The European Commission has found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data.
France's National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL) has fined Google €50 million for a breach of GDPR. The CNIL’s restricted committee imposed the penalty for "lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding the ads personalisation.”.
A professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta is to guide students through a course in which Black history is taught entirely through the metaverse.
The European Commission is seeking feedback from rivals and customers on Apple's offer to settle EU antitrust charges and stave off a possible large fine.
Apple has lost its bid to have part of a lawsuit in the United Kingdom dismissed. The lawsuit filed on behalf of 1,500 UK based app developers alleges that Apple charged them unfair commissions
Cellhire has appointed Duncan Griffiths to the newly created position of Head of Sales – M2M & IoT Connectivity.
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Microsoft and NVIDIA have expanded their longstanding collaboration with new integrations that leverage the latest NVIDIA generative AI and Omniverse technologies across Microsoft Azure, Azure AI services, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft 365.
CellTrust continues to lead the enterprise BYOD industry with today’s beta availability for CellTrust SL2â€â€the next generation of CellTrust SecureLine for mobile compliance enforcement.
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Apple has reversed its decision disable web apps on its iOS architecture, a decision it had blamed on the EU’s incoming Digital Markets Act rules.
Anker Innovations today announced that its charging solutions will be available as a network exclusive on O2.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted to approve a £4bn ($5bn) settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The fine is the largest-ever imposed by the FTC for violating an order and is in line with what the company said it expected to pay in its quarterly report in April.
In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes.
Twitter has relaunched its Blue Subscription service, which gives users who sign up a blue tick badge, the ability to edit tweets and a range of other features in exchange for a £6.50 monthly fee.
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