Here you will find all the articles with the tag: France.
The French competition authority Autorité de la concurrence has fined Google €250 million. The multi-million dollar fine follows after Google used news reports from French media companies to train chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini. Gemini would also reproduce these French news reports. Acc... Read more
1 month ago
Atos' Big Data & Cybersecurity (BDS) business unit will not be sold to Airbus. After lengthy negotiations, the aircraft maker is again refraining from a takeover. The French government was strongly in favour of the proposed deal. Because the French state is the largest Airbus shareholder, it... Read more
1 month ago
The French state wants to retain the strategic activities of Atos by "all possible means". This was stated by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in a recent interview with French newspaper Les Echos. According to French Minister Le Maire, the state wants to guarantee that the strategic activ... Read more
2 months ago
Norwegian company Visma is acquiring Paris-based Chaintrust to achieve further growth in the French market. Visma is already present in France but wants to build a comprehensive ecosystem in the country that meets the various needs of accounting firms. Chaintrust will contribute to this as it sp... Read more
3 months ago
The three largest economic powers within the European Union have agreed on how AI should be regulated. The vision is less strict than the initial versions of the upcoming EU AI Act, which is a clear signal from the three countries to the EU. France, Germany and Italy have aligned visions for up... Read more
5 months ago
Update, 11/10, 10:42 am, Laura Herijgers: The update to iOS 17.1 should end France's sales ban on the iPhone 12. Adjustments to the software will prevent the device from consuming more power during contact with static surfaces. This caused the device to exceed the legally permitted radiation values... Read more
6 months ago
Update, 10:32, 29/9/2023: The iPhone 12 will continue to be sold in the Netherlands without restrictions. The Dutch regulator states measures are not necessary, but says Apple needs to intervene in the situation. The Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI) has decided not to halt the sale o... Read more
7 months ago
The Dutch regulator for digital infrastructure demands a statement from Apple about the radiation hazard of the iPhone 12. The amount of radiation emitted would exceed the European standard. Politicians in Belgium have called for all Apple devices to be checked. France's ban on selling the iPho... Read more
7 months ago
The French job seeker agency Pôle Emploi has been hit by a data leak in which the data of 10 million French people is now publicly available. According to Pôle Emploi, the data in question is the personal information of job seekers who registered in February of 2022. Former job seekers may als... Read more
8 months ago
France is currently preparing a law that would allow harmful content to be blocked directly by the underlying software and code of browsers. Firefox developer Mozilla claims this is a very dangerous development that leads to censorship. According to the Firefox developer, the French SREN bill pu... Read more
8 months ago
