India may get the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Basmati rice in the European Union if a deal between the two on providing GI tags for one another products comes through later this year. India and the EC have held six rounds of negotiations till now on arriving at an agreement on the GI tags … Read more
Apple expects it will be compelled to make changes to its App Store policies, as the firm must comply with the European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA). The iPhone maker’s recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows the company expects to make policy changes related to applications running on iOS and iPadOS, … Read more
Precision game: Partial view of the special mirror systems used to activate laser at the ELI project in Romania. | Photo Credit: AFP In the control room of a research centre in Romania, part of the European Union’s Infrastructure ELI project, engineer Antonia Toma activates the world’s most powerful laser, which promises revolutionary advances in … Read more
The European Union on Sunday announced a USD 8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighbouring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal is scheduled to be signed during a visit by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the leaders … Read more
Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic to put its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up a store and bringing back the popular … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.K. will join a string of European countries in leaving a controversial energy treaty that has allowed fossil fuel giants to sue governments over their climate policies, the government said on February 22. The decision to quit the 1990s-era accord comes after efforts to … Read more
The European Commission has “opened formal proceedings to assess” if TikTok has breached the Digital Services Act. File | Photo Credit: Kiichiro Sato The European Union said Monday it is investigating whether TikTok has broken the bloc’s strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe. The European Commission, the … Read more
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. File | Photo Credit: Reuters EU member States and MEPs struck a preliminary deal on February 10 to ease the bloc’s stringent fiscal rules, giving Governments more time to reduce debt and incentives to boost public investments in climate, industrial policy and security. … Read more
Facebook parent Meta will allow users in the European Union, European Economic Area, and Switzerland to prevent information from being shared across the company’s apps. As a result, people who live in these regions will be able to use Instagram and Facebook separately, even if they are connected on the platform. Meanwhile, Meta will also … Read more
WhatsApp — the messaging app with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) owned by Meta — will soon add support for cross-platform messaging. Support for third party chats will allow people using a different messaging platform to text users on WhatsApp, and Meta has said that the feature will be opt-in to prevent users from being … Read more