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Build democracy into AI
NEW YORK — The year is 2019. The technology that will determine the future of humanity is concentrated in the hands of just nine entities. Their decisions are not driven by what is good for you or me —...
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Spotify picks antitrust fight with Apple
Spotify has a new plan to combat Apple in Brussels. The Swedish music streaming service said on Wednesday that it has complained to the European Commission’s antitrust enforcers that Apple unfairly...
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Vestager seeks to weather Franco-German storm to stay in Brussels
It’s not the news that Google and Apple want to hear, but EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has no plans to quit Brussels any time soon. Even though she generated intense hostility from France and...
View Article2018: The year in figures and charts
What a tremendous, nebulous year. Very much like last year, 2018 was full of endless Brexit drama. And endless Trump drama. And then there was some more Brexit drama. And some more Trump drama. But...
View ArticleFrench tax on Google, Facebook to apply from January 1, 2019
A French tax on digital giants including Google and Facebook will enter into force on January 1, 2019, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Monday. The government, which lobbied unsuccessfully for...
View ArticleFacebook reconsiders Washington approach after Times reveals hardball tactics
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg vowed to cut ties with “D.C.-type firms” as his company fought to escape yet another bout of furor, this time surrounding its efforts to contain the damage...
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Apple, Google, Facebook line up to pay homage to EU privacy rules
Top executives from Facebook, Google and Apple heaped praise on Europe’s revamped data protection standards Wednesday, just as these companies face ever tighter scrutiny over privacy and the prospect...
View ArticleItaly hits Apple, Samsung with fines over ‘planned obsolescence’
Italy’s Competition Authority has fined Apple and Samsung €10 million and €5 million respectively for inducing users to install software updates which it says “significantly reduced” the performance of...
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Apple’s Tim Cook heads to Brussels to talk privacy amid ongoing tax fight
When Tim Cook shows up in Brussels on Wednesday, the stage will be set for a triumphant return to Europe two years after the Apple CEO clashed with Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust czar, in the...
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Macron gives EU tech tax a political push
STRASBOURG — Emmanuel Macron is gunning to turn his crusade against Big Tech into a broad political rallying cry ahead of next year’s European Parliament election. Six months after the...
View ArticleApple CEO to warn Big Tech must keep users’ trust
Apple’s chief executive is expected to warn that technology companies must maintain the trust and confidence of their users if they want to achieve their true potential. Speaking at a privacy...
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The next antitrust standoff — Big Tech’s use of data
LONDON — Competition regulators have a new cause célèbre: Big Tech’s use of data. From Europe’s top antitrust czar Margrethe Vestager announcing an investigation into Amazon last week over its...
View ArticleErdoğan announces ‘boycott’ of American electronics
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday Turkey would boycott American electronics, amplifying fears of economic nationalism and further confrontation with the United States just as the...
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France clamps down on upskirting ‘perverts’
France Libération focused on France’s new sexual harassment law, adopted on Wednesday, which will see “upskirting” offenses punished more severely. The paper’s headline: “Perverts no longer so cushy.”...
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How Europe smothers creativity
The European creative industry faces great challenges. U.S. tech platforms such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google are expanding rapidly and are increasingly turning into competitors in...
View ArticleFacebook shares user data with other tech giants: report
Facebook gave unprecedented access to data on its users to a number of global tech companies including Apple, Samsung, Amazon and Microsoft, according to a report in the New York Times. As part of...
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Who stands to lose most from Europe’s new privacy rules
Get ready for a GDPR bloodbath — legally speaking, at least. On May 25, when Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation comes online, companies active in Europe will become exposed overnight to the...
View ArticleIreland signs landmark agreement to recover Apple taxes
Technology giant Apple signed a legal agreement with the Irish government today that will allow the recovery of tax breaks deemed illegal by the end of the year. In October, the European Commission...
View ArticleCommission launches probe of Apple’s bid for Shazam
The European Commission on Monday opened an investigation of Apple’s takeover of British music startup Shazam. The probe comes after the Commission said earlier this year it would either approve or...
View ArticleEU mulls retaliation over Trump tax overhaul
European countries may fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul by arguing that it breaches World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, finance ministers said Tuesday. Their tough...
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