In response to concerns from European regulators and complaints from competitors like Slack, Microsoft will offer its Teams video conferencing app separately from the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites in the European Union (EU) and Swiss markets...
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As part of the new rules approved by the European Council with the aim of “Regulation of the entire life cycle of batteries“By 2027, batteries used in portable electronic devices should be interchangeable – users should be able to change the...
Meta last week* introduced threads and in five days the app has gained more than 100 million users in the US, UK and hundreds of other countries, but users in the EU cannot download it. The app is lagging because of the meta rep* Christine Pai...
A new antitrust investigation into Microsoft is likely to be opened in the European Union in the coming months – the measures taken by the company following previous inspections were not enough to restore a healthy competitive environment, the...
European antitrust authorities are preparing to launch a formal investigation into Adobe’s $20 billion purchase of the Figma cloud platform for designers. It is possible that the investigation will take many months and the deal will simply be...
The head of OpenAI Sam Altman (Sam Altman) said that one of the goals of his current tour of European cities is to find a place to open a new office in the EU. According to the entrepreneur, Poland is one of the priority countries. Image source:...
In France, an investigation has been launched into the activities of the American tech giant Apple, which has been linked to the “planned obsolescence” of the company’s smartphones – according to human rights activists and...
The European Parliament has developed a new one The invoice In order to improve product labeling in the EU, misleading product characteristics such as unsubstantiated claims about environmental friendliness or battery life will be banned. In...
Last year, the European Union passed legislation obliging almost all mobile devices with wired charging to switch to USB Type-C ports. Companies must comply with the law’s requirements by December 28, 2024. Apple is expected to switch from...
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, praised the initiative to create a new plant for the production of Infineon chips in Germany. This is an important milestone as Europe seeks to gain more market share in this strategic...
“We expect the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) to rule on its earlier public inquiry regarding Facebook’s transatlantic transfer of user data in May.* from the EU/EEA, including an order to suspend such transfer and a fine”, —...
Microsoft has warned that its cloud services could fall victim to a legal vacuum due to a lack of legislation regulating transatlantic data transfers between Europe and the US. This fact prompted Meta* threaten to withdraw his services from the...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that a special group will be formed to investigate the work of the chatbot ChatGPT. This comes a day after Italy announced the conditions for lifting bans from the service, which were introduced in...
Sales of computers in Western Europe, including desktops, laptops and workstations, fell 38% to 10.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year. According to the Canalys agency, laptops performed the worst in...
In a draft law, the European Union agreed on an exemption for certain types of synthetic fuels in order to ban the sale of internal combustion engines after 2035. EU authorities reportedly reached an agreement with Germany, which insisted on the...
The European Commission has passed a new set of rules for the repair of electronics. In addition to the fact that manufacturers must include smartphones and tablets in the list of devices that require maintenance, other changes in European...
The discounts on electric vehicles introduced by Tesla seem to have paid off. In February, sales of the company’s cars in Europe grew faster than any other automaker, according to information released Tuesday, Barron’s data shows. Image...
The European antitrust authorities have extended the deadline for a decision on the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Corporation. This will be reported Reuters with reference to the statement of the European Commission. Image source:...
After a series of consultations with European officials, Google agreed to clarify information about its services, including Google Store, Google Play, Google Hotels and Google Flights. These measures will help consumers make informed decisions when...
