EC Accepted Meta and TikTok Commitments on Ads
The European Commission accepted Meta Platforms' commitment to provide users with the ability to reduce the amount of personal data used for targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram.

The European Commission accepted Meta Platforms' commitment to provide users with the ability to reduce the amount of personal data used for targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
Satellite-enabled smartwatches are emerging as the next frontier in the wearables ecosystem, bridging terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTN), according to Counterpoint Research.
US President Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order to create a single federal rule for AI governance.
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.
More than three-fifths (61%) of investors say technology will be the sector attracting the most investment over the next three years, well ahead of every other sector, according to PwC’s 2025 Global Investor Survey.
IBM will buy data streaming platform provider Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion.
By 2029, only 5% of automakers are expected to maintain strong AI investment growth, a decline from the current rate of over 95%, according to Gartner.
The European Commission has started an investigation to assess whether the new Meta Platforms policy for restrictions on AI providers accessing WhatsApp is anticompetitive.
New research from Omdia revealed that Spain is now Europe’s leading free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) market, with 35% of online adults watching FAST services each month.
The Australian eSafety Commissioner has released guidelines ahead of new age-restricted material codes taking effect later this month.
A new study by Juniper Research revealed that the number of cross-border Account-to-Account (A2A) transactions is expected to increase by 1.8 billion over the next year, reaching 11% of the 16.6 billion B2B cross-border transactions forecasted for 2026.
The European Commission fined X €120 million for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Netflix agreed to a $72 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
IBM was designated by the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, ESMA) as a critical ICT third-party provider under DORA.
Infobip identified a remarkable upswing in its Black Friday messaging traffic, with the use of Rich Communication Services (RCS) surging 277% on Black Friday 2025 compared to the previous year.
Orange Cyberdefense executives warned that cybercrime is rapidly converging with geopolitics.
In 2026, 116 million electric vehicles (EVs) – cars, buses, vans, and heavy trucks – are forecast to be on the road, according to Gartner.
Intel rejected TSMC's claims that a former executive revealed its trade secrets when he joined Intel.
The pervasive use of AI is forcing business and IT leaders to rethink their workforce.
AT&T filed a lawsuit to stop T-Mobile US’s AI-based switching tool from scraping its customer data.