ponders slapping taxes on workers in the ‘sharing economy’

It's for your own good, don't you know

Legal11 Mar 2016 | 19

Italian court rules in favour of lunchtime porn viewing

Fiat employee wrongly sacked for DVD ogle

Bootnotes15 Oct 2015 | 21

Italy: Human rights are so old hat. The future's in internet rights

Euro nation makes Declaration of Internet Rights, with caps and everything. Bless 'em

Legal29 Jul 2015 | 6

Hark, the Hacking Team angels sing, it’s not us who’ve actually sinned

Even that Sudan stuff wasn’t actually a weapon

Security22 Jul 2015 | 21

Google’s privacy policy: Italians probing a little deeper

Euro regulators cracking down on Chocolate Factory's data use

Legal23 Feb 2015 | 7

Ex-EU digi supremo Steelie Neelie's net neutrality bid in tatters?

National govts want to row back on 'open internet' law, leaked doc suggests

Legal25 Nov 2014 | 12

Italy's High Court orders HP to refund punter for putting Windows on PC

Top beaks slam bundled OS as 'commercial policy of forced distribution'

OSes12 Sep 2014 | 71

Still no move by Brit data cops over Google's 2012 privacy slurp

Even the Italian databinieri have got their boots on now, but not the ICO

Legal22 Jul 2014 | 8

WORLD CUP SHOCK: England declared winner in 2-1 defeat to Italy

Software challenge to official score line could save Rooney from axe

Legal17 Jun 2014 | 68

Rubber-glove time: Italy to probe TripAdvisor over 'fake reviews'

Second investigation opened into Expedia, Booking.com's deals with hotels

On-Prem21 May 2014 | 18

Google hands over $1.4m for unmarked Street View cars in Italy

Oh SNAP! They thought you were just motorists – regulator

Legal04 Apr 2014 | 24

Italian woman stunned by exploding artichoke

Police probe third case of volatile veg

Bootnotes06 Jan 2014 | 55

Drug dealer demands jail to escape 'unbearable' missus after NYE row

'Difficile e insopportabile' wife proved less attractive than a stripey suntan

Bootnotes03 Jan 2014 | 28

Italy's 'Google tax law' could fall foul of EU discrimination rules

Billion-euro attempt to get more taxes out of web firms may be illegal

SaaS20 Dec 2013 | 32

Apple faces €1bn tax probe in Italy, claim legal eagle insiders

Well, seeing as everyone else has crawled up Cupertino's arse one way or another

Legal14 Nov 2013 | 14

Italy scores in SPAAACE: ESA 'naut Parmitano pops out for walk

6 hours to juice Nauka, fix dodgy bits, grab experiments, snap AMS-02 and more

Science09 Jul 2013 | 8

Four Anons cuffed in Italy

Postal Police go postal

Security19 May 2013 | 11

French firm snatches Italian set-top contract from Blighty's Amino

Merde

Legal17 Sep 2012 | 7

Apple faces Italian shutdown over warranty skulduggery

No dolce vita for Cupertino

On-Prem02 Jul 2012 | 103

Wireless breakthrough: one frequency, multiple signals

Italian team doubles-up on Guglielmo Marconi

Science02 Mar 2012 | 52

Apple fined $1.2m for flouting Italian warranty law

iPhone maker must also admit blunder on website

Legal29 Dec 2011 | 80

Google set to begin appeal against Italian guilty verdicts

Google Video 3 to fight privacy-breach convictions

Legal06 Dec 2011 | 34

Avnet Technology Solutions to shutter operations in Italy

Hits ejector button as local economy goes down burning

Channel09 Nov 2011 |

Users shut down Italian Wikipedia to protest Wiretapping Act

Wikimedia consigliere backs them up as mooks in Parliament debate law

Legal06 Oct 2011 | 24

Anonymous hacks Italy's critical-national-IT protection

Evidently the protection isn't critical

Security25 Jul 2011 | 14

Italian white van man nudges sound barrier

€165 fine for hitting 1,230 km/h

Bootnotes10 Feb 2011 | 79

Italy sues Microsoft for box-bundling bungling

Windows tax is unfair

OSes24 Jan 2011 | 86

Italian bloke sneezes out .22 bullet

New Year's Eve head shot ends in 'amazing' ejection

Bootnotes11 Jan 2011 | 26

Google execs protest Italian guilty verdicts

Beating a disabled child should stay private

Legal24 Feb 2010 | 48

Swiss prostitutes armed with defibrillators

Add resuscitation to their list of services

Bootnotes18 Feb 2010 | 21

Italians salute Mussolini on the iPhone

Fascism? There's an app for that

Networks29 Jan 2010 | 10

Italians take the 'p' to fight back against Big Brother

Panopticon to Anopticon: Opposing the surveillance state

Legal11 Jan 2010 | 29

Facebookers made into fans of Berlsuconi in post-attack row

Souvenir-chuck reaction prompts censorship fears

Legal16 Dec 2009 | 11

Italian prosecutors seek jail time for Google execs

Mountain View in hot water over 'defamation' video

Legal26 Nov 2009 | 19