After all the delays, doubts and deadlocks, months of tortuous negotiations have reached a conclusion Even in its final hours, the settling of Britain’s future trading and security relationship with… »
News that PM will meet European commission president comes as Michel Barnier says chance of deal is ‘very slim’ The future of Britain’s relationship with the rest of Europe will… »
PM to make trip in 11th-hour effort to break impasse, raising hopes of a deal on trade and security Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels for a face-to-face summit with… »
As the saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And so we arrive at the news, put out yesterday in the… »
A highly anticipated ruling by Europe’s top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield. “The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250… »
The European Commission has reiterated its commitment to pushing ahead with a regional plan for taxing digital services after the US quit talks aimed at finding agreement on reforming tax… »
Apple is under formal investigation by antitrust regulators in European Union — following a number of complaints related to how it operates the iOS App Store and also its payment… »
Brussels shifts position by accusing Beijing for first time of running false campaigns Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage China has been accused by Brussels of running… »
A major question mark attached to national coronavirus contact-tracing apps is whether they will function when citizens of one country travel to another. Or will people be asked to download… »
The first version of Apple and Google’s jointly developed, cross-platform contact tracing API should be available to developers as of next week, according to a conversation between Apple CEO Tim… »
The European Commission has set out a plan for co-ordinating the lifting of regional coronavirus restrictions that includes a role for digital tools — in what the EU executive couches… »
The European Parliament has instructed vulnerable staff with a pre-existing health condition to work from home on account of increased personal risk related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 novel… »
The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting the arrangement as a “landmark agreement” which will… »
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google’s plan to scoop up the health and activity data of millions of Fitbit users — at a… »
The lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech has put out its annual report which shows another major bump in complaints filed under the bloc’s updated data… »
Qualcomm is facing fresh antitrust scrutiny from the European Commission, with the regulator raising questions about radio frequency front-end (RFFE) chips which can be used in 5G devices. The chipmaker… »
Plan to drop dedicated fund while defence spending rises dismissed as false economy The European commission has been accused of seeking to cut EU funding for the continent’s poorest people… »
France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €150 million (~$166M) fine after finding the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online search advertising market. In a decision… »
Airbnb will be breathing a sigh of relief today: Europe’s top court has judged it to be an online platform which merely connects people looking for short term accommodation, rather… »
Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, has released its latest annual The State of European Tech report, published in partnership with Slush and Orrick. As… »
Alastair Mitchell Contributor Alastair Mitchell is a partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures and the fund’s B2B sales, marketing and SaaS expert. Ali also focuses on helping US companies… »
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in… »
Ursula von der Leyen to head European commission and Christine Lagarde to lead ECB Two women have won the backing of the EU’s leaders to head the European commission and… »
A legal challenge to a data transfer mechanism that’s used by thousands of companies to authorize taking European citizens’ personal data to the US for processing has been delayed. As… »
Cities say short-term holiday lettings market is contributing to soaring long-term rents Ten European cities have demanded more help from the EU in their battle against Airbnb and other holiday… »
Huge technology policy questions are looming for whoever takes the top jobs at the European Union in the coming months. Decisions that could radically reshape tech business models, reconfigure the… »
Google is widely expected to be handed a third antitrust fine in Europe this week, with reports suggesting the European Commission’s decision in its long-running investigation of AdSense could land… »
Leader of liberal MEPs says elections in May are ‘last chance’ to fight populism The European Union risks a populist-nationalist “nightmare” by the middle of the next decade unless centrists… »
This year’s Mobile World Congress — the CES for Android device makers — was awash with 5G handsets. The world’s No.1 smartphone seller by marketshare, Samsung, got out ahead with… »
Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping kicked off a keynote speech this morning at the world’s biggest mobile industry tradeshow with a wry joke. “There has never been more interest in… »
Grim milestone comes as Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff says 500,000 could die in US next month; EU states raise concerns about Pfizer slowdown German vaccine officials forced to… »
All foreign arrivals will also have to quarantine in toughening of measures in response to new strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has announced… »
