Consortium must assuage concerns about job loss due to AI
In response to -certainly not unwarranted- concerns about job loss due to the rise of AI, major technology companies have formed a consortium to prepare workers and organizations in the ICT sector for upcoming changes through upskilling and retraining. Cisco spearheaded the foundation of this aptly... Read more
EU investigating Google, Apple and Meta for Digital Markets Act violations
The European Commission is opening its first investigations to check for compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet (parent company of Google), Apple and Meta will be the first to be scrutinized.
Executive EC Vice President Margarethe Vestager and European Commissioner Thierry Breto... Read more
Microsoft: ‘Only Google can compete in the AI race alone’
According to Microsoft, its partnership with OpenAI is necessary to provide Google with any competition. Speaking to the European Commission (EC), the tech giant argues that Google is the only company that can be at the forefront of AI without outside help.
Microsoft has been asked to explain it... Read more
DSA investigation opened into sale of illegal products on AliExpress
The European Commission today reports the third investigation for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). There are already ongoing investigations against social media platforms X and TikTok, but today, the first investigation into an online sales platform is opened. In it, the commission wil... Read more
‘European Commission in breach of privacy laws due to Microsoft 365 use’
European privacy watchdog EDPS is taking the European Commission (EC) to task. The EC is alleged to have flouted several data management rules.
The EDPS points out that the EC did not sufficiently consider the data that might end up outside the EU. Now the regulator is demanding that the Commiss... Read more
EU member states should invest more in submarine cable security
EU member states should invest more in upgrading the undersea infrastructure of Internet cables. This should better ensure the security of this critical infrastructure, states a soon to be presented proposal from the European Commission.
According to the proposal, seen by Politico, the EU should... Read more
iMessage and Bing fall outside the scope of EU’s DMA
The European Commission has excluded iMessage, Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising from the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The rules will, however, continue to apply to Apple and Microsoft's previously designated services.
Among the products subject to the DMA, iMessage, Bing, Edge and Microsoft A... Read more
Apple still wants to take a cut from app sales outside the App Store
Apple is looking for a way to still earn money from apps installed within the EU via sideloading from outside the App Store. With this, the tech giant wants to respond to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Apple is currently investigating how it can still ... Read more
Will the Intel case change the European antitrust?
In a non-binding opinion, a European Court of Justice lawyer argues in Intel's favour. There would be too little evidence to sue Intel for unfair competition. The case may have implications for future European antitrust cases.
Intel has been at odds with the European Commission over an antitrus... Read more
EU aims to further shield own chip and tech sector
The European Commission will publish new measures to further ensure the economic security of the EU. It wants to protect European tech sectors from the influence of other economic powers.
According to Bloomberg, the EC is introducing a list of new measures this week to further ensure the EU's e... Read more