European Commission opens bidding for the .eu Registry
The EC has issued a call for tenders for .eu, one of the largest country-specific Top Level Domains in the world
The EC’s Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technologies last week announced the tender process for a five-year contract to oversee its 3.6 million domain n... Read more
Google grows EU market share despite their anti-trust “remedy”
The remedial measures Google adopted have failed to achieve their stated purpose, according to the latest study.
Since 2010 Google has been under the gun in the EU for various anticompetitive practices. In 2017, the European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for the offen... Read more
‘European data laws no longer protect British Google users’
Brits using Google services will no longer be protected by European measures on privacy and data security because of the Brexit. For example, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, will no longer cover the United Kingdom, since Google has already switched to applying US privacy ... Read more
EU wants more transparency around use of AI
Making use of the possibilities offered by AI, but at the same time applying a clear set of rules to prevent misuse. This is what the European Union hopes to meet with a comprehensive plan, with a focus on transparency.
The use of AI through, for example, facial recognition and data collection s... Read more
EU investigates Qualcomm for forcing chips on smartphone makers
The umpteenth investigation into choices made by Qualcomm has been announced. Whereas in recent years it has already had to pay billions because of anti-competitive behaviour on the chip market, it is now the European Union that is investigating the issue of a new series of chips. The special radio... Read more
Microsoft sees little value in European face recognition ban
In an effort to gain time to figure out how to eliminate certain obstacles to the use of facial recognition in public places, the European Union proposed banning the use of such technology for a period of five years. While Alphabet- and Google-CEO Sundar Pichai agreed, Microsoft only sees reasons t... Read more
EU lags behind in AI race, China gaining ground
The US is at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), with China in second place. However, the EU is increasingly lagging behind, according to the Center for Data Innovation today. The institute also predicts that China will continue to develop rapidly in the coming years. ... Read more
European citizens in Great Britain are allowed to keep .eu domains after Brexit
European citizens living in Great Britain are allowed to keep their .eu domains after the Brexit. That is what the European Commission has decided. This brings the Commission back to an earlier decision.
In January, the Commission decided that European citizens in Great Britain were not allowed to k... Read more
European Commission launches competition investigation into Amazon
The European Commission has opened a formal competition investigation into Amazon. The Commission would like to know whether the use of sensitive data from independent sellers selling via the Amazon web shop is in breach of EU competition rules.
Amazon is a webshop that sells its own products. Howev... Read more
European GPS alternative Galileo online again
The European satellite navigation network Galileo is back online after a week's failure. Commercial users are already seeing signs of recovery of navigation and timing services, but fluctuations may still occur.
The technical incident was caused by an equipment failure in the Galileo control centres... Read more