EU having another crack at Apple
Violating anti-geoblocking rules
The fruity-cargo cult Apple is again finding itself in trouble with the European Union over its geo-blocking antics.
EU doing the funky gibbon over Gorilla Glass
Anti-trust
The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Corning, focusing on the company’s popular Gorilla Glass product. Gorilla Glass dominates the mobile phone and tablet cover glass market.
Apple about to be hammered by the EU
First to go down under the Digital Markets Act (DMA),
Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
EU takes a hard line on software liability
While US dithers
According to Lawfare's cybersecurity newsletter, the European Union and the United States are taking different approaches to introducing liability for software products.
Apple wants Trump to protect it from EU bullies
Cook calls him to make him promise to protect Apple's lunch money
Former US president Donald Trump claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook called him to get the EU to stop picking on the poor little cargo cult.
UK might make USB-C default charging standard
Brexit means copying Europe
The British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow the EU and India in implementing USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices.
EU wallops Facebook’s data retention policies
Zuckerberg can’t use your lunch pictures forever
The European Union's top court ruled on Friday that social networks like Facebook cannot indefinitely use people's information for ad targeting.
iPhone 16 / Pro pre orders are low in EU
Preorders weaker than predecessor
Enthusiasm over the new iPhone 16 series with a new shutter button and unclear Apple Intelligence (AI) strategy led to much lower iPhone 16 preorder numbers compared to the iPhone 15 generation. The numbers are lower in the EU as well as worldwide.
Meta faces EU scrutiny over ad model
Sniffs of anti-trust
Meta is encountering obstacles while striving to comply with the European Union's stringent online competition law, the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
EU snuffles but might ignore Vole’s EU deal
It's not an acquisition
EU watchdogs might be prepared to let the software King of the World, Microsoft, get away with its €12.15 billion investment in OpenAI.