Apple challenges the DMA in the EU's General Court, saying it “imposes hugely onerous and intrusive burdens” at odds with Apple's rights in the EU marketplace
Apple Inc. lashed out at the European Union's attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge …
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera rejects claims DMA enforcement could be traded to avoid Trump's tariffs, and urges mutual respect for each side's regulations
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The European Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders to both companies; Apple and Meta say they will appeal
Fines come as European officials pursue trade talks with the Trump administration — BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Apple …
The European Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders to both companies; Apple and Meta say they will appeal
Fines come as European officials pursue trade talks with the Trump administration — BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Apple …
An EU confidential decision, now public, shows the EU pressed Meta to create a separate version of Facebook Marketplace or let users access rival services
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The EU Commission orders Apple to open iOS to third-party connected devices, and in preliminary findings charges Google with breaking the DMA in search and apps
EU continues Big Tech crackdown under landmark Digital Markets Act — Brussels is pressing ahead with regulatory action …
The USPS resumes accepting China and Hong Kong mail hours after suspension due to Trump's EO, disrupting e-commerce, and is implementing “the new China tariffs”
WATCH NOW — The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will resume accepting inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong …
Sources: the European Commission and four member nations plan a probe into Shein over illegal products, opening the fast fashion marketplace to potential fines
The Chinese-founded massive online marketplace Shein faces potential fines with the European Union imminently set to open a probe …
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store
- Fine will target Apple for anticompetitive App Store practices — EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case
The EU Commission says Apple must step into line with strict new DMA laws on making OSes fully functional with other tech, and gives Apple six months to comply
- EU announces efforts to pull Apple into compliance with rules — Apple previously said it would hold back future tech from EU
The EU's General Court says TikTok is large enough to fall under the DMA, rejecting ByteDance's challenge; ByteDance can appeal to the European Court of Justice
- TikTok attempt to avoid EU's Digital Markets Act is dismissed — Chinese-owned social media giant also risks ban in the US
Sources: Google offered CISPE ~€455M worth of Google Cloud licenses and €14M in cash on condition that CISPE maintain its antitrust complaint against Microsoft
- Cloud group rejected Google package to keep their EU case — CISPE eventually reached antitrust settlement with Microsoft
Apple settles with the EU over Apple Pay and avoids potential fines by agreeing to open NFC access on iOS to third-party wallet developers for free for a decade
Apple settles with the EU over Apple Pay and avoids potential fines by agreeing to open NFC access on iOS to third-party wallet developers for free for a decade
- EU accepts Apple pledge to open up payment tech to rivals — Firm still faces mounting EU antitrust scrutiny in other areas
Sources: the EU plans to issue a final warning to X over its failure to combat dangerous content under the DSA; X faces fines of 6% of its global revenue
- EU poised to issue preliminary findings over dangerous content — Digital Services Act breaches risk penalties of 6% of revenue
Margrethe Vestager says the EU is seeking information “to better understand” Google's deal with Samsung to pre-install Gemini Nano on certain Samsung devices
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The EU explores an antitrust probe into Microsoft's OpenAI deal, after the EC dropped a merger review due to a lack of evidence that Microsoft controls OpenAI
Margrethe Vestager says the EU is seeking information “to better understand” Google's deal with Samsung to pre-install Gemini Nano on certain Samsung devices
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The EU opens formal DMA probes into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over its “pay or consent” model
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple's plans, otherwise Apple wouldn't have announced them” — The EU: “Hang on a minute...” https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Penfrat / @ilumi...
The EU opens formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over using user data for ads
The trio of Big Tech giants are the first to face full investigations under bloc's new Digital Markets Act