Published on: 2025-06-05 16:36:27
Microsoft announced in Berlin today a new European Security Program that promises to bolster cybersecurity for European governments. The program expands to Microsoft's existing Government Security Program, which is free to all European Union countries, including accession states, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members, the UK, Monaco, and the Vatican. The tech giant noted that the program primarily aims to thwart attacks from state-backed actors in Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 17:46:40
In a nod to European customers' growing mistrust of American hyperscalers, Amazon Web Services says it is establishing a new organization in the region "backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections." Ever since the Trump 2.0 administration assumed office and implemented an erratic and unprecedented foreign policy stance, including aggressive tariffs and threats to the national sovereignty of Greenland and Canada, customers in Europe have voiced unease about p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 00:09:42
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, is forming a new parent company and three subsidiaries in Germany as part of a sovereign cloud the company is launching in the European Union. AWS VP Kathrin Renz will serve as managing director of AWS’ German corporate parent, which will also be led by EU-based “government security and privacy official[s],” according to Amazon. The German company will oversee the aforementioned new sovereign cloud, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 20:56:51
After months of EU regulators breathing down its neck, Apple is finally seeing a happier kind of headline from across the Atlantic. And it comes courtesy of the new iPhone 16e. According to a report released today, the newest member of the iPhone 16 family made it into Europe’s top 10 smartphone list in its first full month of availability. Per the report, the iPhone 16e debuted in ninth place overall in March 2025, accounting for 8% of Apple’s regional iPhone sales and 2% of the broader smart
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 12:15:43
Analysis: The legal landscape surrounding the use of drones is currently far from clear and many practical questions remain unanswered. Once only found in the realm of science fiction movies, drone delivery services are now an increasingly obvious part of our urban landscape. Service providers such as Manna and Wing (the latter operated by Google's parent company Alphabet) are now delivering an ever growing range of items to consumers and corporate entities, particularly across the Dublin regio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 14:45:32
As if it weren't bad enough that SpaceX now has its own company town, the Elon Musk-owned company is almost immediately trying to mess with its residents' property rights. In a memo leaked to CNBC, the newly-formed town of Starbase, Texas informed people who own or live on land located within the company town's limits that they may "lose the right to continue using" their property "for its current use" thanks to proposed zoning restrictions. On June 23, Starbase's City Commission is holding, p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 13:37:47
May 28, 2025 What does "Undecidable" mean, anyway An explainer for people who don't know computer science and are mildly curious Systems Distributed I'll be speaking at Systems Distributed next month! The talk is brand new and will aim to showcase some of the formal methods mental models that would be useful in mainstream software development. It has added some extra stress on my schedule, though, so expect the next two monthly releases of Logic for Programmers to be mostly minor changes. W
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May 28, 2025 What does "Undecidable" mean, anyway An explainer for people who don't know computer science and are mildly curious Systems Distributed I'll be speaking at Systems Distributed next month! The talk is brand new and will aim to showcase some of the formal methods mental models that would be useful in mainstream software development. It has added some extra stress on my schedule, though, so expect the next two monthly releases of Logic for Programmers to be mostly minor changes. W
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 04:26:00
In brief: Despite overall sales of battery-electric cars rising in Europe, sales of Teslas on the continent plunged by almost 50% in April as consumers boycotted the vehicles over Elon Musk's political moves. Increased competition from rival brands and Tesla's aging lineup also played a part in the sales crash. According to new figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), Tesla sold 7,261 cars in Europe in April. That marks a 49% decrease compared to the same month a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 04:22:07
In Brief Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the emissions-cheating scandal that fundamentally transformed Europe’s car market. The verdict, delivered after a three-year trial in Braunschweig, Germany, marked the latest chapter in a 10-year-long saga that reshaped the continent’s relationship with diesel technology. Jens Hadler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received the harshest sentence of four and a half years for orchestrating what
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-24 00:01:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Editor's take: Broadcom aims to convert every valuable customer into a recurring online subscriber. The company has achieved notable financial success with this approach. However, regulators may soon scrutinize its business practices, raising the possibility of costly antitrust fines that could impact its future growth. The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) is a monitoring group founded
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 10:55:44
Though the difference between the two brands' monthly sales totals is relatively small, the implications of BYD beating out Tesla "are enormous," says Felipe Munoz, global automotive analyst at JATO Dynamics. BYD sold more pure battery electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time ever last month — a "watershed moment" for the region's car market, according to a report from JATO Dynamics. New car registrations data from the automotive intelligence firm shows that BYD's Europe volum
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 12:37:18
The European Union has imposed strict sanctions against web-hosting provider Stark Industries and the two individuals running it, CEO Iurie Neculiti and owner Ivan Neculiti, for enabling “destabilising activities” against the Union. The action is part of the European Council’s effort to protect against Russian hybrid threats. It affects 21 individuals and six entities behind activities that supported or promoted Russia’s foreign policy interests and distributed pro-Russian propaganda through me
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-02 05:40:28
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm). This historic decision reinforces its integration with the European Union and NATO. The change, presented by Transport Minister Lulu Ranne at a meeting of Nordic ministers in Helsinki, is in response to the need to improve military mobility and regional security, especially in the wake of Finland’s NATO membership and growing tensions with Russia. The project,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 07:59:16
