IT総合 Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU’s DMA
What’s the collective noun for investigations on Big Tech? Because the European Union has just announced a pile of...
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IT総合 IT総合 The DOJ’s case against Apple adds to a growing pile of antitrust problems for Cupertino
On home turf Apple has enjoyed many years of relatively light regulatory scrutiny compared to Big Tech peers. The US Dep...
IT総合 Apple slams DOJ case as misguided attempt to turn iPhone into Android
Apple is coming out swinging against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case, just announced Thursday, wh...
IT総合 EU signals doubts over legality of Meta’s privacy fee
The European Union has given its strongest signal yet that a controversial tactic rolled out by Meta last November to ex...
IT総合 Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers’ data was used for Gemini
In a never-ending saga between Google and France’s competition authority over copyright protections for news snippets, t...
IT総合 Smart ring maker Ultrahuman has its eye on Oura’s crown
India’s Ultrahuman is prepping for a growth tear. Today it’s announcing the close of $35 million in Series B...
IT総合 Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review
Meta has proposed to drop the price of an ad-free subscription in the European Union — currently the only way regi...
IT総合 X users are still complaining about arbitrary shadowbanning
Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning — aka...
IT総合 Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee’, MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter
Meta is facing a call from lawmakers in the European Union to scrap its controversial “consent or pay” tacti...
IT総合 TikTok fined in Italy after ‘French scar’ challenge led to consumer safety probe
Italy’s competition and consumer authority, the AGCM, has fined TikTok €10 million (almost $11M) following a probe...
IT総合 Europe eyes LinkedIn’s use of data for ads in another DSA ask
Microsoft-owned professional social network, LinkedIn, is the latest to get a formal request for information (RFI) from ...
IT総合 EU dials up scrutiny of major platforms over GenAI risks ahead of elections
The European Commission has sent a series of formal requests for information (RFI) to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, Tik...
IT総合 AliExpress is first online marketplace to face DSA investigation by EU
The European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DS...
IT総合 Deal on EU AI Act gets thumbs up from European Parliament
The European Parliament voted Wednesday to adopt the AI Act, securing the bloc pole-position in setting rules for a broa...
IT総合 Apple to allow web distribution for iOS apps in latest DMA tweaks
Apple will allow iOS developers located in the European Union to distribute apps from the web, rather then via its App S...
IT総合 Worldcoin fails to get injunction against Spain’s privacy suspension
Controversial eyeball scanning startup Worldcoin has failed to get an injunction against a temporary suspension ordered ...
IT総合 EU’s use of Microsoft 365 found to breach data protection rules
A lengthy investigation into the European Union’s use of Microsoft 365 has found the Commission breached the bloc&...
IT総合 How DMA gatekeepers are responding to the EU’s new competition rules — in their own words
The compliance deadline for the six tech giants regulated under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) exp...
IT総合 Worldcoin says it’s filing legal challenge to Spain’s temporary ban
A German subsidiary involved in Sam Altman’s controvercial crypto blockchain digital identity business, Worldcoin,...
IT総合 Tracking ads industry faces another body blow in the EU
It’s been over two years since a key piece of the tracking-ads’ industry’s consent collection apparatu...
IT総合 Europe’s DMA rules for Big Tech explained
The Digital Markets Act (DMA), an ex ante European Union reform of digital competition rules, will be in force today, by...
IT総合 EU looking into Apple’s decision to kill Epic Games’ developer account
The European Union has confirmed it’s looking into Apple’s decision to close Epic Games’ developer acc...
IT総合 Worldcoin hit with temporary ban in Spain over privacy concerns
Spain’s data protection authority has ordered Worldcoin to temporarily stop collecting and processing personal dat...
IT総合 Google points to privacy changes, choice screens and data API ahead of DMA compliance day
Google has trailed another bundle of product tweaks ahead of Thursday’s deadline for compliance with the European ...
IT総合 Apple fined $1.84BN in EU over anti-steering on iOS music streaming market
The European Union has fined Apple €1.84 billion for breaching antitrust rules in the market for music streaming service...
IT総合 Now the EU is asking questions about Meta’s ‘pay or be tracked’ consent model
Meta’s controversial pay or be tracked ‘consent’ choice for users the European Union is facing questio...
IT総合 Liveliness is a sports community app for finding new workout buddies
Finding people who share your active passion — to go hiking, biking, running, whatever — is a pretty enduring problem. E...
IT総合 Sweanty’s wearable patch for athletes tracks salt loss to help them hydrate
Wearables are coming in an increasing array of shapes, form factors and guises these days as health and fitness tracking...
IT総合 Turns out you can use kombucha to make eco-friendly thread
It’s not everyday you come across kombucha playing a starring role in potential industrial disruption. But here at...
IT総合 Yolk is a social app where users swap custom live stickers — no text allowed
With so much fresh competition in social apps right now — plus the usual set of social media platforms and messagi...