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Europe plans to make USB-C a common charging solution

24 September 2021, 10:11

Apple's pleas to avoid "regulation that forces conformity," didn't cause any policy shift.

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EU Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts unveiled today

15 December 2020, 10:11

Overhauls digital rules set out back in 2000 to better reflect the industry, protect consumers.

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Apple is resisting EU pressure for phone charger standard

24 January 2020, 15:21

i-Devices maker says conformity "stifles innovation," and would "harm (EU) consumers".

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14 open source projects get EU funding for bug bounty payments

31 December 2018, 14:41

7-zip, Apache, DSS, Drupal, Filezilla, GNU C Library, Notepad++, PuTTY, and more.

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EU content quotas for Netflix and Amazon to become law

4 September 2018, 10:11

The December vote to enforce 30 per cent local content is just a formality, says official.

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Asus fined €63.5m for computer hardware price fixing

25 July 2018, 11:21

And the EU has imposed lesser fines on Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer.

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Google to appeal against €4.3 billion EU antitrust fine

19 July 2018, 11:11

Says Android is behind innovation, and falling prices, "creating more choice for everyone".

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EU streaming service portability rules come into effect on Sunday

29 March 2018, 10:41

You will be able to watch your Netflix, Amazon and similar content libraries as you travel Europe.

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New privacy settings coming to Windows 10 get previewed

7 March 2018, 11:01

Windows Insiders started to see the improvements roll out a few hours ago.

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EU wants device packaging to indicate reparability, durability

6 July 2017, 10:01

It is aiming to tackle planned obsolescence and discourage things like glued in batteries.

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Google fined €2.42 billion for promoting own shopping results

27 June 2017, 12:01

Anti-competitive market distortion is abuse of Google's power says European Commission.

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EU mobile roaming charges were abolished today

15 June 2017, 11:01

Great for data use up to allowances, calls and texts could still cause unexpected charges.

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MEPs vote to end unjustified geo-blocking across the EU

26 April 2017, 16:31

And create a single market for digital services across the 28-nation bloc.

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Asus faces EU probe for online price fixing

3 February 2017, 11:01

Meanwhile Valve/Steam is under scrutiny for geo-blocking European sales regions.

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Three mobile to more than double its Feel At Home destinations

11 August 2016, 12:31

24 new free roaming countries include Germany, Greece, Portugal and Poland.

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Intel continues to fight $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine

23 June 2016, 10:31

As a reminder, it was fined for abusing its market dominance between 2002 and 2009.

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O2 and Three mobile merger blocked by European Commission

11 May 2016, 13:31

£10 billion deal halted due to customer choice and competition concerns.

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Open Wi-Fi owners not liable for dodgy users, asserts EU Judge

17 March 2016, 11:46

EU Court of Justice advisory says such businesses should get safe harbour, like ISPs.

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Today is Safer Internet Day: 'Play your part for a better internet'

9 February 2016, 10:01

Plus review your Google security settings today and receive a 2GB cloud storage bonus.

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EU antitrust regulators accuse Qualcomm of abusing dominance

10 December 2015, 12:01

Investigations reveal that Qualcomm may have used 'predatory pricing' strategies.

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European Commission aims to create a Digital Single Market

10 December 2015, 09:01

So your Netflix, iPlayer, Now TV and so on could be available on holiday.

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EU mobile roaming charges will end in June 2017

30 June 2015, 12:06

And strong Europe-wide net neutrality rules will come into effect from 30th April 2016.

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European Commission: Pirate site shutdowns are ineffective

15 May 2015, 14:01

Such actions have short-lived and relatively limited impacts, according to research.

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In-car emergency calling to be standard in new cars by April 2018

29 April 2015, 11:08

Regulation to make eCall systems standard equipment approved by EU to save lives.

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Steam to offer refunds to EU customers for 14 day period

18 March 2015, 10:50

But this only applies to games you haven't installed and subsequently tried out.

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EC Ecodesign Working Plan for 2015 to 2017 comes into effect

2 January 2015, 10:05

Energy efficiency measures may impact on new smart connected device functionality.

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European MPs pass motion calling for Google break up

28 November 2014, 11:35

Google's search and other services should be separated to prevent abuse say MEPs.

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Net neutrality law passed by the European Parliament

4 April 2014, 11:30

ISPs will be forced to treat all traffic the same, regardless of its source.

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Cash boost for UK games as EU Commission approves tax relief

28 March 2014, 11:45

The tax break could bring a £188 million investment boost to the UK's games developers.

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EU votes yes to universal mobile phone charger

17 March 2014, 10:45

Move should save 51,000 tonnes of e-waste annually.

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Roaming charges in Europe are "economic madness"

18 February 2014, 13:00

As 94 per cent of Europeans limit use of mobiles when outside their home country.

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EU says no to ITU world-wide rule of world-wide web

26 November 2012, 11:15

No one organisation to rule them all.

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EU rules that users can resell digital downloaded games

3 July 2012, 22:02

It doesn’t matter if you sold your soul by agreeing to the EULA.

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