In February, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. As a result, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has no access to the emails on his Microsoft account. The incident once again demonstrates the risks of dependence on US IT services. To make matters worse, Khan’s bank accounts have also been frozen, according to the Associated Press. If he takes a flight to the US, he will likely be arrested upon arrival. According to the Associated Press, the ICC h
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 16:05:52
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest €70 billion into Europe's technology sector by 2027, aiming to close the innovation gap with the United States. This initiative seeks to strengthen Europe's position in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and military drones and to draw increased private investment, potentially unlocking €250 billion for the sector. EIB President Nadia Calviño emphasizes the bank's willingness to take more risks, notably speeding up the venture capita
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 05:30:01
No notes. Baby Erdoğan's Mustache It's called diplomacy, guys. This year's European Political Community, an annual forum for European leaders founded in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, kicked off on Friday in Tirana, Albania. Europe's leaders were greeted with a ten-ish minute presentation that celebrated Europe's commitment to sovereignty and shared triumphs over evil. There were flashing lights and dance performances, and a few different video sequences. And to close out the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 07:41:10
Sonali De Rycker, a general partner at Accel and one of Europe’s most influential venture capitalists, is bullish about the continent’s prospects in AI. But she’s wary of regulatory overreach that could hamstring its momentum. At a TechCrunch StrictlyVC evening earlier this week in London, De Rycker reflected on Europe’s place in the global AI race, balancing optimism with realism. “We have all the pieces,” she told those gathered for the event. “We have the entrepreneurs, we have the ambition,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-05 12:39:00
In context: Microsoft Teams saw explosive growth during the pandemic, but its integration with Microsoft 365 triggered European antitrust complaints. Rivals accused Microsoft of leveraging its market dominance to stifle competition. After years of legal pressure, the case may finally be nearing resolution. Microsoft and the European Commission could soon resolve an antitrust investigation on amicable terms. CNBC notes that the company agreed to offer Teams as a stand-alone product outside its p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-05 12:05:19
The European Commission (EC) has been firing on all cylinders in holding big tech to account through various fines and enforcement actions, attempting to create a more competitive landscape in a space that has become increasingly monopolized. Microsoft has been in a years-long dispute with the EC, which opened an antitrust probe in 2023 after Slack filed a complaint in 2020 alleging that Microsoft’s bundling of Teams and Microsoft 365 was anticompetitive. The company unbundled the two products
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 07:39:04
The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Microsoft on Friday made fresh commitments to unbundle its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites from its Teams workplace communication app in an effort to address competition concerns from European regulators and avoid a possible antitrust fine. The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, said in a statement Friday that Microsoft made a series of commitments to addres
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 03:35:00
Popular social media app TikTok has been charged by the European Commission with breaching EU online content rules, which marks the second formal proceeding from the commission since November of 2024. According to the commission's statement, TikTok hasn't complied with the Digital Service Act's requirement that the app must publish a list of advertisements on the app. The repository lets users spot scam advertisements. Aside from the details around the content of ads, the European Commission al
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 16:46:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Forward-looking: In today's world and age, having a centralized resource for collecting and sharing information about security vulnerabilities is essential. The US administration recently signaled it doesn't have this kind of priorities anymore, so the European Union is preparing a potential alternative for keeping the technology world safe and informed. The European Commission has launched a new v
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-11 00:30:54
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service is making its debut in Europe later this year, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Chinese company is reportedly negotiating with Switzerland’s PostAuto, a Swiss Post subsidiary that offers rural bus services throughout the country, to start testing Apollo Go in Switzerland. To be able to test its technology in Switzerland before the year ends, Baidu is setting up a local entity in the coming months. Back in March, the company announced that it was deplo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 05:35:02
VCs are known to move in herds, which is why Eric Slesinger stands out a bit. While most American investors chase AI startups or U.S.-based defense tech startups, the former CIA officer is hunting for defense tech deals in Europe. In fact, Slesinger, founder of 201 Ventures, recently closed a $22 million fund focused on seed-stage European defense tech startups. His path from developing gadgets and software for CIA agents to becoming perhaps the only American VC exclusively investing in European
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 17:10:00
For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven brokers, and facing developers more focused on selling than serving customer needs. In 2019, Mostafa El Beltagy, Abdel-Azim Osman, Ahmed Rafea, Mohamed Abou Ghanima, and Aly Rafea founded Nawy to bring transparency and efficiency to the market. Now positioning itself as Africa’s largest proptech platform, Nawy has raised $52 million in Series A fun
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 12:56:01
The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program, backed with more than half a billion dollars, is designed to offer an alternative to researchers who have been forced to seek new opportunities following cuts in scientific funding imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. The program will invest €500 million ($568 million) between 2025 and 202
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 07:00:00
The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program, backed with more than half a billion dollars, is designed to offer an alternative to researchers who have been forced to seek new opportunities following cuts in scientific funding imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. The program will invest €500 million ($568 million) between 2025 and 202
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 16:33:53
LONDON (AP) — A European Union privacy watchdog fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. The Irish national
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 08:33:53
LONDON (AP) — European Union privacy watchdogs fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China breached strict data privacy rules in the EU. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and it ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. The Irish national watchdog serves as TikTo
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