European Union

Meta Plans to Transform Facebook into App Store Alternative in the EU

The new antitrust legislation demands that every platform permit the distribution of apps through other digital stores, a mandate which will significantly impact Apple. Meta is among the most invested…

EU’s New Battery Replacement Mandate Pushes Apple Towards Redesign

The European Parliament recently gave a green light to new rules encompassing the design, production, and recycling of all rechargeable batteries sold in the EU. Electric vehicles including scooters and…

iPhone 15 Expected to Support Universal 15W Fast Charging

Since Apple’s MagSafe technology was first introduced with the iPhone 12 series, wireless charging of up to 15W has been possible. Yet, MagSafe’s compatibility with Qi chargers has been restricted…

App Store Prevented $2 Billion in Fraudulent Transactions

In the detailed account of its security triumphs, Apple disclosed that nearly 3.9 million stolen credit cards were stopped from being used for fraudulent in-app purchases. Furthermore, 714,000 accounts were…

New Mobile Xbox Store Anticipated For 2024

Phil Spencer, Head of Microsoft’s gaming division, has revealed that the company plans to launch an Xbox store on the iOS platform as early as next year, provided that the…

Controversial EU proposals would require the scanning of private messages to guard against child abuse

The European Commission – the executive branch of the European Union (EU) – has set out new regulation that would oblige chat apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp to…

Reliable analyst claims that USB-C could be on its way to the iPhone in 2023

Might Apple be on the verge of ditching its proprietary Lightning port on the iPhone, in favor of USB-C? That is the suggestion of Ming-Chi Kuo, the well-known and highly…

An edit button and a “free speech” plan: what will Twitter’s new era under Musk look like?

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last month, you will know that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has been attempting to buy Twitter – and…

The EU’s Digital Markets Act met with hostile reaction from Apple

Efforts in Europe to rein in online “gatekeepers” – including such Big Tech players as Apple, Google and Facebook parent company Meta – took another step forward late Thursday, when…

Tech world rallies around Ukraine in face of Russian aggression

To say that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has thrown a new light on the influential role of the world’s tech firms even in times of conflict, would be quite…

EU Antitrust Chief Cites “High Priority” of Probing Google

Google is set for close scrutiny of its various operations in the European Union – including its search, shopping, Android and other common practices. Margrethe Vestager, who became the EU’s…

Microsoft Opens New Center to Let Europe Governments See Source Code

Microsoft has just opened a Transparency Center in Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the European Union, to – in the company’s own words – “enable governments to review and…

EU Regulators’ Decision On Facebook, WhatsApp Deal To Come By Oct. 3

(Reuters) – European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 3 whether to clear world No. 1 online social network Facebook’s $19 billion offer for mobile messaging startup WhatsApp, the…

Apple, eBook Publishers, EU Find Competition Deal

BRUSSELS–The European Union’s competition watchdog has accepted proposals by four publishers and Apple to end agreements that set retail prices for e-books _ a practice the EU feared violated competition…