EU battery rules spare wearables
The EU has spared smartwatches and smart glasses from its battery-swapping rules while Nintendo gets…
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Google faces Brussels walloping over search and Play Store
Brussels is preparing to fine Google hundreds of millions of euros as its Big Tech…
Google loses Android appeal
Google has lost its appeal against a record €4.13 billion EU competition fine, after Europe’s…
Brussels pries open WhatsApp for AI rivals
Brussels has ordered Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI agents before the market gets…
Siri AI hits EU wall
The Tame Apple Press is incandescent with rage after discovering that its favourite company will…
Europe boots Google from parliament PCs
The European Parliament is swapping Google for Qwant as its default search engine in a…
EU risks €600 billion AI own goal
Brussels is being warned that fiddling with Europe’s AI training rules could torch €600 billion…
EU wants chip supply panic button
Brussels wants emergency powers to boss chipmakers around when semiconductor shortages start nobbling Europe’s supply…
Dutch blockade US DigiD grab
The Dutch government has blocked a US-based company from acquiring a key supplier behind the…
EU eyes US cloud clampdown
Brussels is considering rules that could push sensitive public-sector data away from US cloud giants…