The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday. The issue pits Deutsche Telekom, Orange , Telefonica and Telecom Italia against Alphabet’s Google, […]
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The European Commission will not ask Alphabet, Amazon, Apple , ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft to pay the cost of monitoring their compliance with a new digital law, the EU tech chief said on Wednesday. Germany and European Parliament lawmakers have lobbied for a supervisory fee to be levied on Big Tech to help EU […]
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Apple’s changes to its App Store rules and fees will likely secure the green light from EU antitrust regulators, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that would stave off potentially hefty daily fines for the iPhone maker. The company last month said developers will pay a 20% processing fee for purchases […]
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Elon Musk’s X social media platform has been hit by complaints by nine civil society organisations to EU and French regulators over what they say is its use of users’ data for targeted advertising that may breach EU tech rules. The organisations – AI Forensics, the Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe, Entropy, European Digital […]
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Alphabet’s Google said it failed this week to resolve disagreements with hotels, airlines and specialised search services such as Skyscanner over how it presents search results, putting it at risk of a hefty European Union antitrust fine. At a July 7-8 workshop organised by the European Commission, the U.S. tech giant briefed critics on its […]
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Alphabet’s Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them, according to a document seen by Reuters. Google’s AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear above traditional hyperlinks to relevant […]
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The European Union’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and other U.S. companies as well as European businesses such as Mistral and […]
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Providers of internet-connected technology — from Apple iPhone software to baby monitors — will have to meet new cybersecurity requirements in the European Union or face fines and possibly have the product taken off the market, according to a draft proposal seen by Bloomberg. New rules from the European Commission called the Cyber Resilience Act, […]
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As regulators train their sights on stablecoins, what should people know about this asset class As regulators train their sights on stablecoins, what should people know about this asset class The story so far: In early July, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a body which advises major economies on international finance, promised to push for stablecoin […]
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The U. S. online retail giant offered to make a number of commitments to ease competition concerns, and the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer, said it will now seek feedback on them from “interested parties”. The U. S. online retail giant offered to make a number of commitments to ease competition concerns, […]
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