The week ahead in Tech 17-23 February
The Danish are on cloud nine, and X is playing nice with the Commission on DSA.
The Danish are on cloud nine, and X is playing nice with the Commission on DSA.
He is the latest in a long string of U.S. citizens detained by Moscow on drug charges.
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SNEAK PEEK โย The government is giving the CMA a โresetโ. The CMA will try to show itโs got the message. โย Peter Kyle explains the U.K.โs AI summit statement snub. โย MPs pick up where peers left off on copyright. Good morning and happy Thursday, This is Tom, back home. You can get in touch with [โฆ]
SNEAK PEEK โ Has Elon Muskโs Starlink got a shot in Europe? Not really. โ The withdrawal of the EUโs AI liability rules has fans and critics. โย Thereโs a new report about the price tag of the Eurostack. Good morning and welcome to Morning Tech. Hi, this is Pieter, back in Brussels after frantic days [โฆ]
In this episode, host Giada Santana and defence editor Aurelie Pugnet talk about the NATO meeting ahead and MEP Virginius Sinkevicius speaks about Ukraine’s bargaining chips.
SNEAK PEEK โ The EU plans to raise the American pushback against tech law with the U.S., said tech boss Henna Virkkunen. She also promised a more โinnovation-friendlyโ AI regulatory framework. โ Rolling out AI should mean talking to workers and helping them gain new skills, said EESC president Oliver Rรถpke. Failing to get it [โฆ]
Mistral AI co-founder says China’s artificial intelligence breakthrough offers inspiration for Europe in the global AI race.
The European Union has pivoted to cheering AI innovation, laying less emphasis on rules that curb potential threats.
Kyiv wants to secure the U.S. administration on its side before any peace talks with Russia.
EU officials still hope to avert a trade war with the United States.
The U.S. president’s tariff attack on Americaโs closest allies is unprecedented. Economists say they wonโt fix the U.S. trade deficit, restore jobs or raise much money. And people will get hurt.
Levies threaten exporters to US market, while scrapping of subsidies will hit EV sales โ and Tesla could gainThe internal combustion engine appears to hold a special place in Donald Trumpโs psyche. During his inauguration speech last week, he made a โs…
Donald Trump launched a two-year trade war against China during his first term in the White House, and heโs poised to do it again. Even before being sworn in, Trump threatened China with 60 percent tariffs to cut its trade surplus, 10 percent tariffs if it didnโt halt fentanyl shipments and 100 percent tariffs if [โฆ]
A feel-good photo op just triggered a billionaire slapfight. Hereโs whatโs really at stake.
Poland styles itself as a key US ally, but the chip restriction threatens to impact its ambitious military expansion on Putin’s border.
Boldly aiming for โstrategic interdependence,โ the EU should embrace interconnectedness where prudent while building autonomy where it can.
The call occurred just hours before the Supreme Court upheld a law set to ban TikTok in the U.S.
And a round-up of some of the smaller stories you might have missed
The post Google’s factcheck backtrack, EDPS updates, and more appeared first on Euractiv.
Export restrictions on cutting-edge microchips will affect some EU countries, including Poland.
The move elevates 10 of the EU’s member states above the remaining 17.
The post Biden divides EU with new AI chip export controls appeared first on Euractiv.
Almost five years after Brexit, British nationals are still moving to France in large numbers. In some rural areas, they are stemming demographic hemorrhage and helping to revitalize the local economy and cultural life.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is just the latest big name to cause a stir with her culinary choices.
The EU will fund AI-optimized supercomputers across the bloc to help startups compete with U.S. rivals.
Assadโs downfall was met with unbridled joy and relief among Syrians and Syriaโs expatriate community.
Like other socialist parties in Europe, Sweden’s center left has lost ground to the far right. Itโs hoping to turn that around.
Whoโs at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
Judge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parodyThe property rights of Icelandโs largest fishing company prevail over the right to artistic expression of an artist who spoofed the firmโ…
Elon Musk and Europe’s tech gaps show the Finnish nominee has a major task at hand.
Queries for Henna Virkkunen: What’s tech sovereignty? How can Europe win the AI race? And how will you enforce EU tech rules?
Big gains for defense and health stocks, but it’s a bleak day if you’re driving the green transition โ or lending to Mexicans.
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As Kamala Harris makes her final dash, the president sticks close to home.
Harris has ratcheted up her warnings about the dangers of a second Trump term in recent weeks.
Ces derniรจres semaines, Kamala Harris a multipliรฉ les mises en garde contre les dangers d’un second mandat de Donald Trump.
Brussels has lined up cash to prevent European tech companies from falling into foreign hands.
Chipmaker disputed 2009 decision that it abused its market position in case dating back two decadesThe US chipmaker Intel has won a long-running battle to quash a fine of more than โฌ1bn imposed by the European Commission for allegedly abusing its marke…
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From Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to the U.K.โs Kemi Badenoch, politicians are embracing the burger.
If Kamala Harris wins the election, she will likely approach the task of filling out her Cabinet and West Wing much like she did when she took over Joe Bidenโs campaign operation this summer. While sheโll ensure her closest advisers and key Cabinet members are people she personally trusts, there will be some continuity with [โฆ]
As the anti-immigrant feeling surges in popularity in Europe, its leaders are embracing formerly taboo approaches to their borders.
The alliance among China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is forcing NATO to tighten links with Indo-Pacific countries.
A new report cites areas where the EU is lagging behind its rivals, and recommends a spending boost.
The Democratic nominee isnโt campaigning much on the Biden administrationโs bigger, slower-moving policies
Looking to be less dependent on China and Taiwan, the West is keen to have alternative suppliers and are pushing at an open door with New Delhi and Hanoi.
