The EU wants an investigation of the Switch's Joy-Con 'drift' issues
The European Consumer Organisation received more than 25,000 complaints over the problem.
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Tech giants call for more content liability protection in the EU
Safeguards would give them more leeway to tackle hate speech, a lobby argued.
The EU is testing cross-border COVID-19 contact tracing
Six countries are trialing the system, which should go live next month.
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EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's Fitbit purchase
They said Google's plan to 'silo' the wearable company's fitness data was 'insufficient.'
Facebook is facing an EU investigation over data collection
Regulators also opened a 'preliminary investigation' into Google's data practices.
EU says sites using Facebook's Like button are responsible for your data
They might have to seek your permission before sending information to Facebook.
Google appeals $1.7 billion EU fine over restrictive ad contracts
Antitrust officials found Google tried to muscle rivals out of the market.
Google's Jigsaw is giving European politicians free DDoS protection
Project Shield will be available ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Facebook expands election integrity efforts ahead of EU vote
It plans more measures to ensure transparency around political ads.
France fines Google $57 million over data transparency
The country claims Google violated the GDPR with opaque policies.
German climate proposals could put an end to no-limit Autobahns
The country would trade unlimited thrills for lower emissions.
EU copyright laws face uncertain fate after 11 countries reject proposal
The Copyright Directive isn't necessarily dead, but it's in trouble.
Google shows its bleak vision of search under new EU copyright laws
It's a digital ghost town, according to Google.
Facebook will expand its political ad rules to Nigeria, Ukraine and EU
It's also rolling them out in India.
EU offers bounties to help find security flaws in open source tools
Cash awards could bolster European government security.
EU aims to be 'climate neutral' by 2050
It may face numerous obstacles to reaching that goal.
EU approves Disney's purchase of Fox assets, with conditions
Disney will have to offload 'factual' channels.
Experimental AI lie detector will help screen EU travelers
A virtual border agent will improve screening accuracy.
Germany calls for global minimum tax on large tech companies
It’s one of many countries targeting tech firm tax havens.
EU approves Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub takeover
Officials aren't worried Microsoft will "undermine the open nature of GitHub."
