A draft proposal outlines the European Commission's “Apply AI strategy”, which is set to be presented on October 7 and aims to “strengthen EU AI sovereignty”
Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals
The European Court of Justice rules against Apple over a record €13B Irish tax bill, confirming a 2016 decision; filing: Apple will incur a ~$10B charge in Q4
https://www.bbc.com/... “The EU Commission accused Ireland of giving Apple illegal tax advantages eight years ago but the Irish government has consistently argued against the need for the tax to be p...
In preliminary findings, the EU says Apple's anti-steering developer rules breach the DMA; the EU is also probing if Apple's developer fees comply with EU rules
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo : Apple Could Be Fined $30 Billion for Violating Competition Laws Livia Giannotti / Tech Monitor : EU finds A...
The EU Court of Justice says Apple filed a legal case contesting the European Commission's decisions under the DMA; Meta and TikTok have already filed appeals
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EU regulators approve Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition after Microsoft made concessions to keep rivals' access to Call of Duty and other games
but the saga is ‘unlikely to end soon’ Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : EU approves Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar Activision Blizzard acquisition despite UK and US opposition Arjun Kharpal / CNBC...
An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the record €4.3B fine to €4.1B; Google can appeal
Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a record 4.3 billion-euro ($4.3 billion) …
The EU's General Court sides with Qualcomm over the European Commission's $1.05B fine from 2018 for allegedly paying Apple to use only Qualcomm chips
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM.O) on Wednesday won its fight against a 997-million-euro ($1.05 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust … Source: Court of Justice of the European Union .
European Commission proposes legislation mandating USB-C charging for mobile devices, citing electronic waste; Apple is the main USB-C holdout
an initiative it says will reduce environmental waste but that is likely to hit Apple the hardest. https://www.nytimes.com/... @fasterthanlime : Will Apple waste 45-55% energy efficiency to avoid comp...
Google will show more mobile search apps to choose from on new Android phones in Europe and make participation free for search providers
On August 2, 2019, following the European Commission's July 2018 … Jonathan Keane / Silicon Republic : Google to allow other search engines on Android for free Kris Holt / Engadget : Google will let r...
In EU, Google to start charging OEMs for Play Store and Google apps, offer separate licenses for Search and Chrome, let OEMs make devices with forked Android
for a fee Cohen Coberly / TechSpot : Google will soon charge European Android device makers licensing fees to use its apps Tweets: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Google is going to start charging a license...