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The Stop Killing Games movement is nearing an official meeting with EU lawmakers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 00:15:35

The Stop Killing Games campaign is continuing to gain momentum after hitting more than a million signatures in July. After a July 31st deadline, the movement secured around 1.45 million signatures, which the organizers are currently in the process of verifying. The initiative aims to enact legislation that preserves access to video games, even when developers decide to end support, as seen with Ubisoft when it delisted The Crew and revoked access to players who already purchased the game. There

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Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-27 04:13:31

The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The European Union on Friday said it has accepted commitments from Microsoft to unbundle its Teams workplace communication platform from its popular productivity apps. The decision essentially exempts Microsoft from receiving a potentially hefty antitrust fine after the company was last year accused by the European Commission — the executive body of the EU — of breaching competition rules with the "abusive

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Klarna IPO and ASML's Mistral bet revive Europe's tech dreams

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-27 07:32:58

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and Co-Founder of Swedish fintech Klarna, gives a thumbs up during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters LONDON — It's been a busy week for the European technology sector. On Tuesday, London-headquartered artificial intelligence startup ElevenLabs announced it would let employees sell shares in a secondary round that doubles its valuation to $6.6 billion. Then, Dutch chip firm ASML on Wedn

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How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

news.ycombinator.com Joscha Gretzinger Et Al. 2025-10-06 08:30:19

How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities Excavation in 2020 at the pre-Slavic cemetery of Brücken, Mansfeld-Südharz District (Saxony-Anhalt). © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt Excavation in 2020 at the pre-Slavic cemetery of Brücken, Mansfeld-Südharz District (Saxony-Anhalt). © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege u

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EU Fines Google $3.45B for Giving Its Ad Tech Preferential Treatment

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 23:53:00

Google faces a $3.45 billion fine from the European Union for engaging in anticompetitive advertising technology practices, the European Commission said Friday. The fine stems from a complaint by the European Publishers Council alleging Google gave preference to its own online ad display services, hurting competitors and online publishers. The European Commission wants Google to stop these self-preferential practices and to cease its conflicts of interest. The Commission says it'll give Google,

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Ignoring Trump threats, Europe hits Google with 2.95B euro fine for adtech monopoly

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-07 01:17:30

Google may have escaped the most serious consequences in its most recent antitrust fight with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), but the European Union is still gunning for the search giant. After a brief delay, the European Commission has announced a substantial 2.95 billion euro ($3.45 billion) fine relating to Google's anti-competitive advertising practices. This is not Google's first big fine in the EU, and it probably won't be the last, but it's the first time European leaders could face b

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Google hit with $3.45 billion antitrust EU fine amid U.S. trade tensions

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-10-07 13:20:10

Google was on Friday hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine from European Union regulators for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative advertising technology business. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, accused Google of distorting competition in the so-called adtech market by unfairly favoring its own display advertising technology services to the detriment of rival adtech providers, advertisers and online publishers. It also ordered Googl

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Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-10-11 05:13:51

In Brief French AI startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment at a post-money valuation of $14 billion, reports Bloomberg, positioning the company as one of Europe’s most valuable tech startups. The two-year-old OpenAI rival, founded by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, develops open source language models and Le Chat, its AI chatbot built for European audiences. Mistral isn’t commenting on the report, but the round would represent Mistral’s first major raise since June 2024,

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European court rules in favor of the latest US and EU data transfer framework

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-12 09:00:49

Europe’s second-highest court has dismissed a challenge against a data transfer pact between the European Union and the US. "On the date of adoption of the contested decision, the United States of America ensured an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to organisations in that country," the EU’s General Court ruled ( PDF ). The two sides brokered the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework in 2023 to continue allowing US companies to store European us

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Chinese EV buyers are cooling on Tesla and BYD

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-14 17:59:10

If Tesla was hoping that decent sales in China might boost the company's fast-diminishing profits, it was a forlorn hope. For the second month in a row, the automaker has experienced a year-on-year decrease in sales in China. According to Reuters, Tesla's sales dropped by 4 percent in August compared to the same month in 2024. That's not quite as dire as July, where it saw Chinese sales decrease by 8.4 percent. Much of Tesla's Shanghai factory's slack was taken up by exporting EVs to other mark

