EU warns Apple it cannot play monopoly with USB-C
Defeats the point of the law
The EU is concerned that the fruity cargo cult Apple is working to bypass a new law introducing USB-C as the standard power cable in Europe.
EU opens research unit to monitor big tech
ECAT sharpens its claws
The EU has opened a new dedicated research unit to support oversight of large platforms under the bloc's flagship Digital Services Act (DSA).
European Union gives away a large amount of cash to big tech
Giving money to foreign companies much better than wasting it on health and social services
The European Union agreed a 43 billion euro plan for its semiconductor industry in an attempt to catch up with the United States and Asia and start a green industrial revolution.
Right of repair could be ten years in EU
Apple has heart attack
The European Commission has adopted a new set of right to repair rules that will add electronic devices like smartphones and tablets to a list of goods that must be built with repairability in mind.
Apple takes revenge on EU's USB-C requirements
We will limit what it can do
Fruity-cargo cult Apple is so angry that the EU forced it to dump its lightning port in favour of USB-C that it is introducing a limited version of the spec in its iPhone 15.
EU tells Microsoft why it is worried about Activision Blizzard deal
Vole says it is prepared to make concessions
The European Union has sent Microsoft a list of its concerns about the ongoing purchase of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
France's privacy watchdog fines Microsoft €60 million for privacy violations
Take your nasty 'amburger eating cookies out of our sight
France's privacy watchdog has decided not to surrender to the software king of the world Microsoft and fined the outfit €60 million for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union.
EU forces smartphone makers to use user-replacable batteries
Will give manufacturers three and a half years to stop messing us all about
The EU has reached a provisional agreement that will require that portable devices have user-replaceable batteries.
EU and US close to an agreement on data privacy
Draft document being looked at
The EU and US are closer to getting a workable data protection privacy framework which enables European companies to use US clouds without being spied on by US spooks.
Kids think “risky and criminal behaviour” is normal
EU report has a problem with what it thinks is risky and criminal
An EU report has been tutting that the “kids of today” have become immune to the fact that trolling and online piracy is considered normal – unlike the early generation of internet users who were apparently paragons of virtue.