Music streaming services are raising their subscription fees in the EU, but a European consumer advocacy group believes App Store policies are to blame.
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The General Court of the EU has annulled a €1.49 billion fine on Google by the European Commission that had targeted its online advertising practices.
Apple has been working to bring third-party app stores to the iPad to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act, and these will be available on iPadOS 18 starting September 16.
President Ursula von der Leyen emphasizes the importance of safe and trustworthy AI, as Europe strives to lead innovation with its new AI factories accessible to various sectors.
Users in Europe will soon be able to connect with friends on third-party messaging apps, thanks to regulatory changes.
Apple no longer allows Spotify Connect users to adjust the volume on their connected devices using the iPhone's volume slider.
Apple announced big changes to default apps in iOS 18. Later this year, the operating system will allow changing default apps for calls, messages, navigation, and more. As usual, there is a catch.
Margrethe Vestager, an EU commissioner known for her tough stance on big tech, will no longer hold the position in the next von der Leyen Commission due to domestic politics in Denmark.
Spotify has officially announced that it has received approval from Apple to display pricing information to EU users on the iPhone app following its years-long legal struggle with the company.
A fresh leak seems to have not only obtained the EU price, but also the US and UK pricing of the upcoming Google Pixel Buds Pro 2, and it appears that you may have to pay more this time around.
The EU's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network has asked Meta to send over a proposal for possible changes to its current "pay or content" mode for Facebook and Instagram by September 1.
The CrowdStrike Windows outage that hit the world this week stems back to an EU-Microsoft deal from 2009 that meant Microsoft had to give antivirus vendors the same Windows API access it had.
The Opera web browser company has requested the EU General Court to reverse a decision from the European Commission that declined to designate Microsoft's Edge browser as a gatekeeper under the DMA.
The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, says that in its preliminary view, X violates its Digital Services Act for a number of issues, including how it handles verified users.
Following an antitrust investigation, the European Commission found that Apple abused its dominant position in the iOS mobile wallet market by restricting NFC capabilities to its own Apple Pay.
The CISPE, a group of European cloud server companies, has reached a settlement with Microsoft that may help the company avoid a European Union antitrust investigation into its cloud business.
Epic Games says Apple has reversed its decision and has now approved its IOS EU Epic Games Store notarization submission. Another report says Apple has approved the iOS Epic Games Store for launch.
The European Commission could issue a warning to X in the next few weeks for not meeting its obligations under the Digital Services Act. It will include the EC's preliminary findings from its probe.
The European Union is set to charge Meta over its 'pay or consent' model in some European countries. The EU executive, the EC, is planning to make a statement soon according to sources.
The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has announced that it believes Microsoft has broken the EU's antitrust rules by bundling its Teams service with other products.
The European Union's regulatory body, the European Commission, has officially announced it believes Apple has violated the EU's Digital Markets Act due to its App Store policies and developer prices.
Apple has confirmed that its AI-based Apple Intelligence features and some other iOS 18 additions will not be available in the European Union this year due to some regulatory concerns.
Microsoft could pay out millions of euros to the European cloud provider association, CISPE, for the latter to drop an antitrust case and not file any complaints against it anywhere else in the world.
The online marketplace, Temu, has been designated as a very large online platform by the EU after it passed 45 million users in the EU. As a VLOP, it will now be under more scrutiny.
The instant messaging platform Telegram is the latest to come under the microscope of the European Union, with it facing an investigation into its compliance with the Digital Services Act.
The European Union announced today that Microsoft has not sent over requested information on some of its generative AI tools, and has given the company until May 27 to do so, or risk being fined.
Following the confirmation by the EU that iPadOS is classed as a gatekeeper platform under the Digital Markets Act, Apple has confirmed that changes will be made later this year to comply.
The European Union has opened up a second investigation into TikTok, primarily targeted at the low power, data saving TikTok Lite, as the EU suspects that the app breaks the Digital Services Act.
The European Union will reportedly not launch a formal investigation into the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI because it feels Microsoft's dealings with OpenAI is not considered a takeover
Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, according to Reuters. The decision comes after the EC opened a formal antitrust investigation last year.
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 announced that iOS app developers will be allowed to let people in the European Union download their apps for the iPhone and iPad from websites. The new system will go live this spring.
In a bit of a twist, the European Commission has been charged with breaking the EU data protection rules because it decided to use the Microsoft 365 online productivity app service.
Microsoft has quietly added the ability to uninstall OneDrive on Windows 11, an option that was only available on Windows 10 previously. For now, it is a speculation as to what prompted this update.
Microsoft reached its deadline to comply with EU's DMA changes that it announced last year. As such, the company published the changes it made to Windows including the ability to uninstall stock apps.
Apple has now restored the developer account for Epic Games Sweden. That means work can continue to bring the Epic Games Store to iOS devices in Europe along with its Fortnite game.
Bad news for French Spotify Premium subscribers: Due to the new CNM tax streaming sites, Spotify is increasing prices for Premium users. These prices will be the highest across the EU.
Apple has officially terminated the iOS version of Epic Games' developer account due to Epic's public statements about Apple. This conflict has now urged the European Commission to investigate Apple.
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.
A number of mobile app companies that do business in Europe have sent a joint letter to the EU, claiming that Apple's efforts to comply with the act instead "make a mockery of the DMA."
