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German Antitrust watchdog puts Apple’s redesigned iPhone app tracking pop-ups to the ultimate test
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced on Tuesday that it has launched a market test of Apple’s proposed…
Apple Watch not a ‘CO2-neutral product,’ German court rules
A German court ruled on Tuesday that Apple cannot market its Apple Watch as a “CO2-neutral product” in Germany, siding with plaintiffs…
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from app stores
Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, has requested that Apple and Google remove the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from…
Major Apple supplier TSMC to open chip design center in Munich
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s top contract chipmaker and a key Apple supplier, announced on…
Apple loses German antitrust appeal; heightened regulatory oversight likely
A ruling by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice on March 18, 2025 upheld a 2023 decision by the German Federal Cartel Office…
German regulator charges Apple with abuse of power over App Tracking Transparency
The German antitrust authority has accused Apple of abusing its market dominance via its app tracking tool, favoring its own interests…
German federal judges seem poised to back antitrust action against Apple
German federal judges on Tuesday seemed that they might support the country’s antitrust regulator in its legal dispute with Apple. This…
Apple Silicon supplier TSMC breaks ground on €10 billion plant in Dresden, Germany
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) broke ground in Dresden, Germany as it builds its first European plant amid growing…
Apple Vision Pro arrives in China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore
Apple Vision Pro on Friday arrived in Apple Store locations across China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. Vision Pro seamlessly…
Apple Vision Pro pre-orders begin in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore
Apple today announced Apple Vision Pro will expand to new countries and regions, with pre-orders for China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and…
Apple Vision Pro arrives in new countries and regions beginning June 28th
Apple today announced Apple Vision Pro will expand to new countries and regions, with pre-orders for China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and…
Apple Vision Pro set to launch internationally as regulators approve the spatial computer for sale in China
The Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories…
US, UK, and 16 other countries ink non-binding agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
The United States, the United Kingdom, and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described…
TSMC to build $11 billion chip plant in Germany with other chipmakers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has agreed to build a €10 billion ($11 billion) plant in Germany in partnership with Infineon…
Apple supplier TSMC’s German plan gives it a new global dimension
It looks increasingly likely that major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will proceed with a factory in Germany…
Major Apple supplier TSMC plans first German chip fab with cost up to €10 billion
Major Apple supplier TSMC is in talks with partners to spend up to €10 billion ($11 billion) to build a chip fabrication plant in Germany …
German antitrust regulator declares focus on Apple for curbs
Germany’s antitrust regulator has opened the door for measures to curb Apple after deciding that the company’s market dominance makes…
Apple accelerates investment in Germany with additional 1 billion euros to expand Silicon Design Centre
Apple will invest an additional 1 billion euros in German engineering over the next six years as part of its Silicon Design Centre expansion…
Apple launches Self Service Repair in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK
Apple today announced Self Service Repair is now available in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK…
Apple hiked iPhone 14 series prices in key markets; kept price the same in America
With rampant inflation persisting in the U.S. and elsewhere, and a global recession on the horizon, observers were keenly interested in…
Germany examines Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules
On Tuesday, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) is looking into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules…
ASML preps new $400 million machine to create next-generation chips
ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant is now preparing to roll out a new $400 million machine for next-generation chips…
TSMC in talks with German government about potential new chip plant
Major Apple supplier TSMC is in early talks with the German government about potentially establishing a plant in Germany …
Apple Rosenthaler Straße opens on December 2nd in Berlin
Apple today previewed Apple Rosenthaler Straße, the first Apple Store in the Mitte borough of Berlin. Situated on the eastern side of the…
Apple donates to flood relief efforts in Western Europe
Apple will donate to flood relief efforts in Western Europe, where torrential rains have ravaged Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and…
Show your love of country with new Apple Watch International Collection bands and faces
Apple is launching the International Collection bands for Apple Watch, featuring 22 limited-edition Sport Loop bands with colorful designs…
iPhone 12 Pro rescued from bottom of Berlin canal via MagSafe
It‘s been a couple of days since Frederik Riedel’s friend dropped his iPhone 12 Pro into a canal in Kreuzberg in Berlin. How the two men…
Apple to open $1.2B chip design center in Munich
Apple will expand Munich into its European Center for Chip Design, hire hundreds of new employees and build a new, state-of-the-art location…
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)…
European markets tumble over fears of widespread COVID-19 lockdowns
Stock indexes across Europe were in the red on Wednesday as fears of COVID-19 lockdowns in Germany and France grip the continent…
Apple iPhone gains significant market share in Germany
Apple gained share as the company’s new iPhone SE 2020 hit the sweet spot in Germany, even as the country’s smartphone market…
UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
German contact-tracing app launches as EU eyes revival of travel and tourism
The German government pitched the new contact-tracing app, called Corona-Warn-App, to the country on Tuesday. The app, which works on Apple iPhones and…
France’s centralized contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend
In France, the government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch…
Apple Retail Stores to reopen in Germany on May 11th
Apple is expanding on recent moves to reopen retail stores in South Korea, Austria, and Australia. The company will reopen its 15 stores across Germany …
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…
UK’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal
The United Kingdom’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal. “Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster…
France accuses Apple of undermining the country’s ‘StopCovid’ app
France accused Apple of undermining its effort by refusing to help make its iPhones work with the government’s planned “StopCovid” contact-tracing app …
France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge
The government of France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge. France’s state-supported “StopCOVID” app…
Britain’s NHS rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme
Britain’s NHS has rejected the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme. The UK’s coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model…
Apple and Google look to rebrand ‘contact tracing’ as ‘exposure notification’
Apple and Google, working together on a COVID-19 contact tracing system are now rebranding their tools as “exposure notification.”
