EU antitrust cops probe Microsoft ties between Entra ID and 365 services Exclusive Google claims rival has made an 'art and science' out of licensing SaaS22 Mar 2024 | 29
European Commission broke its own data privacy law with Microsoft 365 use Euro folk have until December to put house in order Public Sector11 Mar 2024 | 29
Apple may have made itself a target before the EU's Digital Markets Act comes into force iPhone giant's $2B fine shows the bloc is serious about regulation Legal07 Mar 2024 | 16
What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies OSes06 Mar 2024 | 61
EU takes a bite out of Apple with $2B in-app purchase fine Cupertino blames Spotify, says Commission is just giving preference to another European company Applications04 Mar 2024 | 31
EU-turn! Now Apple says it won't banish Home Screen web apps in Europe So, er, how will WebKit-only applications work under latest Euro antitrust laws? Anyone? Tim? Applications02 Mar 2024 | 38
British businesses told: Compliance with EU AI law will satisfy UK guidance Keep calm and innovate or regulate before it's too late? AI + ML19 Feb 2024 | 50
European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all Security15 Feb 2024 | 212
Web devs fear Apple's iOS shakeup for Europe will be a nightmare for support Still, there's hope for actual browser competition on iPhones Software31 Jan 2024 | 24
Amazon calls off $1.7 billion iRobot buy, blames regulators Retailer steps back from Roomba-maker and 350 staff will have to step back from a job Personal Tech29 Jan 2024 | 15
Tech world won't have long to fall in line when EU signs off on AI Act Did your org already start baking AI into systems? Watch out. Staggered timetable for compliance expected after draft leaked AI + ML24 Jan 2024 | 12
Intel finds a friend in fight against $1.2B EU antitrust fine Advocate general kicks holes in some of the European Commission's arguments about ancient rebate program Public Sector19 Jan 2024 | 5
Europe benched in high tech 'Champions League' says ASML Calls for stronger team play in the global economic tournament Systems16 Jan 2024 | 13
Europe's monopoly cops suddenly rather curious about Microsoft's $13B for OpenAI Updated Redmond's three Es strike again: Embrace, Extend... EU AI + ML09 Jan 2024 | 7
EU lassos tech giants in bid to rein in the AI Wild West Analysis Interpretation, debate, and judges set to decide how the rubber hits the road AI + ML03 Jan 2024 | 3
Europe classifies three adult sites as worthy of its toughest internet regulations Very Large Online Platform status means NSFW sites must clean up their acts Legal21 Dec 2023 | 66
Biden urged to do something about Europe 'unfairly' targeting American tech 5 out of 6 'gatekeepers' are US-based so regulators across pond are just being mean to us, say lawmakers Public Sector19 Dec 2023 | 107
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