Hardware Industry Intel won't build a chip fab in the UK because of Brexit The company is looking at 10 other European countries instead By Adrian Potoroaca , October 7, 2021, 2:22 PM 31 comments
Tech Culture Electronics European Parliament opposes 'mass surveillance,' calls for a ban on facial recognition tech in public They also want to ban 'social scoring systems' By Cohen Coberly , October 7, 2021, 7:37 AM 12 comments
Industry Intel will invest $94.7 billion to build chip fabs in Europe The latest move amid a global race to expand chip manufacturing capacity By Adrian Potoroaca , September 8, 2021, 7:17 AM 22 comments
Industry Mobile Samsung loses top European phone vendor crown to Xiaomi Xiaomi knocked Apple off its number two spot in the global rankings last month By Rob Thubron , August 3, 2021, 8:48 AM 15 comments
The Web Industry Amazon hit with record $885 million fine for violating EU privacy rules Fines for GDPR violations are ramping up By Adrian Potoroaca , July 30, 2021, 4:28 PM 19 comments
Hardware Industry If Nvidia doesn't complete Arm acquisition, the latter might consider an IPO To complete the acquisition, Nvidia has to send all the necessary paperwork to the European Commission, which hasn't happened yet By Joao Silva , July 26, 2021, 11:37 AM
The Web Security European Commission plans to prohibit anonymous crypto transfers and wallets The European Commission hopes to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing using crypto By Joao Silva , July 22, 2021, 6:13 AM 30 comments
Industry Security Privacy watchdogs take legal action against Clearview AI in five countries The groups say its data collection goes 'far beyond' what online users could ever expect By Cal Jeffrey , May 27, 2021, 11:43 AM
Industry AI Proposed EU regulations aim to restrict AI use based on its risk to public safety or liberty 'AI systems considered a clear threat to the safety, livelihoods and rights of people will be banned' By Cal Jeffrey , April 21, 2021, 2:54 PM 9 comments
Gaming Industry European Commission levies $9.5 million in fines for 'geo-blocked' Steam games Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom and others face EU antitrust regulatory wrath By Cal Jeffrey , January 20, 2021, 2:06 PM 32 comments
Industry Amazon expands European operations with first regional air hub in Germany New cargo facility in Leipzig/Halle Airport, Schkeuditz is now hosting two flights everyday By Humza Aamir , November 6, 2020, 6:45 AM
Apple Mobile The iPhone 12 in Europe: Apple changes symbol positions, slower 5G, more expensive Is the new European look better or worse? By Rob Thubron , October 23, 2020, 6:58 AM 9 comments
The Web The European Commission is readying charges against Amazon for abusing third-party seller data The company could be fined up to $28 billion By Adrian Potoroaca , June 11, 2020, 9:28 PM 16 comments
The Web As GDPR turns two, some are doubting the Irish Data Protection Commission's ability to enforce rules Companies like Google and Facebook could face big fines By Adrian Potoroaca , May 25, 2020, 2:51 PM
Industry Airlines are flying empty planes because of the coronavirus To keep their take-off and landing slots By Rob Thubron , March 9, 2020, 5:15 AM 14 comments
Gaming Industry European court: Nintendo doesn't have to offer refunds for digital pre-orders Unfortunate news for consumers By Cohen Coberly , January 22, 2020, 5:48 PM 11 comments
Tech Culture The Web France vows to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency in Europe The EU has a long-term plan to build its own public digital currency By Adrian Potoroaca , September 13, 2019, 12:26 PM
Industry AI European Commission considers tighter regulation of facial recognition data Citizens would have more control and knowledge about how and when their data is used By Cal Jeffrey , August 22, 2019, 1:41 PM
Mobile Industry Samsung is selling more phones in the EU at the expense of Apple and Huawei Xiaomi emerges as a powerful competitor By Adrian Potoroaca , August 13, 2019, 5:20 AM 16 comments
Industry The EU's Galileo GPS network has been down since last week Galileo-enabled devices have defaulted to US GPS during the outage By Cal Jeffrey , July 15, 2019, 5:11 PM
Industry Car Tech Qualcomm, Deutsche Telekom and BMW win fight with EU over car connectivity rules There's still hope for 5G connected cars in Europe By Adrian Potoroaca , July 4, 2019, 2:14 PM
Car Tech New electric cars sold in Europe must be fitted with noise-making device For safety reasons By Rob Thubron , July 1, 2019, 7:28 AM 33 comments
Industry Mobile Smartphone sales predicted to fall 3% this year But 5G should give the industry a boost By Rob Thubron , March 28, 2019, 5:20 AM 12 comments
The Web Tech Culture The right to be forgotten may not work outside of the EU anymore Fixing overreach of authority By Greg Synek , January 10, 2019, 9:59 AM
Industry Tesla plans to expand Supercharger coverage across all of Europe in 2019 Good news for European Tesla owners By Cohen Coberly , December 27, 2018, 2:00 PM