Tech billionaires prepare to invade the Pentagon
A handful of Silicon Valley executives could help transform the countryโs largest bureaucracy โ and benefit themselves while trying.
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Europe can have its own Silicon Valley, with digital SMEs at its heart [Advocacy Lab Content]
Henna Virkkunen, EU Commission Executive Vice-President, has announced the investment of โฌ750 million in seven supercomputers to propel the AI capacity of European industry.
The post Europe can have its own Silicon Valley, with digital SMEs at its hear…
Liberals should not quit Elon Muskโs X, leading US lawmaker says
The answer for progressives is not to disengage, Democratic lawmaker says.
How Elon Musk could disrupt Washington
Trump and Musk want to run a giant experiment on the federal bureaucracy. Two big unknowns already loom over it.
Competition poses the toughest test for climate chief Ribera
Climate expert Teresa Ribera’s second job policing subsidies and deals is real head-scratcher with some big political risks.
How should Europe build its own Silicon Valley?
There is fresh debate about the EUโs position in the technology race
Business leaders are worried about JD Vance and the future of the GOP
Theyโve watched the party move away from them under Donald Trump. Theyโre worried his chosen successor could accelerate the shift.
She saw Jan. 6 coming. Hereโs what worries her now.
The founder of a private intelligence firm says far-right extremists are ramping up โ before the election.
โMajestic brightnessโ: Warsawโs Museum of Modern Art finds a new permanent home
After decades of nomadic existence, the Polish capitalโs art temple is open for permanent business in an inspirational, light-filled new buildingWhen Poland joined the European Union 20 years ago, our world changed. I was a student in Warsaw, and spent…
Meet Elon Muskโs man in Washington
The SpaceX billionaire is forging new ties with a federal telecom official who could help funnel billions of dollars to his company if Trump is elected.
Breaking up with Google: Why the EU should back the US
While Washington debates a break-up of the tech giant, Brussels should seize the opportunity to end the companyโs monopoly over digital advertising โ it may never get a better one.
Will the US really dismantle Google? Hereโs what happens next.
Bidenโs competition cops want โhistoricโ changes to Google โ but judges, and presidential politics, could undercut their plans.
Californiaโs failed AI safety bill is a warning to Britain
What can London learn from Sacramento’s doomed attempt to regulate the existential risks posed by powerful AI?
Biden needs to be the last Irish-American US president
In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.
Tech policy: 20 people to meet at Tory conference
We break down the 20 figures shaping the Conservativesโ tech policy in opposition.
How Silicon Valley pulled off a โtech coupโ
The POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and microchips, we explore how todayโs technology is shaping our world โ and driving the…
From dire to iconic: 6 times European leaders tried to make the power hoodie work
Not all world leaders can pull off a hoodie.
Tech policy: 20 people to meet at Labour conference
We break down the 20 figures inside and outside government shaping Labourโs tech policy.
Kamala Harris hat ein Industrie-Problem
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ HARRIS UND DIE INDUSTRIE: Die Demokratin kรถnnte in Swing States, die stark industrialisiert sind, Wรคhler verlieren, befรผrchten ihre Parteifreunde.ย โ NEUE UMFRAGEN: Trump fรผhrt in Georgia, Harris in Pennsylvania. โ [โฆ]
Vance and Walz to speak at gathering of CEOs this week
The two vice presidential nominees have previously bashed elite corporate interests.
Trump could turn Elon Musk into an American oligarch
Muskโs potential foray into government would represent a striking development for the billionaire.
Kamala Harrisโ Secret Power: She Is Whatever You Want Her to Be
As Chicago made clear, Harrisโ gifted nomination gives her a chance to be whatever people want her to be.
Kamala Harrisโ Policy Void: A Weakness Democrats Love to Have
As Chicago made clear, Harrisโ gifted nomination gives her a chance to be whatever people want her to be.
The bewildering politics of Telegram
Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint.
Steve Hilton, the British ex-Fox News host, wants to run for California governor
Hilton has supported Trump, but heโs also leaned into his own brand of โpositive populism.โ
Arresting Telegramโs Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you | Chris Stokel-Walker
He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be itThe shock arrest of Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov as he stepped off his private jet in the Bourget airport near Paris …
How Kamala Harris is winning back California tech donors
As the Democratic nominee, the California tech world is returning to Kamala Harrisโ side โ if she can form a strong enough platform that speaks to their main concerns.
