Tech

27-03-2025

Court adviser says Whatsapp should be able to challenge an EDPB decision in court

Est. 2min

Although the opinion is not binding, the court often follows advocate generals' views.

27-03-2025

German coalition disagrees on AI, tech sovereignty, and notes from the Amsterdam fibre conference

Est. 11min

And Commissioner McGrath comments ahead of plans to simplify GDPR.

26-03-2025

Cybersecure satellites: EU authority emphasises supply chain security, zero trust model

Est. 4min

"Identifying counterfeit, fraudulent, and malicious equipment, are focal points for safeguarding against potential threats," reads ENISA's report

26-03-2025

GPAI fundamental rights neglect, and Signalgate

Est. 11min

Plus, news publishers fear Google is looking to undermine copyright.

25-03-2025

AI Act negotiators raise alarm over fundamental rights neglect in key implementation document

Est. 4min

Almost all the leading MEPs who worked on the AI Act, plus the Spanish minister who led negotiations, have signed a letter to the Commission.

25-03-2025

Far-right amendments on EU tech sovereignty, Chips Act 2.0, Big Tech & Trump vs. EU AI regulation

Est. 7min

Commissioners Virkkunen and Zaharieva are both expected to work on Artificial Intelligence today, with the latter meeting France's AI minister.

24-03-2025

X says it defends free speech despite blocked accounts in Turkey

Est. 3min

X's statement must be assessed critically. While it claims to object to "multiple court orders", the platform has still withheld hundreds of accounts, said Professor Yaman Akdeniz.

24-03-2025

Trump’s FTC firings add fuel to EU-US data transfer spat

Est. 4min

The FTC members were in "a stronger position than anyone else who has been fired," Alex Joel, adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law, told Euractiv.

24-03-2025

Big Tech is asking Trump to fight EU AI regulation

Est. 3min

The US should "assertively engage foreign governments to deter adoption of detrimental AI policies that weaken US AI leadership," reads the Big Tech open letter.

24-03-2025

Far-right amendments on EU tech sovereignty giving the industry an headache

Est. 4min

Lobbies are now evaluating whether to side with the far right or not.

24-03-2025

MEPs urge the Commission to propose a Chips Act 2.0

Est. 2min

The MEPs fear Europe could fall behind in the global chips race.

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24-03-2025

EU Industry Under The [omni]Bus: Urging Co-legislators To Save It

Est. 6min

Industry in Europe was utterly stunned by the Commission’s intention to abruptly withdraw the regulation on standard essential patents. More than 60 companies and associations call on co-legislators to advance it, not withdraw. Businesses have long begged for a regulatory solution to the currently inconsistent opaque framework that’s prone to abuse by powerful patent owners coming mostly from overseas.

24-03-2025

A thousand ungrateful lobbyists, Knafo report overhaul, Eutelsat

Est. 12min

And Commission guidelines on use of in-game currencies in video games.

22-03-2025

EPP, SD, Renew table 309 changes to controversial EU tech sovereignty report

Est. 6min

Euractiv went through all the amendments, so you don't have to.

21-03-2025

GPAI Code of Practice: The impossible task of pleasing 1,000 lobbyists

Est. 9min

The tech lobbies secured a number of concessions compared to earlier drafts, but still complain on several grounds.

21-03-2025

French regulator orders Eutelsat to drop EU-sanctioned Russian TV channels

Est. 3min

More than 180 of Eutelsat's frequencies are still broadcasting EU-sanctioned Russian channels, according to letters from the Diderot Committee.

21-03-2025

MEPs unite to demand urgent action on e-commerce

Est. 3min

The Left also wants Amazon, Temu and Shein to be "banned from the EU".

21-03-2025

OVHcloud CEO calls on companies to anticipate discontinuity risk with European alternatives

Est. 7min

For 25 years, we have sometimes been the Plan A, and at other times the Plan B for clients who, after testing us, decided to make us their Plan A, said Revcolevschi.

21-03-2025

Trump’s FCC chair Brendan Carr may shape tech regulatory clash with EU

Est. 6min

The FCC chairman has spoken as both friend and foe of EU tech regulation.

21-03-2025

Meta blames EU for AI rollout delay, Hungary, MEPs demand e-commerce action

Est. 8min

And the Dutch parliament has voted to reduce dependence on US tech.

20-03-2025

Meta blames EU for nearly year-long AI rollout delay

Est. 2min

Meta aims to "find parity with the US" and expand its offering over time.

20-03-2025

DMA vs Apple, Google & Airbnb, new spyware customers in Denmark & Cyprus

Est. 10min

And the Dutch parliament has voted to reduce dependence on US tech.

20-03-2025

Privacy group files complaint after ChatGPT invents “defamatory” child murder story

Est. 3min

"By knowingly allowing ChatGPT to produce defamatory results, the company clearly violates the GDPR’s principle of data accuracy," Noyb press release reads.

20-03-2025

Airbnb’s love and hate relationship with EU’s digital antitrust rules

Est. 3min

Airbnb supported letters that claimed the US Congress 'should not support' the DMA, while at the same time commending the Commission's role as the DMA enforcer.