Comply

Six of the largest tech companies will be forced to make changes to their products and services this week as Europe’s new sweeping tech regulation largely goes into effect.   The European Union’s Digital Markets Act dictates how platforms minimize self-preferencing and allow for inter-operability, meaning how they prioritize their services over rivals and how service operate between ones run by other companies, among other measures. Companies that fail to comply will face hefty fines.   Five of the six…

Apple has modified some of its proposals to comply with landmark EU tech rules after criticism from app developers, including dropping a demand that those who want to create alternative app marketplaces must have a stand-by letter of credit.The company and five other tech giants have to comply by March 7 with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets out a list of dos and don'ts aimed at reining in their power and creating a level playing field for rivals and more choices for users.Apple had in January announced proposals…

The government has sent an advisory to all social media intermediaries, generative AI platforms, and large language models to ensure that the responses generated by their systems should not violate IT Rules or threaten the integrity of the electoral process.In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission from the government to operate in India and must offer disclaimers and disclosures of their platforms being under testing.Elevate Your Tech…

In the coming days, Apple will introduce a number of substantial changes to the iOS platform in Europe to abide by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). As a result of the DMA, Apple is now allowing alternative app marketplaces on iOS and giving developers the ability to opt out of using Apple’s in-app payment system. These changes might look significant on the surface, but 34 major tech companies penned a letter to the European Commission expressing their disapproval of these changes and “raising concerns about…

The experiments found that about 73 percent of about 500 people using that new design clicked results that kept them inside Google’s ecosystem—an increase over the 55 percent who did so when the design Google is phasing out in Europe was tested with a smaller pool of roughly 250 people.Yelp also tested a variation of the new design. In this version, which Google has shared with regulators, the new box featuring review websites is placed above the maps widget. It was more successful in drawing people to try alternatives to…

Entrepreneurs and startups should comply with the rules and laws, irrespective of their size, scale and growth momentum, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.“I have seen entrepreneurs beginning to trespass because the momentum of entrepreneurship takes them beyond what the regulators have allowed them to do at that particular point in time…even if you are a hard-charging, successful, innovative entrepreneur, you cannot live in denial of the reality that there…

WhatsApp — the messaging app with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) owned by Meta — will soon add support for cross-platform messaging. Support for third party chats will allow people using a different messaging platform to text users on WhatsApp, and Meta has said that the feature will be opt-in to prevent users from being spammed across services. The company's confirmation of its efforts to enable cross-platform messaging comes ahead of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) deadline of March 6.When the upcoming chat…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been in discussions with the government to restore access to its mobile app and website in India. While the platform is ready to pay the taxes and the penalties levied, it is not yet ready to comply with the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) guidelines, sources in the know of the development told ET.The government has therefore rejected Binance’s plea to be allowed to resume operations in India in the interim while they put in processes to comply with the country’s legislation…

Jason Cipriani/ZDNETNow that the EU has forced Apple to allow sideloading apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it is only a matter of time before alternative app stores appear.  One player planning such an app outlet is MacPaw. Probably best known for its Mac utility CleanMyMac X, this store gives subscribers access to over 240 apps for $10 a month. Also: 7 hacking tools that look harmless but can do real damageBut now, the company is readying an app store for iPhone users in…

Spotify said that Apple's new plan to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) is “a complete and total farce.” From early March, developers will be able to offer alternative app stores on iPhones and opt out of using Apple's in-app payment system, which charges commissions of up to 30%, under the bloc's new rules. However, developers will still be required to pay a "core technology fee" of 50 euro cents per user account per year under Apple's new EU regime. "From the beginning, Apple has been clear…