Meta's tracking features are once again under scrutiny. Surprisingly, the complaint is issued againby the privacy advocacy organization noyb. That organization again addresses the Austrian regulator, while the previous complaint against Meta's subscription models is still pending. Noyb argues t... Read more
3 months ago
Generative AI has dominated the tech world over the last year. Criticism of this form of AI is plentiful, but rarely does it pose any threat to the continuous development of the technology. However, copyright claims pose an existential crisis for generative AI in its current form. Right at the e... Read more
3 months ago
Microsoft's $13 billion (€11.9 billion) investment in OpenAI may go against European merger rules. Regulators are considering investigating the significant investment. The European Commission announced the potential probe. The possible investigation is part of the information the EU body wants... Read more
3 months ago
The European Commission wants to end the strict cookie notifications that websites within the EU must comply with. Strict legislation does not seem to have the desired effect. A new "cookie-pledge" initiative from the EC should offer change. The current strict and mandatory cookie notifications ... Read more
4 months ago
OpenAI recently opened an office in Dublin. In doing so, it intends to control European data through its new Irish subsidiary OpenAI Ireland Limited. It's a move that has pleased EU regulators before, but doesn't resolve any privacy concerns. With OpenAI Ireland Limited, there's now a European e... Read more
4 months ago
The Netherlands has further curtailed export licenses for ASML equipment toward China. In addition, the Veldhoven-based company reportedly scrapped a number of deliveries to that country after U.S. authorities requested it do so. Speaking to Reuters, ASML confirmed that two machines will not rea... Read more
4 months ago
Google recently settled in the United States in a lawsuit accusing it of illegally tracking Chrome users in Incognito mode. Financial details of the settlement were not disclosed. According to the plaintiffs, while using Incognito mode, Google falsely led users to believe that this "silent" mode... Read more
4 months ago
The New York Times (NYT) has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. According to the news organization, both companies have unlawfully used models trained on millions of NYT articles. The Times has no specific payout in mind, but argues that OpenAI and Microsoft should be held res... Read more
4 months ago
Apple is still able to sell its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Series in the United States. A ban on these models, part of a patent dispute with healthtech company Masimo, has been temporarily suspended. A US court ruled that the tech giant can still continue to sell its Apple Watch Series 9 a... Read more
4 months ago
The European Commission stands by its proposal to introduce client-side scanning to check messages from EU residents. This is despite the fact that no agreement has been reached within the EU for the time being. According to Swedish EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson, it remains important that the E... Read more
4 months ago
