Published on: 2025-06-17 13:01:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Editor's take: Broadcom aims to convert every valuable customer into a recurring online subscriber. The company has achieved notable financial success with this approach. However, regulators may soon scrutinize its business practices, raising the possibility of costly antitrust fines that could impact its future growth. The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) is a monitoring group founded
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 23:55:44
Though the difference between the two brands' monthly sales totals is relatively small, the implications of BYD beating out Tesla "are enormous," says Felipe Munoz, global automotive analyst at JATO Dynamics. BYD sold more pure battery electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time ever last month — a "watershed moment" for the region's car market, according to a report from JATO Dynamics. New car registrations data from the automotive intelligence firm shows that BYD's Europe volum
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 01:37:18
The European Union has imposed strict sanctions against web-hosting provider Stark Industries and the two individuals running it, CEO Iurie Neculiti and owner Ivan Neculiti, for enabling “destabilising activities” against the Union. The action is part of the European Council’s effort to protect against Russian hybrid threats. It affects 21 individuals and six entities behind activities that supported or promoted Russia’s foreign policy interests and distributed pro-Russian propaganda through me
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 18:40:28
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm). This historic decision reinforces its integration with the European Union and NATO. The change, presented by Transport Minister Lulu Ranne at a meeting of Nordic ministers in Helsinki, is in response to the need to improve military mobility and regional security, especially in the wake of Finland’s NATO membership and growing tensions with Russia. The project,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 20:59:16
In February, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. As a result, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has no access to the emails on his Microsoft account. The incident once again demonstrates the risks of dependence on US IT services. To make matters worse, Khan’s bank accounts have also been frozen, according to the Associated Press. If he takes a flight to the US, he will likely be arrested upon arrival. According to the Associated Press, the ICC h
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 01:39:00
In context: Microsoft Teams saw explosive growth during the pandemic, but its integration with Microsoft 365 triggered European antitrust complaints. Rivals accused Microsoft of leveraging its market dominance to stifle competition. After years of legal pressure, the case may finally be nearing resolution. Microsoft and the European Commission could soon resolve an antitrust investigation on amicable terms. CNBC notes that the company agreed to offer Teams as a stand-alone product outside its p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 01:05:19
The European Commission (EC) has been firing on all cylinders in holding big tech to account through various fines and enforcement actions, attempting to create a more competitive landscape in a space that has become increasingly monopolized. Microsoft has been in a years-long dispute with the EC, which opened an antitrust probe in 2023 after Slack filed a complaint in 2020 alleging that Microsoft’s bundling of Teams and Microsoft 365 was anticompetitive. The company unbundled the two products
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 20:39:04
The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Microsoft on Friday made fresh commitments to unbundle its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites from its Teams workplace communication app in an effort to address competition concerns from European regulators and avoid a possible antitrust fine. The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, said in a statement Friday that Microsoft made a series of commitments to addres
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-30 16:35:00
Popular social media app TikTok has been charged by the European Commission with breaching EU online content rules, which marks the second formal proceeding from the commission since November of 2024. According to the commission's statement, TikTok hasn't complied with the Digital Service Act's requirement that the app must publish a list of advertisements on the app. The repository lets users spot scam advertisements. Aside from the details around the content of ads, the European Commission al
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 05:46:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Forward-looking: In today's world and age, having a centralized resource for collecting and sharing information about security vulnerabilities is essential. The US administration recently signaled it doesn't have this kind of priorities anymore, so the European Union is preparing a potential alternative for keeping the technology world safe and informed. The European Commission has launched a new v
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VCs are known to move in herds, which is why Eric Slesinger stands out a bit. While most American investors chase AI startups or U.S.-based defense tech startups, the former CIA officer is hunting for defense tech deals in Europe. In fact, Slesinger, founder of 201 Ventures, recently closed a $22 million fund focused on seed-stage European defense tech startups. His path from developing gadgets and software for CIA agents to becoming perhaps the only American VC exclusively investing in European
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-11 01:56:01
The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program, backed with more than half a billion dollars, is designed to offer an alternative to researchers who have been forced to seek new opportunities following cuts in scientific funding imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. The program will invest €500 million ($568 million) between 2025 and 202
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The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program, backed with more than half a billion dollars, is designed to offer an alternative to researchers who have been forced to seek new opportunities following cuts in scientific funding imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. The program will invest €500 million ($568 million) between 2025 and 202
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-21 05:33:53
LONDON (AP) — A European Union privacy watchdog fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. The Irish national
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LONDON (AP) — European Union privacy watchdogs fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China breached strict data privacy rules in the EU. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and it ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. The Irish national watchdog serves as TikTo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-25 17:47:26
Meta warns of 'worse' experience for European users "Based on feedback from the EC in connection with the DMA, we expect we will need to make some modifications to our model," Meta said in its quarterly earnings statement. Last week, the European Commision - the EU's executive - announced it had decided that the model does not comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and fined Meta €200m (£171m). Meta recently introduced a "consent or pay" model which leaves users to choose between paying fo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 13:05:43
