What Can You Learn from the New EU Labels and Rules for Smartphones and Tablets? The EU is imposing new quality rules on smartphone and tablet manufacturers and introducing a new label to support them.…
EU Mandates Sustainability Rules and New Label for Smartphones EU introduces rules and label for smartphones and tablets to extend lifespan, facilitate repair, and provide information…
EU Sells Hot Air with Digital Sovereignty Strategy The European Commission unveils a new digital strategy to reduce dependency on American technology. The plan contains be…
EU launches temporary app for age verification in July The European Commission is introducing an application that allows EU users to prove whether they are old enough for cert…
EU launches database with information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities The EU is launching a European vulnerability database that collects available information on cybersecurity vulnerabiliti…
EU grants UK ‘exceptional extension’ for data exchange The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) grants the United Kingdom an ‘exceptional’ extension for data exchange with th…
TikTok Receives Record Fine in Europe Due to China Data Risks The Irish privacy watchdog imposes a fine of 530 million euros on TikTok for inadequate data protection. The Irish Data…
European Chips Act Receives Devastating Report The European Court of Auditors is scathing about the Chips Act in a report. According to the Court of Auditors, the Chip…
Imec Takes the Lead in European Chip Design Platform A consortium led by Imec will develop a European chip design platform within the framework of the European Chips Act. Th…
US Calls European Fines for Apple and Meta ‘Economic Extortion’ The US is siding with Meta and Apple. The Americans call the fines imposed by the EU on these companies for disregarding…
European Commission Does Not Want AI Agents During Online Meetings Members of the European Commission will still have to pay attention themselves during online meetings. The Commission pr…
EU Provides ‘Burner’ Phones and Laptops to Staff Traveling to US Members of the European Commission traveling to the US are provided with so-called burner devices. These temporary lapto…
American Bureaucrat Warns EU: ‘It’s Starlink or China’ The head of the American FCC uses threatening language towards Europe. If the EU decides to ban Starlink, the only alter…
EU Plans 500 Million Euro Fine for TikTok, Considers Double for X The EU has a 500 million euro fine ready for TikTok due to privacy rule violations. X is facing a fine twice as high for…
EU Considers Levies on Digital Services in Response to Trump Tariffs In response to aggressive import tariffs by the US on European products, Europe is also looking at services in search of…
European Commission Launches Central Catalog for Open Source Software The European Commission has launched the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue. Through this central database, government s…
EU Softens Tone in AI Act Code of Conduct A third version of the code of conduct for ‘general-purpose’ AI systems has been published. The softer tone of the text…
ISACA renews commitment to EU Cybersecurity Skills Academy ISACA reaffirms its commitment to the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy. The organization focuses on co…
UK busting Apple security worldwide, US prattling against The UK, through a secret order, has ordered Apple to essentially compromise the complete security of its devices worldwi…
Vance: ‘U.S. is ultimate leader in AI, EU welcome to follow behind if it deregulates’ US Vice President Vance used the AI Action Summit in Paris to portray the US as the ultimate leader in the field. Those…
EU demands details on recommender system X as part of DSA investigation The European Commission is deepening its scrutiny of X with some new information requirements. For example, X must provi…
‘Apple fails to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act’ Interest groups that advocate for digital rights claim that Apple is not fulfilling its Digital Markets Act (DMA) obliga…
EU gives conditional green light to Ansys acquisition by Synopsys The European Commission approves Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys, provided the parties comply with some conditions. Synop…
Apple must open ecosystem to third parties: EU lists requirements Under the DMA, the EU wants Apple to make a lot of functionality in iOS accessible to third parties. In a preliminary ov…
EU sets aside €10.6 billion for Starlink competitor IRIS² The European Union is investing 10.6 billion euros in a network of satellites to provide an alternative to Starlink. Cal…
Gorilla Glass maker proposes concessions in response to European antitrust complaint Corning, which makes the Gorilla Glass that most premium smartphones use, wants to adjust anticompetitive behavior under…
Data cable between Finland and Germany is faulty The undersea data cable in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany has broken down. The cable between Lithuania and S…
Facebook Marketplace earns Meta record fine of 797 million euros Meta is to spike European coffers with 797.72 million euros. The fine is in response to Meta’s violations of European an…
European CYBERCO project should improve communication between SOCs The EU is sponsoring a project to boost internal communication around cyber threats in Europe. Eviden will be coordinato…
EU allocates €1.4 billion to support innovation The European Innovation Council may work with a budget of 1.4 billion euros next year. That amount will serve to support…
Nvidia CEO: ‘EU lags behind US and China in AI investment’ The European Union invests far less in artificial intelligence than the US and China, and that needs to change, Nvidia b…
Agreement for data transfers between Europe and U.S. likely ready in spring The EU and the US are moving closer to concluding an agreement for data transfers between the two continents. If it come…
Major Intel chip factory not coming to Belgium Intel will build a new major European chip factory. It will not come to Belgium but to Germany. Intel would choose Magde…
European Commission strongly criticizes actual cost of European Chips Act The EU’s dreams of always having chips on hand by 2030 clash firmly with reality. Currently the Commission is considerin…
Google Analytics illegal across Europe under Austrian GDPR interpretation Austria’s data protection authority finds that European websites’ use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR. The impact…
Google kicks lobbying campaign against DMA into overdrive Google has little love for the planned European Digital Markets Act and is now trying to influence the regulations throu…
