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Framework Improves Its Shipping For EU and UK With New Netherlands Warehouse
Framework is a company that focuses on providing modular laptops with repairability and upgradability in mind. They offer a laptop frame with internals including the motherboard, storage, I/O and monitor that can be easily removed and replaced when they go wrong or need an upgrade with modules allowing you to…
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European Law Could Force Replaceable Phone Batteries By 2027
When I grew up most smartphones featured a removable battery, which was a common joke from Apple fans about how the Samsung battery fell out when you dropped it. All of this could come back in the near future thanks to a new EU law surrounding batteries. EU Law Brings…
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Steam Now Shows a 30-Day Low Price In Compliance With EU Laws
Steam will now display a 30-Day low price in some EU countries to comply with the Omnibus Directive. Steam With 30-Day Low Price As shared in a tweet by SteamDB, a site which tracks statistics on Steam, Steam will now be showing a 30-day low price on games in select…
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EU Finally Approves Law Seeing New Fossil-Fuel Car Sales Banned By 2035
For more than a few years now, the EU (European Union) has been making more and more overtures towards the total ban of new fossil-fuel-powered car sales. When would this happen? Well, in this regard, while a lot of regions and countries seemingly want to make this (so-called) commitment to…
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Apple Might Bypass EU Law With a Proprietary USB-C Charger
Last year the European Union (EU) issued a new law mandating that all technology products sold in the region, specifically those containing a battery, and, by proxy, requiring an external charging capability, must offer support for USB-C. – In other words, they’d just made the USB-C port and cable the…
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EU Votes to Officially Investigate Loot Boxes and Microtransactions!
The debate surrounding loot boxes and microtransactions within games, despite much talk, continues to wage on. – Publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Activision, etc. do not believe that they are a form of gambling, but rather ‘surprise fun mechanics’ (EA’s own words there). The thing is though that pretty much…
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Apple Prepares to Bend the Knee by Allowing Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone
Apple has certainly had a bit of a rough year when it comes to its dealings with the European Union. – Firstly they’re having to deal with the new regulations that by 2025 all smart devices sold in the region must adhere to a USB-C charging standard, and then, of…
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Microsoft to Launch Legal Action if Activision/Blizzard Takeover is Blocked!
When Microsoft announced it had agreed on a deal for the £67.8BN takeover of Activision/Blizzard around the start of this year, people were undoubtedly shocked at the news. In many respects though, whether you were happy about it or not, the announcement did seem to pretty much suggest that getting…
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FTC ‘Likely’ to Join EU in Challenging Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard Takeover
It seems increasingly likely that, based on all the information to date, the EU commission currently investigating Microsoft’s potential takeover of Activision/Blizzard is probably not going to approve the deal. – I mean, at the very least, they seem incredibly dissatisfied with the answers (or lack of) Microsoft has currently…
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EU Staff Member Hints Microsoft’s $68.7BN Activision Deal Might Fail!
Microsoft shocked the gaming world earlier this year when they announced that they had agreed on the purchase of Activision/Blizzard for a figure believed to be a region of $68.7BN. – Just because this had been announced, however, this was no actual guarantee that the deal would ever be successfully…
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Microsoft’s Activision Takeover to Face Further Scrutiny from the EU
While Microsoft shocked the gaming world earlier this year when they confirmed that a $69BN deal had been agreed for the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, this didn’t necessarily mean, nor guarantee, that the takeover would ever be successfully concluded. Let alone, in a timely manner. – Given the scale of the…
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Apple Confirms They’re Moving to New USB-C Standard – (In Europe At Least)
Earlier this month, the EU formally mandated into law that all battery-containing tech products sold within the region would require USB-C support by the end of 2024. – Now, for the vast majority of companies, this wasn’t a problem. Most things these days are USB-C compliant right out of the…
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Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard Takeover to Face Huge Scrutiny from the UK & EU
While Microsoft’s takeover of Activision/Blizzard does appear to have a somewhat inevitable feel about it, that isn’t to say that there aren’t many obstacles that need to be overcome before it will be finalised. – Of these, one of the biggest undoubtedly lies in what the future for some of…
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EU Law Makes Anti-Speeding Tech Mandatory for New Cars!
Speeding in your car is, generally speaking, not a very good idea. Not only does it tend to consume notably more fuel than it would at more legal speeds (and God knows that’s expensive enough at the moment!), but it also clearly raises the potential risk and consequences of accidents.…
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Amazon (Grudgingly) Agrees to Make Cancelling Prime Easier in UK & Europe
While you can happily debate the merits and perks of having an Amazon Prime account, if there has been one complaint consistently levied against it in recent years, it’s the fact that it is significantly easier to sign up for the service than it is to cancel it. – In…
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