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EU antitrust regulators said ready with Apple charges on Spotify complaint
EU antitrust regulators are finalizing a charge sheet against Apple triggered by a complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify …
‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games takes its Apple battle to the EU
“Fortnite” game developer Epic Games said on Wed. that it had filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the EU’s European Commission…
France pushes to widen EU regulations on ‘Big Tech’
France is pushing for the EU in upcoming regulations on “Big Tech” to be changed so that member states could wield more power to punish…
EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally with privacy consent tool
Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform as the company institutes…
In bid to overturn $15.7 billion Apple tax verdict, EU claims court made errors
EU antitrust bureaucrats have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their 13 billion euro ($15.7B) Apple tax grab in Ireland…
EU lawmakers want Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google CEOs at Feb. 1 Big Tech hearing
EU lawmakers have invited the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google to a Big Tech hearing in Brussels on February 1st as they look to…
Fears of new trade war as U.S. slams India, Italy, Turkey on ‘unreasonable’ digital taxes
Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against U.S. companies and are inconsistent with international tax …
EU announces sweeping new rules on Big Tech companies
“Big Tech” could soon face stiff fines and stricter controls over their behavior as part of sweeping new European Union rules. The remedies…
Apple sued in EU for $217 million over ‘iPhone throttling’
Apple is facing lawsuits in several EU countries seeking about 180 million euros ($217 million) over throttling older iPhones with batteries…
EU digital chief invites Big Tech to talks about how to curb their powers
The European Union’s digital chief has invited companies including Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook to video talks next week to discuss…
European activist files complaints against Apple’s ‘Identifier for Advertisers’
Noyb filed complaints on Monday with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA)…
Apple, other U.S. tech giants face curbs on app stores, data sharing under draft EU rules
Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favoring their apps and services under draft EU rules…
Apple: ‘We have always abided by the law in Ireland,’ as EU appeals tax grab loss
On Friday, Apple said it has always complied with Irish tax laws and that the issue which led to an EU tax order of 13 billion euros…
EU weighs legislation that could force Apple open iPhone NFC chip to third-parties
The European Union is weighing legislation that could force Apple to open iPhone’s NFC chip to competitors. The potential rules would grant…
Apple court triumph forces tough choice for Vestager’s EU tax crusade
Apple’s July court triumph over a massive European Union tax grab is forcing antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to make a tough choice…
EU considers forcing Apple to open iPhone’s NFC chip to third parties
The European Union is considering new rules that would likely require Apple to give third parties access to the NFC chip inside iPhones…
Developers of Telegram app file EU antitrust complaint against Apple
Apple is facing another antitrust complaint in Europe, this time from the developers of encrypted messenger app Telegram …
EU imposes sanctions on China, moving closer to Trump administration’s tougher stance
On Tuesday, the European Union imposed sanctions on China over its treatment of Hong Kong moving the bloc closer to the Trump administration’s tougher…
EU regulators to probe Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and other voice assistants
EU regulators are probing if there are competition problems in the market for voice assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and other…
Apple wins fight over $14.9 billion tax grab in blow to EU
Apple won its court fight over a record $14.9 billion Irish tax grab in a crushing blow to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
Ruling in EU’s Apple tax grab case due on July 15th
The European Union’s second highest court will next week rule in an appeal by Apple and Ireland against an EU ruling for the U.S. company to pay a tax of…
Apple senior exec on antitrust: We don’t have a dominant position in any market and face strong competition in every category
Apple, the target of EU antitrust investigations into key segments of its business, on Tuesday rejected accusations of market dominance, saying…
Loose European coalition forms on coronavirus contact tracing
A loose European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology for coronavirus contact tracing. Supporters of the decentralized…
EU welcomes Apple-Google contact-tracing tech
Technologists focusing on contact-tracing as they race to try to use Bluetooth short-range communications between devices as a proxy for measuring the risk…
Irish prime minister: Ireland cannot tap Apple tax fund to fight coronavirus
Irish PM Leo Varadkar said on Monday that Ireland cannot use the more than 14 billion euros (US$15.1 billion) in disputed taxes it has collected from Apple
Apple limits streaming quality of Apple TV+ in Europe
European officials have instructed streaming services like Apple TV+ to reduce the bandwidth in use by their services. Limiting streaming video quality …
Netflix asked to slow streaming so Internet doesn’t buckle
Netflix has been asked to slow streaming speeds in order to reduce network bandwidth now that millions of people have committed to staying home…
EU shuts external borders for 30 days over coronavirus pandemic
Leaders of European Union countries have agreed to shut the EU’s external borders to most people from other countries for 30 days in a new effort to…
An iPhone with a removable battery is a horrible idea
The EU is currently drafting legislation that would legally require tech companies like Apple to make products like iPhone with removable batteries …
Proposed EU law looks to force Apple iPhone to have removable batteries
Leaked EU proposals could force smartphone manufacturers to to make all smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, to feature removable batteries…
EU lawmakers, eyeing Apple, overwhelmingly call for standard device charger
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly called on Thursday for rules to establish a standard charger for all mobile device makers across Europe…
Apple reduces massive bill for back taxes the EU claims it must pay Ireland
According to regulatory filings, Apple reduced a massive back tax bill it must pay Ireland after other governments claimed a slice of the payment last year…
It’s a bad idea for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port
Apple disagrees with the European Union’s idea. It’d be a lose-lose-lose situation for the EU to force Apple to dump iPhone’s Lightning port …
Apple pushes back against EU call for common phone charger
Apple on Thursday again pushed back against European Union lawmakers’ call for a common phone charger standard, warning the move could hamper innovation…
UK vows new tax on tech firms will proceed despite U.S. pressure
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has threatened new tariffs on UK carmakers after UK Chancellor Sajid Javid said the UK would not back down over the tax…
Apple, BMW, and other companies call on EU to take action on patent trolls
Apple, Microsoft and BMW, together with a wide group of other technology companies and carmakers, called on the EU to take action against patent trolls…
France to force Apple, Netflix, Disney, others to spend 25% of local revenue on content
France is finalizing a bill to force video-on-demand services from Apple, Netflix, Disney, Amazon and others to invest at least 25% of their revenue…
EU wants to force all smartphone makers to use the same charging port
Members of the European Parliament want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices…
Pound sterling surges as Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is projected to win UK election in landslide
The Conservative Party would win 368 seats if the poll proves accurate, granting a comfortable majority in Parliament. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course for the biggest Tory landslide since Margaret Thatcher…
EU’s Vestager says she’s received many concerns regarding Apple Pay
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told a news briefing at Web Summit that she has received many expressions…
Apple Pay draws EU antitrust scrutiny
Apple Pay has drawn the focus of European Union antitrust investigators, who have solicited payment companies for feedback on the service…