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Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act

wired.com Mila Fiordalisi 2025-10-17 17:00:00

Trouble is brewing for the Digital Services Act (DSA), the landmark European law governing big tech platforms. On August 21, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), sent a scathing letter to a number of tech giants, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. The letter's subject: the European Digital Services Act cannot be applied if it jeopardizes freedom of expression and, above all, the safety of US citizens. The opening of the letter—signed by FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson—features a

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Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-22 11:45:51

Primary shipping services, including the European branch of DHL, multiple European state postal services, Australia Post, Japan Post and Taiwan's state postal service, have stopped shipping consumer goods of varying amounts (over $100 in some cases) to the US. The pause is currently expected to be temporary as countries respond to the latest US tariff measures, but could have a significant impact on US businesses selling anything from Taiwanese GPUs and Japanese card packs to European electronic

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A Race to Save a Signature American Tree from a Deadly Disease

news.ycombinator.com Margaret Roach 2025-11-10 00:48:32

I am hardly alone among gardeners who have called upon a copper-leaved European beech tree to play a key landscape role. A majestic one punctuates my view each time I look up from my desk or from the dining table a floor below. In the woodlands beyond my property line, American beeches play an outsize role, too, but hardly one based on mere aesthetics. They represent a key component of extensive swaths of many such deciduous forests in the Eastern United States, providing ecological services to

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Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-02 04:45:38

European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing. Last year, French privacy-focused search engine Qwant struck a joint venture with German non-profit search engine Ecosia, to develop a European search index. Called European Search Perspective (EUSP), the JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and

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The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation: Here’s what it is

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-12-03 11:24:10

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law.” After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a part of reality for the 450 million people living in the 27 countries that comprise the EU. The EU AI Act, however, is more than a European affair. It applies to companies both local and foreign, and it can affect both providers and deployers of AI systems; the European Commi

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The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation. Here’s what it is.

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-12-03 17:24:10

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described by the European Commission as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law.” After years in the making, it is progressively becoming a part of reality for the 450 million people living in the 27 countries that comprise the EU. The EU AI Act, however, is more than a European affair. It applies to companies both local and foreign, and it can affect both providers and deployers of AI systems; the European Commi

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AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens

news.ycombinator.com Written 2025-12-05 05:44:58

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be the only fully-featured, independently operated sovereign cloud, backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances and legal protections. It will have no critical dependencies on non-EU infrastructure, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is operated only by personnel who are European Union (EU) residents located in the EU, subject to EU law. Based on evolving customer requirements for digital sovereignty in Europe, we are adding EU citizenship t

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Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-06 22:55:05

Lyft’s European expansion will include Chinese-made robotaxis. The U.S. ride-hailing company announced Monday it has made a strategic partnership with Baidu to deploy the Chinese tech giant’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles across several European markets. The companies want to launch robotaxi services in Germany and the United Kingdom in 2026, pending regulatory approval. If approved, Baidu’s RT6 vehicles, which are equipped with its Apollo Go self-driving system, will be integrated into Lyft

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Big Tech split? Google to sign EU’s AI guidelines despite Meta snub

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-12-15 15:33:31

Google on Wednesday said it will sign the European Union's guidelines on artificial intelligence, which Meta previously rebuffed due to concerns they could stifle innovation. In a blog post, Google said it planned to sign the code in the hope that it would promote European citizens' access to advanced new AI tools, as they become available. Google's endorsement comes after Meta recently said it would refuse to sign the code over concerns that it could constrain European AI innovation. "Prompt

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Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-16 11:52:40

The White House said yesterday that the European Union agreed to scrap a controversial proposal to make online platforms pay for telecom companies' broadband network upgrades and expansions. But European officials have not confirmed the White House claim, and a European Commission spokesperson said the issue must go through the legislative process. A White House fact sheet on President Trump's trade deal with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen contains a brief reference to Europ

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This founder left Silicon Valley to challenge US defense supremacy from Athens, and investors are paying attention

