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EU hails ‘change’ as Apple App Store opens to competition
27Jan By adminNo Comments
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EU hails ‘change’ as Apple App Store opens to competition

[ad_1] The European Union's digital enforcer celebrated on Friday the "change" underway in the tech world after Apple yielded to a new EU law by announcing it would allow alternative app stores on the iPhone for the first time.The significant overhaul, which will take place in March when the European Union's sweeping Digital Markets Act comes into force, will curtail the dominance of the App Store, which has been a mainstay of the iPhone since 2008. "The DMA will open the gates of the internet to competition so that digital markets are fair and open," European internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said when asked by AFP about Apple's announcement. "Change is already happening." Breton said that from March 7, when the law comes into force, the European Commission will assess the pr...
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EU tells TikTok to ‘spare no effort’ to fight disinformation
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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EU tells TikTok to ‘spare no effort’ to fight disinformation

[ad_1] The EU's top tech enforcer told TikTok's CEO on Monday to "spare no effort" to counter disinformation, but recognised the changes already made by the video-sharing platform.The Chinese-owned app favoured by younger online users is one of 19 platforms that face stricter rules on tackling illegal and harmful content online under a landmark EU law. "We have seen changes on TikTok's platform in the past months, with new features being released with the aim to protect users and investments made in content moderation and trust and safety," Thierry Breton, the EU's internal market commissioner, said, after a video call with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. TikTok said it pulled four million "violative" videos in the European Union in September, in its first transparency report since the Digital...
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What Europe’s AI regulation moment will mean for the world
1Aug By adminNo Comments
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What Europe’s AI regulation moment will mean for the world

[ad_1] The European Union's AI regulation has some predicting a spate of Brussels copycats. Close, but not quite."It is the AI moment." So went the declaration from International Telecommunications Union Secretary-General Doreen Bodgan-Martin at the conclusion of a UN summit in Geneva on 7 July 2023. At a historic UN Security Council meeting 11 days later, Secretary-General António Guterres agreed. So did nations and regulators.A desire has emerged from powerful quarters to protect citizens from the potential harms of AI — issues that are known (discrimination, privacy violations, copyright theft) and those which are not. Yet.Most nations have approached issues like this by allowing sectors to individually regulate AI, such as aircraft design and flight safety. The infamous Boeing 737 M...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: EU AI laws face pushback, Microsoft’s new AI course, more
30Jun By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: EU AI laws face pushback, Microsoft’s new AI course, more

[ad_1] Today was a big day in the world of artificial intelligence. As European Union has begun finalizing the redrafted AI laws, many companies have begun sharing concerns and urging the EU to reconsider the policies. In separate news, Microsoft has launched a new AI skills initiative, a free course, across the globe through which it intends to help people understand how to use the potential of AI. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Top companies raise alarm over the EU AI lawsMany big business leaders are opposing the EU's proposed legislation on AI, suggesting that it restricts competitiveness and can harm the growth of this new technology and cause an exodus of investors out of Europe. In an open letter sent to the EU, that has hundreds of signatories inc...
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After USB-C, EU all set to mandate user replaceable batteries in gadgets, EVs
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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After USB-C, EU all set to mandate user replaceable batteries in gadgets, EVs

[ad_1] The EU is considering a move to mandate user replaceable batteries in portable gadgets and EVs. USB-C recently got mandated in the EU for smartphone manufacturers, affecting Apple's future plans in the region for its iPhones. However, the EU is not stopping here. Based on a new report, it now seems that the EU plans to mandate user replaceable batteries on smartphones, gadgets, battery packs for starting vehicles, EVs and even industrial batteries. The discussions are still ongoing and if it comes into play, manufacturers will have a period of three years to comply.The agreement is currently provisional and will cover batteries of all sorts of battery sizes. This will cover batteries such as portable batteries, “starting, lighting, and ignition batteries for vehicles (SLI batte...
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