This week, Apple announced significant changes to its business terms for apps in the European Union, aiming to resolve ongoing disagreements…
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Apple acquires Czech materials science firm PlasmaSolve
Apple has agreed to acquire PlasmaSolve, a Czech materials science company specializing in plasma simulation software, according…
U.S. lawmakers urge President Trump to strike back against EU tech regulation with trade probes
A group of 25 U.S. lawmakers has sent a letter to President Trump calling on his administration to confront the European Union’s digital…
EU court upholds DMA Rules on Apple’s iOS and App Store
Europe’s General Court on Wednesday dismissed Apple’s appeal against the European Commission’s decision to designate its iOS…
EU tech Commissioner and outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook hold constructive video call on shared priorities
European Technology Commissioner Henna Virkkunen held a “constructive” discussion with Apple CEO Tim Cook during a video call…
Apple acquires app design tool ‘Play’
Apple informed the EC that it would acquire certain assets from Rabbit 3 Times — the company behind the award-winning app design tool Play…
EU bureaucrats’ red tape blocks Apple’s advanced Siri AI for Europeans, leaving EU citizens behind
In a stark illustration of how excessive EU regulation stifles tech progress, Apple’s been forced to withhold its cutting-edge Siri AI…
Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
Apple today introduced Siri AI, an entirely new version of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence. Unfortunately, due to the Digital Markets Act…
EU: Apple Ads and Apple Maps should not be designated under Digital Markets Act
The European Commission announced on Thursday that Apple’s Maps and Ads services will not be designated as gatekeepers under…
Apple accuses EU Commission of ‘political delay tactics’ amid App Store policy disputes
Apple has accused the European Commission (EC) of employing “political delay tactics” to stall the implementation of new app policies…
Big Tech may benefit as EU considers easing AI regulations
Apple, Meta Platforms, and other tech giants could gain a reprieve from the EU’s AI regulations, as the European Commission considers…
Apple nears agreement with EU over Digital Markets Act rules
Meta and Apple are nearing agreements with the European Commission to resolve two antitrust cases, aiming to avoid escalating fines…
Dutch regulator delays decision on Apple’s dating app fees, pending EU action
The Dutch antitrust regulator ACM announced Friday that it has delayed its ruling on Apple’s fees for dating app providers…
No plans to get Apple, other Big Tech firms to pay EU Digital Markets Act compliance costs, says EU tech chief
The European Commission will not require Apple and other Big Tech firms to cover the costs of monitoring their compliance with the EU’s…
Here’s what Apple changed in its App Store to avoid EU fines
Apple has proposed revamping its App Store to address EU antitrust concerns following a €500 million ($580 million) fine. The new changes…
Apple updates App Store rules and fees on outside links in EU to comply with antitrust order
On Thursday, Apple updated its App Store rules and fees in the EU, following orders from the bloc’s antitrust regulators to eliminate…
Apple faces EU warning to open up iPhone’s iOS operating system
The European Union is preparing to warn Apple to open up its iPhone’s operating system to competing technologies. Under the bloc’s…
Ireland didn’t want the EU’s €13 billion tax grab from Apple, but it’ll spend it
Ireland now needs to figure out how to spend an almost €13.8 billion ($15.2 billion) European Commission tax grab that Apple was ordered…
Apple loses court fight over EU’s $14.4 billion Irish tax grab
Apple has lost a EU court fight over a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax grab. The EU’s Court of Justice in Luxembourg backed a 2016…
Apple settles App Store NFC payments probe with EU to avoid fine
Apple will open its NFC tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals, EU antitrust regulator said on Thursday, even as its chief…
Apple to delay launch of Apple Intelligence features in Europe due to DMA regulations
Apple will delay launching three new artificial intelligence features because landmark European Union tech rules require it to ensure that…
Apple charged with violating EU antitrust rules, faces another probe
European Union antitrust regulators charged on Monday that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty…
Apple has ‘very serious’ issues under EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act – Vestager
Apple has numerous “very serious” issues under the EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager…
Music streaming firms urge European Commission to reject Apple’s App Store proposal
A group that represents audio streaming firms including Spotify and France’s Deezer in Europe has urged the European Commission to…
Apple extends new core technology fee to iPadOS apps in the EU
Apple will extend its newly introduced core technology fee to iPadOS apps downloaded on its App Store in the EU after the iPad operating…
Apple can shrug off the EU’s $2 billion fine
The EU’s $2 billion (1.84 billion euro) fine, revealed on Monday, is nearly four times higher than observers expected. Still, the $2.7T…
Apple on EU’s $2 billion fine: ‘Spotify pays Apple nothing’
Apple on Monday released a statement, “The App Store, Spotify, and Europe’s thriving digital music market,” which addresses the…
EU hits Apple with $2 billion antitrust fine
Apple was hit with a 1.84-billion-euro ($2 billion) EU antitrust fine on Monday, its first ever, for its App Store rules preventing Spotify…
Apple says multiple governmental agencies have concerns about sideloading apps on iPhone
Apple on Friday said that a number of governmental agencies in the European Union and elsewhere have voiced concerns about security…
The European Commission forced Apple to discontinue web apps in EU
As Apple prepares to comply with the Digital Markets Act, the company is turning off the ability to use web apps right from the iPhone…
Apple reveals new details about Spotify’s business
The fine is expected to be around $539 million. Ahead of the expected fine, Apple has revealed new details about Spotify’s business…
EU to hit Apple with €500 million fine over rival music streaming subscriptions
The EU’s European Commission is to impose its first ever fine on tech giant Apple – reportedly around €500 million (US$541 million) – for…
Apple’s iMessage keeps its ‘walled garden’ status in the EU
The European Commission this week found that Apple should not be designated as a “gatekeeper” for its messaging service iMessage which…
EU threatens Apple with ‘strong action’ if App Store changes fall short
Apple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, the EU’s industry chief threatened on…
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
Apple today announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the European Union (EU) to comply…
Apple challenges EU rules labeling its 5 App Stores as a single service
Apple is disputing EU tech rules labeling five of its App Stores as a single core platform service subject to onerous regulation, saying…
EU asks Apple to clarify app store risk management under Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission formally sent requests for information under the Digital Services Act to Apple and Alphabet-subsidiary Google…
Apple’s iMessage set to win exemption from EU demand for interoperability
Apple’s iMessage looks likely to win an exemption from the EU’s demand for interoperability via the Digital Markets Act (DMA)…
EU Commissioner demands Apple open its ecosystem to rivals
EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Tuesday demanded that Apple must open up the company’s vaunted walled garden – its ecosystem…
Apple says iMessage service not popular enough to be ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s new Digital Markets Act
Apple says that their iMessage service is insufficiently popular to be designated as a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s new Digital Market Act…
Apple’s Irish tax escrow account has lost almost a billion dollars in the last year
The amount available at the end of the day for either Apple or the Irish government from lengthy legal proceedings over the company’s Irish…
Apple to argue against EU antitrust charge at hearing triggered by Spotify
Apple will argue against a revised EU antitrust charge and a possible fine on Friday. The charge alleges that Apple prevents music streaming…
