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Spotify is mad at the French government and taking it out on users
Spotify said on Thursday it will raise its subscription prices in France in response to a new tax designed to support the nation’s music industry. CEO Daniel Ek wrote an open letter denouncing the tax, which France’s government passed in December.
France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillance
France’s data privacy watchdog organization, the CNIL, has fined Amazon $35 million after investigating an ‘overly intrusive’ surveillance system put in place to watch warehouse workers.
Apple will release software update to address iPhone 12 radiation concerns
Apple is prepping a software update to address alleged radiation concerns regarding the three-year-old iPhone 12s after French regulators released a statement alleging that the phone exceeds proper radiation levels. France’s radiation watchdog (ANFR) went as far as to suggest that Apple should stop selling the phones.
French Assembly passes bill allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones for surveillance
France has advanced a bill that would let police snoop on suspects' phones, including cameras.
Apple fined $8.5 million in France over targeted App Store ads (updated)
Apple is facing a $8.5 million fine in France for allegedly gathering data for targeted App Store ads without permission.
Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature goes live in France, Germany, Ireland and the UK
As promised, Apple has expanded its iPhone 14 Emergency SOS satellite feature to France, Germany, Ireland and the UK after launching it in the US.
New French law will require parking lots to install solar panels
The French Senate has approved a bill that should increase that markedly, requiring parking lots with a minimum of 80 spaces to be covered by solar panels,
Google launches its News Showcase program in France
Google's News Showcase program has arrived in France, and it will give users free access to a limited amount of paywalled content from partner publications.
Apple wins appeal to slash its $1.2 billion French antitrust fine by two-thirds
The Paris court of appeals has reduced Apple's $1.2 billion by two-thirds to $364.6 million, but Apple wants it to be zero.
France is working on a program to let people lease EVs for €100 per month
France is preparing to launch a new electric vehicle subsidy program that would allow people to lease EVs for €100 a month
Disney's big holiday movie will skip French theaters in release window protest
In protest of France's content streaming rules, Disney has announced that its latest animated film Strange World (aka Avalonia) will go straight to Disney+.
France officially bans English gaming terms like 'eSports' and 'streaming'
Despite widespread use of English terms in business and elsewhere, the French government has decided to pick on gaming by banning words like "streamer."
Intel plans to build a $19 billion chip plant in Germany
It'll invest up to $88 billion in Europe over the next decade.
Tesla is opening more of its European Superchargers to third-party EVs
The company is expanding a pilot beyond the Netherlands to France and Norway.
That time France tried to make decimal time a thing
During the Revolution of 1789, France briefly considered converting the realm's clocks to run on a 10-hour day. It did not end well.
French regulator fines Google and Facebook a combined $238 million over cookies
France's data regulator CNIL has fined Google €150 million ($170 million) and Meta/Facebook €60 million ($68 million) for violating EU privacy rules.
ProtonMail under fire after giving authorities an activist's IP address
As detailed in our transparency report, our published threat model, and also our privacy policy, under Swiss law, Proton can be forced to collect information on accounts belonging to users under Swiss criminal investigation. This is obviously not done by default, but only if Proton gets a legal order for a specific account.
Ubisoft sued in France over alleged 'institutional harassment'
Ubisoft is facing a lawsuit in France after a workers' union says the game developer enabled 'institutional harassment.'
France fines Google $590 million in latest antitrust action
Regulators say the company offered publishers 'negligible' payments for using their news content.
France orders streaming services to reinvest in local content
The likes of Netflix and Disney+ will need to spend at least 25 percent of French revenue on local productions.