EU rules reining in Big Tech will now target cloud services and AI, regulators sayThe European Union is expanding its Digital Markets Act to cover cloud and artificial intelligence services. This move aims to ensure faire...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Oracle layoffs hit India hard; Qcomm apps print ad moneyIndia bore the brunt of Oracle’s latest global layoffs amid rising automation. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
02 Apr, 2026, 07.56 PM IST
Tech layoffs: India once again in the crosshairs, with 1 in 3 laid off by Oracle based hereThousands of Oracle employees in India faced immediate job termination via email. This action is part of a global workforce reduction affec...
02 Apr, 2026, 05.06 PM IST
EU digital chief warns of 'weaponised' reliance on foreign techEurope's digital chief Henna Virkkunen warns of foreign tech dependencies being weaponised. She urges greater use of homegrown services for...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
UK regulators agree deal to coordinate with EU on critical tech providersBritain and Europe are boosting financial sector cooperation. Regulators will now work together on overseeing vital tech firms. This aims t...
14 Jan, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
Amazon, Google named by EU among 'critical' tech providers for finance industryUnder the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which started being applied in January 2025, three EU-level financial regulators ...
18 Nov, 2025, 10.55 PM IST
Amazon, Microsoft cloud services could face tougher EU rulesAmazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules as Brussels probes their market power, the bloc's tech chief s...
18 Nov, 2025, 04.08 PM IST
EU drops sovereignty requirements in cybersecurity certification scheme: documentThe European Union has struggled to agree to a cybersecurity certification scheme (EUCS) to vouch for the cybersecurity of cloud services a...
04 Apr, 2024, 09.17 AM IST
Microsoft offers to store all personal data of cloud customers in EUMicrosoft said on Thursday its European Union cloud customers would be able to process and store all personal data in the region as part of...
11 Jan, 2024, 03.47 PM IST
Japanese tech lobby warns against EU cybersecurity labelling schemeThe European Union wants to set up an EU certification scheme (EUCS) to vouch for the cybersecurity of cloud services and help governments ...
05 Dec, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
EU mulls wider scope for cybersecurity certification schemeThe EU move to set up such a system comes as Big Tech looks to the government cloud market to drive growth in the coming years while a pote...
24 Nov, 2023, 04.51 PM IST
EU draft rules propose tougher cybersecurity labelling rules for Amazon, Google, MicrosoftU.S. tech giants and others involved in the joint venture can only have a minority stake, and employees that have access to EU data would h...
10 May, 2023, 07.51 AM IST
Microsoft's cloud business targeted by EU antitrust regulatorsThe company found itself on the EU competition enforcer's radar again after German software provider NextCloud, France's OVHcloud and two o...
02 Apr, 2022, 09.50 AM IST
US tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch dealUnder the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the tech giants will have to make their messaging services interoperable and provide business users ac...
25 Mar, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
EU tech rules should curb cloud computing providers, study saysThe report coincides with concerns that some EU lawmakers who are reviewing the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Ma...
26 Oct, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
European Union unveils plan to cut dependency on China, othersThe 27-nation bloc outlined the urgency of the task citing Europe's reliance on China for about half of 137 products used in sensitive ecos...
05 May, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
- Germany, Sweden blast 'bureaucratic' EU for over bank bailouts
German and Swedish finance ministers blasted the European Commission on Tuesday for being too "bureaucratic" in assessing whether state bai...
02 Dec, 2008, 02.58 PM IST