European Union lawmakers line up to defend world's first AI Act Rules were not bent for Big Tech, politicians say AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 10
No App Store needed: Apple caves, will allow sideloading in EU Think this'll help you escape the fees? Nope – Apple still wants a cut for letting devs install things on user devices Applications12 Mar 2024 | 13
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
EU users can't update 3rd party iOS apps if abroad too long Remember how Apple told you security was its paramount concern? Applications06 Mar 2024 | 92
Chip lobby group SEMI to EU: Export restrictions should only be used in self-defense Please don't scare away foreign investors - who do you think pays for this stuff? Public Sector06 Mar 2024 | 5
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 sanctions Indian tech outfit that has partnered with New Delhi's IT Ministry Si2 Microsystems was tapped for silicon photonics expertise, but has Russian ties that worry Washington and Brussels Public Sector28 Feb 2024 | 9
Meta to build election operations center in Europe to inspect AI content Fact-checkers will label AI-generated media for upcoming EU elections AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 40
Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe Bloc isn't happy with made-in-China network's efforts to protect kids and data Public Sector20 Feb 2024 | 17
EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out Provisional deal will mean companies cannot 'hinder repair' Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 49
Europe forces Apple to give its citizens some choice over iOS browser engine, app store That's the way the Cook, he crumbles Software25 Jan 2024 | 13
The EU-US Trade and Tech Council sounds fancy but, really, what's the point? Nothing like an informal talking shop dressed up as formal transatlantic cooperation Systems25 Jan 2024 | 4
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
Mystery German chip fab sips on Gradiant's ultrapure water Most advanced semiconductor facility in Europe is being subsidized by Chips Act funding Systems22 Jan 2024 | 6
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
Facial recognition tech has outpaced US law – and don't expect the Feds to catch up Comment Let's be realistic: If the EU can't regulate it well, America definitely won't Public Sector17 Jan 2024 | 10
Europe benched in high tech 'Champions League' says ASML Calls for stronger team play in the global economic tournament Systems16 Jan 2024 | 13
Gaia-X project doesn't have a future, claims Nextcloud boss Interview How the hyperscalers derailed Europe's cloud infrastructure train PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2024 | 11
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
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
EU launches investigation into X under Digital Services Act Musk-owned platform first to face freshly minted rules Personal Tech18 Dec 2023 | 84
Privacy crusaders accuse X of ad-targeting that flouts EU rules Campaign to promote 'chat control' legislation allegedly sorted users by political views, religious beliefs Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 23
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
US and EU infosec authorities pen intel-sharing pact As Cyber Solidarity Act edges closer to full adoption in Europe Cyber-crime07 Dec 2023 | 2
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
Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting How could you, Mark? Oh, right - gotta avoid those pesky EU gatekeeper rules Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 5
EU lawmakers finalize cyber security rules that panicked open source devs Infosec in brief PLUS: Montana TikTok ban ruled unconstitutional; Dollar Tree employee data stolen; critical vulnerabilities Security04 Dec 2023 | 17
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 22
Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert Legal28 Nov 2023 | 89
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe Networks20 Nov 2023 | 29
Windows users can soon ditch Bing, Edge, other bundleware – but only in the EU On the other hand, Europeans have to wait for Copilot OSes17 Nov 2023 | 87
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
Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act? Opinion The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and for open source this is a well meaning cluster fudge Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 82
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
Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs Gets blanked again Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 132
UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement So much for sovereignty then Databases22 Sep 2023 | 51
Big Tech has failed to police Russian disinformation, EC study concludes In Putin's Russia, the planet hacks you Security05 Sep 2023 | 61
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
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday Science20 Jul 2023 | 117
Post-Brexit tariffs on cross EU-UK electrical vehicle imports still going ahead Commission official insists it has to protect itself against US subsidies Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 99
EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources Despite Redmond's best efforts to convince competition regulators that product bundles are OK Software04 Jul 2023 | 22
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
Euro Parliament green lights its AI safety, privacy law Shoddy predictive systems labeling gender, race, emotion would be verboten AI + ML15 Jun 2023 | 15
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
AI, extinction, nuclear war, pandemics ... That's expert open letter bingo 'We need to prepare now' AI + ML30 May 2023 | 46
Top cloud players reject Microsoft's attempt to settle EU licensing complaint Exclusive Offer described by trade group as 'pretty paltry' – it wants more before negotiations begin PaaS + IaaS30 May 2023 | 17
That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry? Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 70
Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent Networks18 May 2023 | 19
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 54
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's Cyber Resilience Act contains a poison pill for open source developers Opinion The road to hell is paved with good intentions OSes12 May 2023 | 82
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 still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 8
ENISA leans into EU-based clouds with draft cybersecurity label Time for AWS and pals to start thinking about JVs? Security11 May 2023 | 8
Cloudflare opposes Europe's plan to make Big Tech help pay for networks Prefers open peering – from which it profits Networks09 May 2023 | 14
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
Microsoft may charge different prices for Office with or without Teams How to appease antitrust regulators by looking like you're doing something Storage05 May 2023 | 32