Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes April 24, 2025 By Foo Yun Chee and Jan Strupczewski Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators...
Google to Be Hit With EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules, Sources Say February 24, 2025 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech...
DeepSeek May Face Further Regulatory Actions, EU Privacy Watchdog Says February 13, 2025 By Foo Yun Chee DeepSeek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday [Feb. 11], underscoring...
EU’s Vestager Triumphs in Crackdown on Apple’s Tax Deal, Google’s Practices September 10, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager scored two major wins on Tuesday as Europe’s top court backed her crackdown against Apple’s...
Apple, Meta, Google to Face EU Digital Markets Act Probes: Sources March 22, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Markets...
Apple Hit With $2B EU Antitrust Fine in Spotify Case, Will Appeal March 4, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Brussels fined Apple 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) on Monday, the iPhone maker’s first ever EU antitrust penalty, for preventing...
Google Hit With $2.3B Lawsuit by 32 European Media Groups February 29, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and...
EU Lawmakers Ratify Provisional Deal on Artificial Intelligence Rules February 13, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules...
Europe Gains Powers to Tackle Supply Chain Emergencies February 6, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee EU countries and lawmakers on Feb 1 agreed to rules which will require Europe-based companies to prioritize production of key...
France Now Backing EU AI Rules Ahead of Bloc Endorsement February 2, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee France is now backing landmark European Union rules governing artificial intelligence subject to strict conditions, an EU diplomatic source said...