Tag: European Commission

Apple pinged by EU competition laws Australia wants to mimic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Apple is in breach of new European competition laws, regulators alleged this week, setting up the first test of the Big Tech ‘gatekeeper’ regime that Australia’s competition watchdog wants...

EU takes crucial step toward world-first AI regulation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The world’s first AI regulatory regime has moved closer to reality following provisional agreement on draft legislation between the European Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators, while the wait...

EU approves $13bn in semiconductor research subsidies

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Europe will spend €8.1 billion euros (A$13 billion) in state aid on semiconductor research, development and production as part of a new funding package designed to aid the green...

ACCC ‘closely’ monitors Amazon’s EU antitrust issues

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Amazon is offering to halt the online selling and marketing practices in Europe that regulators allege are anti-competitive, hoping to bring an end to a two-year investigation and avoid...

Reflections on five years at the OECD

Posted on   |  by Alex Roberts
After an amazing and intensive five years with the team at OPSI (the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation), I’m leaving the OECD to move on to new adventures back in...