Neowin News Feed for: Poland

Apple scales up clean energy projects in Europe to offset customer emissions

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:26:01 +0000

Apple is pushing Europe's transition to clean energy with new solar and wind projects in five countries, pledging to match all customer electricity use with renewables by 2030. Read more...

Game over: Global sting takes down LockBit cybercriminals

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:40:01 +0000

An international task force has nabbed two actors involved with the LockBit ransomware that has been causing a major headache for companies around the world since 2019. Infrastructure was seized too. Read more...

European TikTok users can get free Spotify Premium for four months

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:52:01 +0000

TikTok and Spotify have made an agreement that lets TikTok users claim Spotify Premium, for free, for four months. The offer is available in several European markets including the UK and Germany. Read more...

Hungary could copy Poland in sanctioning social media firms

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:56:01 +0000

Hungary may follow Poland's lead to sanction tech firms such as Facebook for "shadow banning" the opinions of Christian, conservative, and right-wing users. Both countries want the EU to act too. Read more...

Polish government eyeing free speech social media law

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:52:01 +0000

The Polish government has proposed a new law which would see the establishment of a free speech council that could fine social media firms if they delete content that's not illegal in Poland. Read more...

European Union approves €3.2 billion for battery tech R&D

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:02:02 +0000

The European Commission has approved funding from several member states which will be used to develop every stage of the battery manufacturing process, thus improving the technology. Read more...

Apple set to launch legal challenge against €13 billion tax order from EU

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:18:01 +0000

Apple is set to challenge the European Commission in the EU's second-highest court on Tuesday after it was ordered by the EU executive to pay a massive €13 billion ($14.4 billion) in back taxes. Read more...

Poland and U.S. sign agreement making it tougher for Huawei to be included in 5G networks

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:14:01 +0000

The U.S. and Poland have come to an agreement to tighten the screws on Huawei and its attempts to be integrated into the national 5G infrastructure. The U.S. says Huawei facilitates spying for China. Read more...

Huawei's founder says firm does not spy for China

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:30:01 +0000

Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei, has claimed that his firm does not spy on behalf of the Chinese Government. Despite this, he said he's still loyal to China and the ruling Communist party. Read more...

Huawei fires executive recently charged with espionage in Poland

Paul Hill — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:16:01 +0000

Huawei has announced that it has fired an employee that was arrested on Friday on espionage charges. The firm said it wants to distance itself from the individual and his alleged crimes. Read more...

Facebook bringing Community Boost to EU countries

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:10:01 +0000

Facebook is bringing its Community Boost programme to the European Union to help individuals and businesses learn the digital skills they need. The programme was announced for the U.S. last year. Read more...

Apple Pay to reportedly launch in the Netherlands and Poland in November

Hammad Saleem — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:16:02 +0000

According to a report, Apple Pay is expected to launch in Poland and the Netherlands in the coming weeks as major financial institutions in both countries are working to bring support for the service. Read more...

Android 6.0 Marshmallow "on the way" to Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in Poland

Andy Weir — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:06:01 +0000

Samsung has so far only made the Marshmallow update available to the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in South Korea - but a carrier has announced that the update is now "on the way" to those devices in Poland. Read more...

LG begins rolling out Android Marshmallow for the G3 in Poland

Shreyas Gandhe — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:18:01 +0000

After revealing last month that the Marshmallow update for the G3 was being developed, LG Poland has now announced that the latest version of Android is now rolling out in the country for the device. Read more...

LG says G4 "will be first in the world" to get Android 6.0, forgets rollout started last week

Andy Weir — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:16:01 +0000

LG says its flagship G4 will soon "be the first in the world to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow" - despite the update rolling out to various Nexus devices, including LG's own Nexus 5, since last week. Read more...

Android 5.0 Lollipop rollout for Samsung Galaxy S5 begins to spread across Europe

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:48:01 +0000

Android 5.0 rolled out to the Galaxy S5 earlier this month - but only in Poland and South Korea. That's all about to change, as another market is now receiving the update, with more being added soon. Read more...

16.3 percent of smartphone owners in Poland use Windows Phone

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:09 +0000

The country that has the biggest market share of Windows Phone products is Poland, with a new report claiming that Microsoft's slice of the smartphone market is 16.3 percent in that territory. Read more...

Two more zero-day vulnerabilities in Java, seemingly

Paul Ferson — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:02:49 +0000

Oracle's most famous product, Java, has a few more woes to add to its past week after a Polish security firm discovered two more potential weaknesses hackers could use in future attacks. Read more...

Polish lawmakers wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:14:42 +0000

In a strange twist, some lawmakers in Poland donned Guy Fawkes-styles masks, the same that have been used by Anonymous members, to protest the country's signing of ACTA. Read more...

Dell Opens Second European Plant in Poland

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:10:12 +0000

Thanks to the Dell's decision to open the company's newest and most advanced manufacturing facility in Poland, Dell production and personalization capabilities will now be closer to increasing numbers of consumers and businesses in Central... Read more...