How Kamala Harrisโ platform could differ from Joe Bidenโs
President Joe Bidenโs decision to abandon his reelection bid andย endorse Vice President Kamala Harrisย means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Partyโs biggest priorities โ including abortion rights, climate change and student debt relief. Her track record as a California attorney general, a U.S. senator and Bidenโs No. 2 provides only so [โฆ]
How Kamala Harrisโ platform could differ from Joe Bidenโs
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
โAmbitious girlโ: How Kamala Harrisโ niece turned political proximity into a budding business empire
Meena Harris has leveraged her special bond with her aunt to create a sprawling personal brand from scratch.
Vance attacks Walzโs military service
The broadside is similar to the campaign to discredit 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry over his Vietnam service.
How California Democrats learned to stop worrying and love Kamala Harris
The vice president has united her home stateโs political class behind her and, for now, silenced the doubters.
Washingtonโs most powerful interests donโt know whether to cheer Harris โ or dread her
Would she bring continuity with Joe Bidenโs policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite? Industries including tech, energy and pharma want to know.
Elon Musk vows to move X, SpaceX headquarters out of California, citing trans privacy law
The tech billionaire has made similar threats over political differences in the past.
Private meeting, billionaires and a G6 Gulfstream: The backstory on how Trump picked Vance
The 39-year-old freshman senator was named as Trumpโs running mate on Monday.
The Strange Future After a Second Trump Term
The dollar will decline, Europe will rise, and Asia will nuclearize.
An Americanโs guide to the 2024 UK election
We can’t give you a felon and an old guy on July 4 โ but we do have a gambling scandal. And Nigel Farage.
Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people
Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home.
Rishi Sunakโs California escape hatch: His $7.2 million beach home
The UK leaderโs luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.
Why a top European official went to Silicon Valley on the eve of a major election
European Commission Vice President Vฤra Jourovรก has been on the road talking about disinformation and foreign interference ahead of the European Union elections later this week. And that โDemocracy Tourโ took Jourovรก to California last week for meetings with tech CEOs about their role in the fight. On todayโs POLITICO Tech, Jourovรก explains what she [โฆ]
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
The former president has proven adept at fundraising off his legal troubles.
US Democrats in full-blown โfreakoutโ over Biden
One adviser to major Democratic donors keeps a running list of reasons Biden could lose.
Exit, pursued by a panda: the Brits bringing eye-popping Shakespeare to the Baltics
The Winterโs Tale is retold with a virtual reality plot set in Silicon Valley and hardly any lines from the original, staged at a bold Latvian theatre elevating English talentJohn Malkovich is directing Tom Stoppardโs Leopoldstadt, there are dramas by …
How Dominic Cummingsโ favorite AI firm captured the British government
Faculty has emerged as the UKโs homegrown champion in AI safety โ though some question its political links.
Tory mayor Ben Houchen bucks the trend on dire night for Rishi Sunak
Tories keep key Tees Valley mayor post โ but wider picture is grim.
EU is pressuring Meta due to fears of Russian interference in elections
Action against Facebook owner comes amid deep concerns about how it is dealing with fake newsEU to investigate Meta over misinformation before June pollsFears that Vladimir Putin is trying to fill the European parliament with more pro-Russia MEPs were …
From Doctor Botox to Facebookโs top lobbyist, meet the folks who left politics to cash in
Olivier Vรฉran and Nick Clegg are just two of the ex-politicians who’ve gone off to make the big bucks.
Fallen crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years
The sentence was handed down almost five months after a jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of orchestrating a massive fraud centered on his crypto empire.
Ireland opens its arms to tech titans, yet shuts its eyes to failing public services | John Naughton
Tax revenues from Silicon Valley giants have made the republic wealthy on paper, but housing and healthcare crises persistIn 1956, a chap named TK โKenโ Whitaker, an Irish civil servant who had trained as an economist, was appointed permanent secretary…
Meet the mayor from Florida who wants to be Trumpโs VP
Presented by Ernst and Young.
