Google is to be hit by another record fine
EU antitrust watchdogs take another punch
The EU is contemplating another record fine against Google.
EU delivers a nightmare to disposable electronics
You will have to make it fixable
The EU Parliament is about to tell makers of badly made electronics which are designed not to last past the warranty date that their products will have to last longer and be fixable.
Caught playing monoploy
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules, saying the search engine outfit has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
US government wants control of EU data
US companies must hand over EU data to our spooks
The US government has become so arrogant that it thinks it can order other countries to hand over data to its spooks and has asked the highest court in the land to back it.
EU Parliament wants to protect end-to-end encryption
European governments might be stalled
European governments that think they can stop terrorism by weakening end-to-end encryption might find their efforts stalled by the European Union.
Google faces more than €1 billion fine
EU expected to announce record antitrust fine
Search outfit Google is facing a record-breaking fine from the EU over its alleged abuse of its market dominance.
EU opens inquiry into Qualcomm's NXP bid
Under pressure to compromise
Qualcomm is under pressure from the EU to make concessions on its $38 billion bid for NXP Semiconductors.
EU moans that Qualcomm is playing hardball
No concessions over NXP deal
US smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has not offered any concessions so far in its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors, the EU competition authority has said.
EU kills off geoblocking
Stops streamers from treating consumers differently based on where they live
European Union lawmakers voted to stop online retailers from treating consumers differently depending on where they live and expanded their proposed law to include music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple's iTunes.
Apple files appeal against tax bill
A long rant as to why it is “special” and the EU smells of nintendo
The fruity tax-dodging cargo-cult Apple has sent a 14 point legal rant to the EU claiming it is special and does not have to pay tax like everyone else.