Hardware Industry If Nvidia doesn't complete Arm acquisition, the latter might consider an IPO To complete the acquisition, Nvidia has to send all the necessary paperwork to the European Commission, which hasn't happened yet By Joao Silva, July 26, 2021, 11:37 AM
Industry AI Proposed EU regulations aim to restrict AI use based on its risk to public safety or liberty 'AI systems considered a clear threat to the safety, livelihoods and rights of people will be banned' By Cal Jeffrey, April 21, 2021, 2:54 PM 9 comments
Gaming EU watchdog calls for investigation into Nintendo's persistent Joy-Con drift issue Group demands Nintendo fix the problem or openly disclose the defect to consumers in its marketing By Cal Jeffrey, January 27, 2021, 12:59 PM 7 comments
Gaming Industry European Commission levies $9.5 million in fines for 'geo-blocked' Steam games Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom and others face EU antitrust regulatory wrath By Cal Jeffrey, January 20, 2021, 2:06 PM 32 comments
Industry European Commission accuses Amazon of using third-party seller data to bolster its own products More antitrust headaches for the retailer By Cohen Coberly, November 10, 2020, 4:22 PM 10 comments
Apple Tile issues complaint against Apple for making its tracking app harder to use Apple says it's part of more stringent tracking security protocols and has nothing to do with stifling competition By Cal Jeffrey, May 29, 2020, 1:54 PM
Tech Culture Software The European Union considering temporary facial recognition ban Allowing regulation to catch up with tech By James Miller, January 19, 2020, 11:22 AM 14 comments
Industry AI European Commission considers tighter regulation of facial recognition data Citizens would have more control and knowledge about how and when their data is used By Cal Jeffrey, August 22, 2019, 1:41 PM
Hardware Industry European Union's CPU development branch delivers its first designs The first wave of processors will be released in 2021 By Isaiah Mayersen, June 8, 2019, 12:22 PM 23 comments
Industry Tech Culture EU publishes guidelines urging ethical AI development The seven laws of ethical artificial intelligence By Cal Jeffrey, April 8, 2019, 5:43 PM
Tech Culture European Union votes to end daylight saving time in 2021 Member states will have to choose whether to permanently remain on summer or winter time By Cal Jeffrey, March 26, 2019, 1:47 PM 15 comments
Software EU to fund bug bounties for open source projects including PuTTY, Notepad++, KeePass, Filezilla and VLC Up to $100,000 per bug By Isaiah Mayersen, December 30, 2018, 1:08 PM 9 comments
Security The EU wants to use AI to detect whether travelers are lying during border checks Human border control agents will double-check the results By Cohen Coberly, October 31, 2018, 4:38 PM
Industry Mobile Google will charge up to $40 for their apps on every phone in Europe Though it appears most companies won't end up paying much By Isaiah Mayersen, October 20, 2018, 10:19 AM 14 comments
Security Industry Europe's GDPR law could see Facebook hit with $1.63 billion fine over recent hack The fallout continues By Rob Thubron, October 1, 2018, 7:58 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture EU proposes scrapping daylight saving time across Europe Does anyone even benefit from DST anymore? By Cal Jeffrey, September 18, 2018, 5:03 PM 17 comments
Industry Asus, Philips and others face a combined €111 million for price fixing The EU is not putting up with it anymore By Cal Jeffrey, July 24, 2018, 6:46 PM 15 comments
Google Industry Google hit with record $5 billion fine by the EU for Android antitrust violations Google will appeal the decision By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2018, 1:00 PM 15 comments
Google The EU is reportedly planning to hit Google with yet another antitrust fine The EU Commission isn't happy with Google's business model By Cohen Coberly, July 17, 2018, 1:15 PM 9 comments
Apple Industry The EU is looking into Apple's acquisition of Shazam The EU worries that the purchase could adversely impact competition By Cohen Coberly, April 23, 2018, 3:04 PM
Industry Big Tech may soon face 3% tax on gross revenue by EU proposal Measure would be temporary while a permanent fix is worked on By Cal Jeffrey, March 19, 2018, 4:04 PM
Industry Google EU Commission hits Google with record $2.7 billion fine over antitrust violations The case has been going on for over six years By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2017, 6:15 AM 13 comments
Security Software Kaspersky says Microsoft is disabling its anti-virus software in favor of 'inferior' Windows Defender solution Microsoft says users' security is their main concern By Jose Vilches, June 6, 2017, 3:00 PM 36 comments
Industry Facebook hit with $122 million fine by EU over "misleading" WhatsApp deal Inter-platform data sharing has proved pricey for the social network By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2017, 9:00 AM
The Web EU accuses Facebook of providing misleading information during Whatsapp buyout Facebook faces fines of up to 1% of its annual sales By Jose Vilches, December 20, 2016, 11:45 AM