EU-China EV Tariff Dispute: Beijing Requests Automakers To Stop Expanding in Europe

EU-China EV Tariff Dispute: Beijing Requests Automakers To Stop Expanding in Europe

It is no doubt that China has a commanding lead in the worldwide market for electric vehicles. However, according to reports, Beijing is ordering businesses to halt their active hunts for production locations in the area, sign new agreements and generally maintain a low level of activity while discussions over…

Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act

Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act

Apple now requires developers in the European Union (EU) to provide the company with their contact information, in order to comply with regulations that affect app stores. App makers will have to disclose a phone number and a public address on the App Store, which will appear under individual app…

EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage

EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage

The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users’ passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it had stored some passwords in…

EU Antitrust Regulators to Spell Out How Apple Must Open Up to Rivals to Abide by Digital Markets Act

EU Antitrust Regulators to Spell Out How Apple Must Open Up to Rivals to Abide by Digital Markets Act

EU antitrust regulators launched proceedings on Thursday to ensure that Apple complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals or risk a possible hefty fine. Under the so-called specification proceedings, the European Commission will spell out what Apple has to do to abide by…

Qualcomm’s Antitrust Fine Confirmed by EU Court With Minor Reduction

Qualcomm’s Antitrust Fine Confirmed by EU Court With Minor Reduction

Europe’s second-top court largely confirmed on Wednesday an EU antitrust fine imposed on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm, revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros ($265.5 million) from an initial 242 million euros. The European Commission imposed the fine in 2019, saying that Qualcomm sold its chipsets below cost between 2009…

EU Said to Be Unlikely to Issue Break-Up Order to Google for Now

EU Said to Be Unlikely to Issue Break-Up Order to Google for Now

EU antitrust officials are considering ordering Alphabet’s Google to end anti-competitive practices in its adtech business, but will not order a breakup as they had previously warned, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. European Union regulators are due to issue a decision with a hefty fine in the…

Elon Musk’s X Agrees to Not Use Personal Data of EU Users for AI Training

Elon Musk’s X Agrees to Not Use Personal Data of EU Users for AI Training

Social media platform X agreed on Thursday not to train its AI systems for now using the personal data collected from European Union users before they had the option to withdraw their consent, an Irish court heard on Thursday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead EU regulator for most of…

Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act

Apple Changes App Store Policy in EU After Facing Probe for Breaching Tech Laws

Apple on Thursday changed its policy in the European Union to allow developers to communicate with their customers outside its App Store after the commission charged the iPhone maker in June for breaching the bloc’s tech rules. The Commission had said that under most of the business terms, Apple allows steering…

Apple Intelligence Talks Ongoing With EU and China Regulators, Says CEO Tim Cook: Report

Apple Intelligence Talks Ongoing With EU and China Regulators, Says CEO Tim Cook: Report

Apple Intelligence features have started to roll out in preview with the iOS 18.1 developer beta update. As per the Cupertino-based tech giant, these features are first rolling out in the US in English and will be expanded to other regions later. However, the European Union (EU) and China will…