The European Commission has ordered Apple to stop geo-blocking practices on its various services, including the App Store and Apple Music
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Google has sent a formal complaint to the European Commission, the regulations agency of the European Union, claiming Microsoft's cloud business is anti-competitive.
The CrowdStrike Windows outage that hit the world this week stems back to an EU-Microsoft deal from 2009 that meant Microsoft had to give antivirus vendors the same Windows API access it had.
The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, says that in its preliminary view, X violates its Digital Services Act for a number of issues, including how it handles verified users.
The European Commission has requested more information from Amazon about its recommender systems and Ad Library for its probe to see whether the company is complying with the Digital Services Act.
The European Commission could issue a warning to X in the next few weeks for not meeting its obligations under the Digital Services Act. It will include the EC's preliminary findings from its probe.
The European Union is set to charge Meta over its 'pay or consent' model in some European countries. The EU executive, the EC, is planning to make a statement soon according to sources.
The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has announced that it believes Microsoft has broken the EU's antitrust rules by bundling its Teams service with other products.
The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has officially announced it believes Apple has violated the EU's Digital Markets Act due to its App Store policies and developer prices.
The online marketplace, Temu, has been designated as a very large online platform by the EU after it passed 45 million users in the EU. As a VLOP, it will now be under more scrutiny.
The European Union announced today that Microsoft has not sent over requested information on some of its generative AI tools, and has given the company until May 27 to do so, or risk being fined.
The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched an investigation against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta to see if they have violated compliance with the Digital Markets Act.
Apple has been hit with a $2 billion fine by the EU's European Commission, stating it abused its App Store rules and made consumers pay more for music streaming. Apple has already said it will appeal.
The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched a formal probe to investigate if the TikTok social network has violated the EU's Digital Service Act in several ways.
Amazon is likely to get approval from the EU over its acquisition of iRobot which makes the popular Roomba vacuum cleaners, three sources have said. A final decision is due on February 14.
The European Commission has fined Intel €376 million for paying PC manufacturers to limit or delay products using AMD CPUs. Intel's restrictions included payments to HP, Acer and Lenovo.
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Adobe's acquisition of Figma is coming under more scrutiny, the European Commission has announced. The body said that it's concerned about the implications the deal could have on the market.
TikTok has announced a whole raft of updates that it's going to introduce for users in the European Economic Area. The flagship change is that users will be able to disable the For You feed.
The European Commission has named the Big Tech companies that will be considered gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act. They will be subject to rules to ensure they don't trample competition.
TikTok has criticized the European Commission's decision to ban its employees from using TikTok on their devices. It said the process to reach the decision was "un-European" due to its secretiveness.
The executive of the European Union has ordered its 32,000 employees to remove TikTok from their personal smartphones and devices that have official apps, due to unnamed cybersecurity concerns.
Microsoft could soon be facing an antitrust probe from the European Commission regarding bundling Teams in the Microsoft 365 suite. The root of the potential probe is a Slack complaint from 2020.
The EU has published documentation confirming the exact date from which new electronic devices will be required to adopt USB-C charging. The law impacts Apple the most and is a bid to reduce e-waste.
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly preparing to launch an antitrust probe into complaints made against Microsoft Teams by competitor Slack. The two firms have clashed many times in the past.
The European Union's Digital Markets Act enters force on November 1. It aims to help third-party businesses better interact with customers without so-called gatekeepers making business difficult.
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The European Union is set to announce the AI Liability Directive that will make it easier for individuals to sue the manufacturer of an AI product or its user through "presumption of causality".
Google has lost its appeal in the EU General Court for a case that required it to pay a €4.34 billion fine. Although this fine has been slightly reduced now, it is still its biggest penalty in the EU.
The European Commission has published its DESI 2022 report, which looks at how much digitalization progress member states are making. It highlighted that the deployment of 5G is going too slow.
A job search firm in Denmark has filed a complaint against Google, saying that the company uses its inferior Google for Jobs tool to stifle the competition and tighten its grip over the labour market.
The European Commission could unveil new rules on Thursday, according to a new report. It would see social media firms having to take action against deepfake content being posted on their platforms.
The European Union has agreed to make USB-C the charging standard for a wide range of electronics, including phones and tablets, by 2024. The legislation will also apply to laptops around 2026.
A report claims that Apple will not only ditch Lightning connectivity for iPhones in the near future, but also for other accessories such as AirPods, MagSafe Battery Pack, Magic Mouse, and more.
Intel has seen a major victory in court as a 2009 European Commission ruling and a $1.2 billion fine against it for anticompetitive behavior and practices to stifle AMD has been overturned.
The European Commission has put forward its declaration on digital rights. EU officials will now look over the draft, debate it, and then the EC wants to ratify the document in the summer.
The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, has given the go-ahead for Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance. Nuance develops transcription software and will boost Microsoft's AI prowess.
The European Commission is working on a new Directive that'd re-classify many self-employed people as workers making them eligible for a range of benefits such as sick pay and the minimum wage.
The European Commission has taken the decision to start releasing its software under open source licenses. It believes this will benefit society as others can make use of the code.
The European Commission is seeking to introduce a declaration on digital principles following a Eurobarometer survey's publication showing widespread support for the creation of such a document.
The European Commission had fined Google for an antitrust breach back in 2017 when the company was found that it is favoring its own shopping services. Google wasn't happy and contested the result.
Today, the European Parliament will be voting on a new legislation by the European Commission to standardize USB-C charging across most devices. If it becomes law, OEMs will have two years to comply.
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