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The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched an investigation against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta to see if they have violated compliance with the Digital Markets Act.

Apple has been hit with a $2 billion fine by the EU's European Commission, stating it abused its App Store rules and made consumers pay more for music streaming. Apple has already said it will appeal.

The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched a formal probe to investigate if the TikTok social network has violated the EU's Digital Service Act in several ways.

Amazon is likely to get approval from the EU over its acquisition of iRobot which makes the popular Roomba vacuum cleaners, three sources have said. A final decision is due on February 14.

Adobe's acquisition of Figma is coming under more scrutiny, the European Commission has announced. The body said that it's concerned about the implications the deal could have on the market.

TikTok has announced a whole raft of updates that it's going to introduce for users in the European Economic Area. The flagship change is that users will be able to disable the For You feed.

The European Commission has named the Big Tech companies that will be considered gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act. They will be subject to rules to ensure they don't trample competition.

TikTok has criticized the European Commission's decision to ban its employees from using TikTok on their devices. It said the process to reach the decision was "un-European" due to its secretiveness.

The executive of the European Union has ordered its 32,000 employees to remove TikTok from their personal smartphones and devices that have official apps, due to unnamed cybersecurity concerns.

Microsoft could soon be facing an antitrust probe from the European Commission regarding bundling Teams in the Microsoft 365 suite. The root of the potential probe is a Slack complaint from 2020.

The EU has published documentation confirming the exact date from which new electronic devices will be required to adopt USB-C charging. The law impacts Apple the most and is a bid to reduce e-waste.

The European Commission (EC) is reportedly preparing to launch an antitrust probe into complaints made against Microsoft Teams by competitor Slack. The two firms have clashed many times in the past.

The European Union's Digital Markets Act enters force on November 1. It aims to help third-party businesses better interact with customers without so-called gatekeepers making business difficult.

The European Union is set to announce the AI Liability Directive that will make it easier for individuals to sue the manufacturer of an AI product or its user through "presumption of causality".

Google has lost its appeal in the EU General Court for a case that required it to pay a €4.34 billion fine. Although this fine has been slightly reduced now, it is still its biggest penalty in the EU.

The European Commission has published its DESI 2022 report, which looks at how much digitalization progress member states are making. It highlighted that the deployment of 5G is going too slow.

A job search firm in Denmark has filed a complaint against Google, saying that the company uses its inferior Google for Jobs tool to stifle the competition and tighten its grip over the labour market.

The European Commission could unveil new rules on Thursday, according to a new report. It would see social media firms having to take action against deepfake content being posted on their platforms.

A report claims that Apple will not only ditch Lightning connectivity for iPhones in the near future, but also for other accessories such as AirPods, MagSafe Battery Pack, Magic Mouse, and more.

Intel has seen a major victory in court as a 2009 European Commission ruling and a $1.2 billion fine against it for anticompetitive behavior and practices to stifle AMD has been overturned.

The European Commission has put forward its declaration on digital rights. EU officials will now look over the draft, debate it, and then the EC wants to ratify the document in the summer.

The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, has given the go-ahead for Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance. Nuance develops transcription software and will boost Microsoft's AI prowess.

The European Commission is working on a new Directive that'd re-classify many self-employed people as workers making them eligible for a range of benefits such as sick pay and the minimum wage.

The European Commission is seeking to introduce a declaration on digital principles following a Eurobarometer survey's publication showing widespread support for the creation of such a document.

The European Commission had fined Google for an antitrust breach back in 2017 when the company was found that it is favoring its own shopping services. Google wasn't happy and contested the result.

The EU has said Google's hotel and flight services need to be more transparent about the order of results it provides and how much the bookings will cost after fees and taxes are added on.

The EC has announced a formal probe into Google's advertising practices. Among other things, it will be scrutinising Google's plan to prohibit third-party cookies within Google Chrome.

Google has announced that it is opening the process of addition to the choice screen for all eligible search providers. This means that the company will get rid of its controversial auction system.

The European Commission has raised several concerns with Apple over its 30% in-app purchases fee and the anti-steering rules that it has in place which third-party app developers must abide by.

BEUC, an European consumer organization, has filed a formal complaint against Nintendo for premature obsolescence due to the long-standing "drift" issues with the Switch's Joy-Con controllers.

The European Commission has announced the first startups it will invest in as a shareholder, with a total of €178 million being granted to up-and-coming businesses through a new innovation fund.

Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn, Roblox and Yubo have said they plan to keep using technologies to detect and remove child abuse material that users attempt to upload to their services despite an EU law.

The European Commission has concluded its investigation of Google's acquisition of Fitbit, allowing the Mountain View giant to go through with the purchase, though there are conditions.

The European Commission has found that Amazon violates antitrust rules by using non-public third-party seller data to promote and develop its own products. Another investigation has also been started.

Apple has had its hearing the the EU's General Court today. It has claimed that the EU's tax order of €13 billion over its dealings in Ireland are out of proportion and does not reflect reality.

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.