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-12-17 03:05:34

In the summer of 2021, Dimitrios Kottas made a move that would be unfathomable to most Silicon Valley engineers: after leaving his coveted position as an engineering manager at Apple’s Special Projects Group, he packed up his life in California and moved back to Athens to start a defense company. Three and a half years later, his startup, Delian Alliance Industries, has set up solar-powered surveillance towers that monitor some of Greece’s borders around the clock and detect wildfires on remote

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This founder left Silicon Valley to challenge U.S. defense supremacy from Athens, and investors are paying attention

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-12-18 03:05:34

In the summer of 2021, Dimitrious Kottas made a move that would be unfathomable to most Silicon Valley engineers: after leaving his coveted position at Apple’s Special Projects Group, he packed up his life in California and moved back to Athens to start a defense company. Three and a half years later, his startup, Delian Alliance Industries, has set up solar-powered surveillance towers that monitor some of Greece’s borders around the clock and detect wildfires on remote islands, along with a pi

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Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US'

news.ycombinator.com Anne-Laure Dufeal 2026-01-03 00:26:09

France’s deepening reliance on US tech giants is raising alarms about digital sovereignty and exposing public data to foreign jurisdictions. In a French Senate report on economic and digital sovereignty, Senators accused the French State of “political fault”. That was in regard to outsourcing essential data infrastructure to US companies subject to US extraterritorial laws, including Microsoft, despite repeated warnings and alternatives. “France is subject to US extraterritorial law,” the repo

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Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'

news.ycombinator.com Anne-Laure Dufeal 2026-01-03 12:26:09

France’s deepening reliance on US tech giants is raising alarms about digital sovereignty and exposing public data to foreign jurisdictions. In a French Senate report on economic and digital sovereignty, Senators accused the French State of “political fault”. That was in regard to outsourcing essential data infrastructure to US companies subject to US extraterritorial laws, including Microsoft, despite repeated warnings and alternatives. “France is subject to US extraterritorial law,” the repo

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Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-02 16:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

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Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-03 00:01:32

Meta said on Friday that it won't sign the European Union's new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU's AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union. The EU's code of practice is voluntary, so Meta was under no legal obligation to sign it. Yet Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, made a point to publicly knock the guidelines on Friday. He described the code as "over-reach." "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan post

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Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-04 16:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

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Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-05 08:22:52

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post on LinkedIn Friday. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission published a final iteration of its

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Rocket Report: SpaceX won’t land at Johnston Atoll; new North Sea launch site

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-06 09:15:11

Welcome to Edition 8.03 of the Rocket Report! We are at an interesting stage in Europe, with its efforts to commercialize spaceflight. Finally, it seems the long-slumbering continent is waking up to the need to leverage private capital to drive down the costs of space access, and we are seeing more investment flow into European companies. But it is critical that European policymakers make strategic investments across the industry or companies like PLD Space, which outlined big plans this week, w

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Rocket Lab stock jumps nearly 11%, building on strong rally

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-15 12:07:48

An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab stock soared nearly 11% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the past two months following a slew of successful launches and a deal with the European Union. The stock is up 63% year to date after surging nearly sixfold in 2024. Shares have skyrocketed nearly 70% over the last month. Last month, Rocket

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Latest Tech News

The Stop Killing Games movement is nearing an official meeting with EU lawmakers

Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal

Klarna IPO and ASML's Mistral bet revive Europe's tech dreams

How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

EU Fines Google $3.45B for Giving Its Ad Tech Preferential Treatment

Ignoring Trump threats, Europe hits Google with 2.95B euro fine for adtech monopoly

Google hit with $3.45 billion antitrust EU fine amid U.S. trade tensions

Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation

European court rules in favor of the latest US and EU data transfer framework

Chinese EV buyers are cooling on Tesla and BYD

Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act

Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

A Race to Save a Signature American Tree from a Deadly Disease

Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech

The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation: Here’s what it is

The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation. Here’s what it is.

AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens

Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year

Big Tech split? Google to sign EU’s AI guidelines despite Meta snub

Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might

This founder left Silicon Valley to challenge US defense supremacy from Athens, and investors are paying attention

This founder left Silicon Valley to challenge U.S. defense supremacy from Athens, and investors are paying attention

Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US'

Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'

Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth

Rocket Report: SpaceX won’t land at Johnston Atoll; new North Sea launch site

Rocket Lab stock jumps nearly 11%, building on strong rally

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