Tag: Tech Regulation
Coverage of the EU AI Act, antitrust laws, and global technology policies.
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Phone unlocking rules: why carriers lock phones for longer
Last updated: 13. January 2026 Berlin, 13. January 2026 Insights New phone unlocking rules allow carriers to keep network locks on some devices for longer.
Google AI Overviews: Why health searches just changed
Last updated: 12. January 2026 Berlin, 12. January 2026 Insights Google AI Overviews for some medical searches have been limited after independent reporting and a
AI Search Summaries: Why Publishers Fear a Traffic Collapse
AI search summaries are answering questions directly on results pages and reducing organic clicks to newsrooms, explainers, and how‑to pages. Measured effects in recent panel
EU–China EV talks: What a price deal could mean for EV prices
Last updated: 12. January 2026 Berlin, 12. January 2026 Insights EU–China EV talks have opened a new path: exporters can offer model-specific minimum import prices
Google Search Checkout: What ‘Buy Now’ in results really means
Google Search checkout is a new way to buy that promises to let people complete purchases without visiting a merchant site. For shoppers it should
App Store ID checks: what they mean for your privacy
Many people wonder whether they must show personal documents just to download or use certain mobile apps. App Store ID checks are increasingly proposed as
Open-source algorithms: What changes when your feed goes public
Open-source algorithms have become a public touchpoint for feed transparency. Publishing ranking code can show how candidates are combined, scored, and filtered, yet it often
App Store ID checks: How age verification could change app access
Last updated: 11. January 2026 Berlin, 11. January 2026 Insights App Store ID checks ask apps to verify a user’s age before granting access. This
How to stay safe when AI search summaries mislead
Last updated: 11. January 2026 Berlin, 11. January 2026 Insights AI search summaries can seem authoritative but sometimes mislead by omitting context or citing snippets
Instagram data breach: What to do if your info leaked
Last updated: 11. January 2026 Berlin, 11. January 2026 Insights The Instagram data breach has been reported in media and security feeds; researchers say a