Dutch CERRIX targets European expansion with new investment
Belgian investor Fortino Capital supports CERRIX in its ambition to help companies with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software.
CERRIX's platform offers capabilities for Business Process Management, Risk and Compliance Management, and auditing. With risk management tooling, CERRIX can c... Read more
Bezos and Jassy accused of deleting chats during investigation
Amazon's top executives allegedly deleted Signal messages between 2019 and 2022 while a competition investigation was ongoing. The US regulator FTC has filed a complaint in a US court.
Between April 2019 and May 2022, founder Jeff Bezos, current CEO Andy Jassy, top lawyer David Zapolsky, former ... Read more
Chrome browser without tracking cookies won’t appear until 2025
The cookie-free Chrome browser will not surface this year, Google reports. Phasing out so-called third-party tracking cookies is now not going to happen until next year.
The reason for the delay in phasing out third-party cookies in the Chrome browser is that Google is still in discussions with ... Read more
Apple fails to throw out UK lawsuit over App Store commission
Apple has unsuccessfully tried to escape a British lawsuit. A mass claim representing 1,500 developers could potentially cost the US company £785 million (€800 million). This would be a compensation for the high fees Apple charges for transactions within the App Store.
Reuters reports. Apple ... Read more
Epic Games demands Google reform the Play Store
Epic Games wants a U.S. judge to force Google to open up the Play Store more to competition from alternative app stores. The game company is taking this further in its earlier battle against Google over alternative app payment methods.
According to the new demands, Epic Games is now asking the j... Read more
AWS is fined half a billion for patent infringement
A US judge has ruled that AWS must pay up to $525 million (€490 million) to tech company Kove.
In 2018, Kove sued AWS, claiming that its Amazon S3 storage service and database service, DynamoDB, infringed three patents. These patents enabled "hyperscalable distributed cloud storage," years bef... Read more
Expert talks
The EU AI Act is revolutionary, but how should we interpret it?
On March 14, the AI Regulation – known as the AI Act - was adopted by the European Parliament and will soon come into effect. With the AI Act, the EU has a scoop: the first legislation to regulate the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This framing of the adoption of AI comes am... Read more
Dutch foundation launches mass claim against Google over Android privacy
The Dutch Mass Claim & Consumer Foundation asserts that Google knows much more about Android users than the company lets on. Through a lawsuit, the foundation hopes to bring about fundamental changes in how the OS operates.
While numerous phone vendors use Android, Google is its main operato... Read more
EU drops sovereignty rules for U.S. cloud providers
Cloud service providers seeking contracts within the EU will face less stringent sovereignty rules than previously anticipated. Europe appears to be removing a requirement that providers be independent of laws and regulations outside the EU.
Large cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Googl... Read more
Google settles Incognito Mode lawsuit by removing collected data
Google has reached a final settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing it of still collecting end-user data when using the Chrome browser in Incognito mode. The company promises to delete all the collected data, thereby avoiding paying damages. However, the settlement does not concern all user... Read more