Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites an upcoming EU law
Here's Why Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 chip Spencer Hart / Stuff : Apple won't include a charger with the new MacBook Pro M5, I think that's a big mis...
Microsoft delays last week's 50% price hike for existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in Germany, Ireland, South Korea, Poland, India, and other markets
Current subscribers in some European countries won't be affected by Microsoft's Game Pass price hikes just yet.
The Irish Data Protection Commission appoints Niamh Sweeney, Facebook's former head of public policy in Ireland, as its new commissioner, starting on October 13
Niamh Sweeney to take up role in October — Former tech industry lobbyist Niamh Sweeney has been named to the Data Protection Commission …
Barbour ABI: the UK's data center count, currently 477, is set to jump by ~100 over the next five years, with more than half in London and neighboring counties
if it can find the power TelecomTV : What's up with... Intel, Colt, UK datacentres Bluesky: Tom Scott / @tom—scott.bsky.social : Perhaps someone should ask AI whether it's a good idea to build huge nu...
Kraken secures a MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland to offer crypto services across the EU, following Coinbase's approval in Luxembourg last week
Approval from Ireland's central bank gives Kraken the ability to operate across 27 EU states as it races to catch up to rival Coinbase.
Kraken secures a MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland to offer crypto services across the EU, following Coinbase's approval in Luxembourg last week
Approval from Ireland's central bank gives Kraken the ability to operate across 27 EU states as it races to catch up to rival Coinbase.
The European Commission is facing pressure from member states, led by Ireland, to force Google, Meta, and others to vet financial ads on social media for scams
EU member states push for rule change to make tech groups shoulder responsibility for fraud that costs billions each year
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €530M for illegally sending user data to China, ordering a halt to EU data transfers in six months if protections aren't guaranteed
Irish privacy watchdog says app failed to protect user data sent to China — Ireland's data-privacy watchdog fined TikTok …
Ireland's DPC opens an investigation into how personal data in public X posts was used to train xAI's Grok, which could stoke tensions between the EU and the US
The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.
Sources: Ireland's DPC will fine TikTok €500M+ before the end of April for illegally shipping European users' data to China, after a lengthy GDPR investigation
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