Despite the European Chips Act, the European electronics sector still faces a sharp decline, potentially undermining Europeโs security, industrial resiliency, and global competitiveness.
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The German carmaker faces a triple threat from China, a lagging EV transition and labor worries.
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
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At his fourth restaurant in the Scottish capital, superchef Stuart Ralston is ambitiously rethinking local fare โ from fish and chips to Cullen skink โ to stunning effect
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A new microchips plant by world leader TSMC is a boon for Dresden, but Berlin wants to avoid alienating its major trade partner Beijing.
Concerns about Chinese ownership impacted government’s thinking to keep microchips factory afloat.
Opinions about the Hungarian prime minister show how much the two vice presidential candidates differ in their thinking.
Chinese tech giants including Huawei and Baidu as well as startups are stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of US curbs on exports of the chips to China, three sources said.
President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot โ but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.
Russians claim capture of two villages; squeeze on smuggling of chips through Chinese territory to Russia is having effect. What we know on day 880Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraineโs president, has released a statement after Joe Biden stood down from the US…
Vietnam and Malaysia are the next destinations on EU envoy David OโSullivanโs mission to stop Russia from beating EU sanctions.
Despite the adoption of the European Chips Act, the EU electronics manufacturing industry is set to decline, undermining European security, industrial resiliency, and competitiveness.
Turkey and Hungary are preparing for a Trump presidency and charting their own course in the alliance.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now in office. These are the people who really matter in his government.
The EIB launched a new programme to “actively participate in the European Commissionโs industrial alliances and initiatives” on net zero and strategic technologies, in its 2024-2027 strategic roadmap.
Itโs been a week of political aftershock in France, after the earthquake that wasย President Macronโs sudden call for snap elections. His gambit, in testing the far rightโs EU election triumph and his banking on it being just a sign of voter frustratio…
The US government plans on Wednesday (12 June) to announce wider sanctions on the sale of semiconductor chips and other goods to Russia, with the goal of targeting third-party sellers in China, sources familiar with the plans said.
Biden is right to heed working class voters in Pennsylvania. The Continent, which has even more to lose from a second China shock, better start listening to its workers too.
The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are nearing an agreement to divvy up investigations of potential anticompetitive conduct by some of the worldโs largest technology companies in the artificial intelligence industry, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations.
EU top court ruling says the fast food giant can no longer trademark Big Mac for chicken.
A gentrified greasy spoon in the heart of Brusselsโ hipster Mecca.
Europe bends over backwards not to offend murderous mullahs, more interested in potentially reopening trade than in human rights.
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Commission will start questioning its industry about competition with China and others on older-generation microchips.
Congress gave Biden a historic sum to green the economy, revive manufacturing and fix crumbling infrastructure. But most of it is unspent.
DCโs fascination with artificial intelligence is permeating after-hours social life in the capital, including this weekendโs White House Correspondentsโ Dinner festivities.
Another fantastic week for the weird and wonderful world that is Belgium.
Trade and tech dialogue would likely not survive a Trump return โ and that would threaten fragile transatlantic solidarity on how to deal with China.
Hounded by reporters on the future of the TTC, EU and US officials announced a series of cooperations.
Multinationals warn new migration rules and fiscal reforms could drive them to take their business elsewhere.
Beijing has fumed over export restrictions brought in by the Netherlands.
Semiconductor investments announced under the EU Chips Act since 2022 will need between 10,000 and 15,000 new workers. Finding these workers is difficult with aging populations, rigid labour markets, and STEM skills shortages. Intelโs call is clear: sk…
Song became megahit since being released in late February.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, here are some of the most influential couples in Brussels.
Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.
New Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is scrambling to appease the agriculture sector as tractor protests escalate.
A senior general has warned Britons to prepare to take up arms against Russia. Heโs not alone in raising the alarmHow long could you survive without your mobile phone? Not just for idle scrolling to fill a boring commute, but for the life you carry pre…
Rishi Sunak’s asylum crackdown faces fierce opposition in Britain’s unelected upper chamber.
LONDON โ Britainโs Conservative Party is famed for its survival instinct. But with electoral defeat on the horizon, Rishi Sunakโs MPs are out for themselves. While the party languishes in the polls, the coming election could yet be some nine months away โ a form of slow torture if youโre a Tory MP.ย And in [โฆ]
As voters in Taiwan head to the polls to select their next president, the stakes could hardly be higher.
With a busy year for EU technology policy soon behind us, we have put together a collection of our most-read articles. Welcome to our year in review, the tech edition!
South Korea’s president kicked off a visit to the Netherlands Tuesday (12 December), hoping to forge a “chip alliance” between the two global semiconductor powerhouses amid growing tech tensions with China.
Western allies are running short of cash, but they could help release billions and hurt Putinโs war effort at the same timeThe White House has warned that the US will run out of funds for Ukraine by the end of the year if Congress doesnโt approve a new…
It makes no sense for the bloc to impose restrictions on high-tech exports and then complain about the trade deficit, says Beijing.
One of the main issues in developing the machines is they often struggle with data errors. But IBM says its chips could make a difference.
Chips JU Executive Director Jari Kinaret speaks about the importance of developing the EU’s chips sector through investing in research and development.
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The EUโs approach to Ukraine held the premise of showing what a geopolitical Europe could mean. The Middle East reveals its demise.
The former PM will jet around the world as Sunak’s foreign secretary. But his track record will come under intense scrutiny.
The White House is poised to make an all-hands effort to impose national rules on a fast-moving technology, according to a draft executive order.