While US dithers

According to Lawfare's cybersecurity newsletter, the European Union and the United States are taking different approaches to introducing liability for software products.

Cook calls him to make him promise to protect Apple's lunch money

Former US president Donald Trump claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook called him to get the EU to stop picking on the poor little cargo cult.

Brexit means copying Europe

The British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow the EU and India in implementing USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices.

Zuckerberg can’t use your lunch pictures forever

The European Union's top court ruled on Friday that social networks like Facebook cannot indefinitely use people's information for ad targeting.

Preorders weaker than predecessor

Enthusiasm over the new iPhone 16 series with a new shutter button and unclear Apple Intelligence (AI) strategy led to much lower iPhone 16 preorder numbers compared to the iPhone 15 generation. The numbers are lower in the EU as well as worldwide.

Sniffs of anti-trust

 Meta is encountering obstacles while striving to comply with the European Union's stringent online competition law, the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

It's not an acquisition

EU watchdogs might be prepared to let the software King of the World, Microsoft, get away with its €12.15 billion investment in OpenAI.

Blocks Fortnite on iOS in Europe

Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided it can’t get enough of fights with Epic Games and the EU and has escalated the row.

Looks like he will be the first under the new Digital Services Act

Elon [look at me] Musk’s social notworking site X has the dubious honour of being the first company targeted for investigation under the new Digital Services Act.

Big content mortified

The European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection is suggesting expanding geo-blocking restrictions to the audiovisual sector, including streaming platforms.