Poland fumes over US block on AI chips
Poland styles itself as a key US ally, but the chip restriction threatens to impact its ambitious military expansion on Putin’s border.
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Digital governance in the era of hybrid warfare, with Estoniaโs digital minister
In this episode, host Giada Santana is joined by Estonia’s Justice and Digital Affairs Minister Liisa Pakosta to discuss Estonia’s digital transformation and the challenges of securing a fully digital state in an era of escalating cyber warfare.
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Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner
Henna Virkkunen is well placed to nab a key European Commission post on tech or innovation.
Poland says it smashed gang of Russian and Belarusian saboteurs
Hackers wanted to gain access to information for blackmail, according to Warsaw.
Brussels boots on the ground in San Francisco
The EU Commission engages in ‘direct’ and ‘intensive’ collaboration with California legislators, who just approved a new AI bill that could ‘strengthen’ and ‘complement’ the EUโs AI regulation.
Bavaria joins digital revolution by phasing out faxes
Tardy shift reflects slow state of digitalization in Germany.
French fiber optic cables hit by โmajor sabotageโ in second Olympics attack
The attack comes a few days after a coordinated arson assault on the French rail network.
The frontrunners for the next European Commission
Even before the European elections, maneuvering is under way for top jobs in Brussels.
The next European Commission needs to address information power
Ahead of a new European Commission, following June’s European elections, ARTICLE 19โs Mark Dempsey outlines a vision for a European Union where the information environment is open, decentralised, fair, diverse, and inclusive.
Dutch government threatens to leave Facebook over privacy
The Dutch government is warning it could stop using Facebook Pages before the summer over data protection concerns on how the platform targets its users. Dutch state secretary for digital affairs Alexandra van Huffelen told POLITICO she was in talks with Meta to change how it operates its Facebook Pages product, upon advise of the [โฆ]
Vestagerโs kids tell her โto put down that phoneโ
Once one of the EU’s top tweeters, digital chief Margrethe Vestager says she’s now less enthusiastic about social media.
French government hit with cyberattacks of โunprecedentedโ intensity
Several French government departments have been experiencing a series of cyberattacks in the past day, with the government activating a crisis unit to deal with the attack. According to the prime ministerโs office, the impact has now been reduced and access to some government websites was โre-established,โ but the attacks are still ongoing. โSince [Sunday], [โฆ]
AI choice should not be โAmerican or American,โ EU antitrust chief warns
Europe fears a repeat of how U.S. tech giants gobbled up social media, cloud markets.
Kroes files closed: EU no longer probing ex-Uber lobbyist
Leaked Uber messages detailed ex-digital commissioner’s advocacy efforts during her EU ‘cooling off’ period.
Germany teams up with Baltic states in EU digital reform push
Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are approaching the European Commission with a proposal to reform EU digital policy, with Germany looking to the Baltic states for expertise and the others hoping to capitalise on Germany’s influence in the EU.