Google squares up with EU over advert monitoring
Another fine, but leopard remains spotty
Google could face EU antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, putting the company at risk of its fourth fine in the EU of more than a billion euros.
EU prepares to give AI rules
Robots expected to demand an oven ready exit plan
The European Commission is preparing to make sure that people who suffer from damage due to AI stuff ups will be more likely to win in court.
Microsoft promises to fix unfair licenses in the EU
Worried that the EU might rain on its cloud
Microsoft said that it would fix its unfair licensing terms in the EU before it is taken to task for making it prohibitively expensive to run Windows and Office workloads on non-Azure cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud.
Brexit takes its toll on British boffins
Funding cancelled
British boffins are headed towards the dark ages now that super soaraway Brexit has taken hold and the EU no longer sees the need to fund their projects.
EU signs off on tech giant regulation
Enforcement might be impossible
EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators' limited resources.
Intel says the EU owes it money
Don't make us come and get it
US chipmaker Intel claims the EU owes it 593 million euros ($624 million) in interest, five months after it convinced Europe's second-top court to scrap a 1.06-billion-euro EU antitrust fine.
UK government give Apple a free pass
Will not enforce a USB Type-C charger
The UK government says it is not "currently considering" copying European Union plans for a common charging cable.
EU forces Apple to equip devices with a standard USB-C port
Everyone will have to be the same
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is going to force smartphone manufacturers like Apple and other electronics makers to equip their devices with a standard USB-C charging port.
EU forces Meta and Google to combat hate speech and fake news
Multibillion-dollar fines
The European Union reached an agreement on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook's parent company Meta, as well as other internet services, to more aggressively combat hate speech and misinformation or risk multibillion-dollar fines.
EU agree to curb Big Tech
Landmark laws
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.