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks during signing ceremony of cooperation agreement between the Polish Ministry of Defence and Microsoft, in Warsaw, Poland, February 17, 2025. Microsoft President Brad Smith says the U.S. tech giant is committed to respecting European laws — even though it may not always agree with them. "Like every citizen and company, we don't always agree with every policy of every government. But even when we've lost cases in European courts, Microsoft has long respected
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 08:00:00
The EU's crackdown on Big Tech began in earnest on Wednesday, as the European Commission issued the first fines under the Digital Markets Act, a piece of regulation designed to keep major players in the technology world from abusing their dominant position in the industry. Apple's fine, the bigger of the two, totals 500 million euros ($570 million), and follows an investigation into whether the company has been preventing customers from viewing and accessing offers that could save them money —
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 21:53:12
The European Commission issued a €500 million fine to Apple and a €200 million fine to Meta yesterday, saying that both companies violated the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The companies are required to bring their platforms into compliance within 60 days or face "periodic penalty payments," the EC said. These are the first two non-compliance decisions adopted by the commission under the DMA. The EC said it determined that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation and that "Meta breached the DMA
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 09:49:40
The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc's digital competition laws. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, said it was fining Apple 500 million euros ($571 million) and Meta 200 million euros ($228.4 million) for breaches of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Officials said that Apple failed to comply with so-called "anti-steering" obligations under the DMA. Under the EU's tech law, Apple is required to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 08:10:00
The EU's crackdown on Big Tech began in earnest on Wednesday, as the European Commission issued the first fines under the Digital Markets Act, a piece of regulation designed to keep major players in the technology world from abusing their dominant position in the industry. Apple's fine, the bigger of the two, totals 500 million euros ($570 million), and follows an investigation into whether the company has been preventing customers from viewing and accessing offers that could save them money —
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 13:42:00
What just happened? The European Commission has just hit Apple and Meta with combined fines of almost $1 billion. It marks the first fines handed out by the Commission under its Digital Markets Act (DMA), and arrives just after President Trump threatened to levy tariffs against any countries that penalize US companies. Apple was handed the larger fine of 500 million euros ($570 million), while Meta has to pay 200 million euros ($228 million), making a combined total of 700 million euros, or $79
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 22:41:59
Under the EU's Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to allow developers to freely inform customers of alternative offers outside its App Store. The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc's digital competition laws. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, said it was fining Apple 500 million euros ($571 million) and Meta 200 million euros ($228.4 million) for breaches of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 21:01:04
By Foo Yun Chee and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech. The EU fines could stoke tensions with U.S President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries that penalise U.S. companies. They follow a year-long investigation by the European Commissio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 21:50:02
Apple and Meta are the first companies to be fined for violations under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European Commission announced today that Apple has been served a €500 million (about $570 million) penalty after ruling that its App Store “anti-steering” practices failed to comply with DMA antitrust rules. Meta has been fined €200 million (about $230 million) following similar charges regarding Facebook and Instagram’s ‘pay or consent’ ad model. Both companies have been
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-13 13:46:45
The WSJ says some Parliament members are concerned the cases have become political. The European Commission (EC) reportedly delayed regulatory penalty announcements against Apple and Meta this week as it accelerates its push for a trade deal with the US. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal said the move led to concern from European Parliament lawmakers that political factors are influencing the body's regulatory decisions. The EU is said to have initially planned to announce cease-and-desist or
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-17 21:26:00
In a nutshell: The European Commission is supplying staffers bound for the US on official business with burner phones and basic laptops. The security measure, which is common practice for staff members visiting regions like Russia or China where electronic surveillance is anticipated, is meant to thwart espionage attempts. An EU official told the Financial Times, "The transatlantic alliance is over." According to The Register, officials from the European Union are set to visit Washington DC ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-20 09:00:28
European allies who have reservations about working with Elon Musk’s Starlink will have more to worry about if they side with Chinese satellite internet services, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr told the Financial Times. Carr said that politics having an influence on long-term decisions in Europe was “unfortunate,” and that “allied Western democracies” should instead be focusing on “the real long-term bogey: the rise of the Chinese Communist party.” “If you’re concerned abo
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One of President Donald Trump’s top officials has warned European allies hesitant about working with Elon Musk’s satellite Internet company that they needed to choose between US and Chinese technology. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told the Financial Times that “allied western democracies” needed to “focus on the real long-term bogey: the rise of the Chinese Communist party.” His comments come as European governments and some European companies consider whether Starlink—
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-20 18:59:24
The European Space Agency is inviting proposals to inject competition into the European launch market, an important step toward fostering a dynamic multiplayer industry officials hope, one day, will mimic that of the United States. The near-term plan for the European Launcher Challenge is for ESA to select companies for service contracts to transport ESA and other European government payloads to orbit from 2026 through 2030. A second component of the challenge is for companies to perform at lea
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