Counting frozen Russian funds
SNEAK PEEK โ Former Tory leader criticizes slow movement of Russian asset seizure.ย ย โ SCOOP: City minister talks up U.K. financial servicesโ role in digital innovation. โ Banks push back against new government snooping bill. Happy Wednesday! Weโre half way through the working week and oodles has already happened in the happy land of financial [โฆ]
One year on from Silicon Valley Bank collapse
SNEAK PEEK โ Silicon Valley Bank collapsed a year ago: whatโs changed? โ Ministers gather for U.K. Global Fraud Summit. โ Labour assembles crack team to advise on National Wealth Fund. Happy Monday! Welcome to another week of financial services news and views. To kick off the week we have an amazingly insightful review into [โฆ]
Big banks vs little banks in the battle of who pays for failure
SNEAK PEEK โ Banks: who pays if smaller ones collapse? โ Budget highs, lows, and no-gos. โCity minister meets with top female finance gurus ahead of International Womenโs Day. Good morning! Today weโve got battling banks, budget chat and crypto. Keep reading! DRIVING THE DAY BIG BANKS AND SMALL BANKS BATTLE OVER WHO SHOULD PAY [โฆ]
Settling a potential Brexit dividend
SNEAK PEEK โย Geffen report on securities settlementย reforms imminent. โย Investors pour cold water on Huntโs GB ISA plans. โย Car loan redress will have โnegligible impactโ on most major banks. Good morning! Welcome to Friday โ we made it, everyone.ย To help you, dear readers, to the weekend we have plenty of great gear, including a report [โฆ]
Former Austrian leader Kurz convicted of lying to parliament
Kurz was forced to resign in 2021 amid a flurry of accusations of corruption.
Even the Bank of England is giving in to the banks
Lenders on either side of the Atlantic have been campaigning hard against incoming standards
US Democrats warn of grim future for US cyber agency under Trump
But the Democratic lawmakers said thereโs little they can do to protect the agency, describing their strategy as simply: Elect Biden.
One-on-one with the EUโs chief tech regulator
Episode Summary Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, the EUโs top tech regulator, is busier than ever โ contending with antitrust cases, internet regulations and, soon, artificial intelligence rules. And yet, her tenure is almost up. Unless sheโs chosen for a third term, Vestager will leave the European Commission later this year just as its most [โฆ]
Europeโs Silicon Valley? No thanks
The UK has grand plans for Cambridge. But the city has other ideas.
Inside the culture clash dominating the AI debate in the US
Effective altruism is increasingly described as a cult. But as the movementโs billionaire adherents pour money into Washington, its obsession with the AI apocalypse is remaking the capitalโs tech policy landscape.
NHS to pioneer drone deliveries in bid to improve service
Silicon Valley group Zipline allies with trust in northern England to drop essential medical supplies
Rishi Sunak loves Big Tech. Why does he keep scaring them away?
A surveillance reform speeding through parliament is just the latest UK government proposal that has tech companies worried.
Franceโs AI hopes collide with French love of regulating tech
Many companies fear that regulating advanced AI models could deter innovation.
Europeโs AI crackdown looks doomed to be felled by Silicon Valley lobbying power | John Naughton
The EUโs artificial intelligence safety bill enters its final stages this week, but seems already to have been nobbled by the big names in the USWednesday will be a fateful day in Brussels, a faraway city of which post-Brexit Britain knows little and c…
Israelโs appetite for high-tech weapons highlights a Biden policy gap
The Israel-Hamas war has brought a boom in cutting-edge military technology from U.S. makers โ and a brewing diplomatic headache for the White House.
How Matt Clifford became Britainโs most powerful tech adviser
The 37-year-old investor has traveled from London to Washington and Beijing to brief politicians and tech execs on this weekโs AI summit.
โItโs just a matter of timeโ: why AI could help Europe create its own Apple or Google
Silicon Valley overshadows its transatlantic rivals. But as artificial intelligence grows โ and with a global summit on it this week โ some think it could offer a Euro startup the chance to become a new GoogleArthur Mensch is one of a new generation of…
Austriaโs mini-Trump gets his day in court
Ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz faces charges of giving false testimony in Vienna trial.
The ghastly modern office needs a reboot
Hybrid working has exposed wasteful, outdated designs that one Silicon Valley boss wants to blow up
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends Chinaโs invitation to AI summit
Hunt begins a multi-day visit to major US tech companies on Wednesday as the country aims to expand its own artificial intelligence and life sciences industries.
Elon Musk likes to think he saved us from Armageddon. Heโs just brought it closer | Timothy Snyder
Whatever his new biography says, by giving into Russiaโs nuclear blackmail the X boss can only encourage more threats from PutinThe Silicon Valley oligarch, perhaps the richest man in the world, extends a hand to his fellow oligarch, the man who has hi…
Hungaryโs Orbรกn calls for less climate panic, more babies
The right-wing leader said ‘Western elites’ were too concerned with carbon quotas and not enough with falling birth rates.
Elon Musk is a lesson in the dangers of unchecked corporate leaders | Siva Vaidhyanathan
When rich people convince themselves that theyโre rich because theyโre smart โ instead of lucky and ruthless โ they misapply their talents to areas beyond their expertiseElon Musk is not the most reckless, destructive or dangerous corporate leader in w…