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Gambling with our lives: AI researcher quits Anthropic with warning about safety(politico.eu)

52 points by taubek 1 month ago | 42 comments

EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on(politico.eu)

94 points by spwa4 3 months ago | 56 comments

European Commission's Metsola Overrides MEPs to Force Through Chat Control(politico.eu)

17 points by miohtama 4 months ago | 7 comments

Dear Microsoft, enough is enough(politico.eu)

41 points by giuliomagnifico 4 months ago | 35 comments

Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier(politico.eu)

530 points by vrganj 5 months ago | 209 comments

Politico Europe news article reporting that the Netherlands blocked a US company's takeover of a vital Dutch digital supplier.

Europe to burned American scientists: We'll take you in(politico.eu)

12 points by vrganj 6 months ago | 1 comments

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it(politico.eu)

276 points by axbyte 6 months ago | 174 comments

European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp(politico.eu)

82 points by aa_is_op 6 months ago | 49 comments

Critics say EU risks ceding control of its tech laws under U.S. pressure(politico.eu)

190 points by nickslaughter02 6 months ago | 121 comments

Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war(politico.eu)

113 points by prmph 6 months ago | 40 comments

Italy, Belgium set to lose gas supply after biggest LNG plant bombed(politico.eu)

37 points by leonidasrup 7 months ago | 35 comments

Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn(politico.eu)

224 points by speckx 7 months ago | 150 comments

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death(politico.eu)

139 points by mooreds 7 months ago | 70 comments

The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling(politico.eu)

693 points by danso 8 months ago | 748 comments

Politico Europe article on the EU's push to make social media platforms like TikTok and Meta end addictive design features such as infinite scrolling.

Denmark's struggle to break up with Silicon Valley(politico.eu)

75 points by giuliomagnifico 9 months ago | 63 comments

EU-US relationship is 'disintegrating,' says Germany's vice chancellor(politico.eu)

32 points by doener 9 months ago | 11 comments

European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to simplify its tech laws(politico.eu)

71 points by purpleKiwi 11 months ago | 65 comments

Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU(politico.eu)

173 points by martinohansen 1 year ago | 123 comments

One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill(politico.eu)

711 points by cuu508 1 year ago | 233 comments

Politico Europe article on how a Danish software developer's email campaign site, Fight Chat Control, is influencing the EU debate over a law to scan encrypted messages.

Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe(politico.eu)

26 points by xqcgrek2 1 year ago | 9 comments

Britain's spies-for-hire are running wild(politico.eu)

96 points by bingden 1 year ago | 36 comments

Turkey bans Grok over Erdoğan insults(politico.eu)

122 points by geox 1 year ago | 98 comments

The first American 'scientific refugees' arrive in France(politico.eu)

33 points by saubeidl 1 year ago | 22 comments

AI threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe's driest regions(politico.eu)

29 points by molteanu 1 year ago | 24 comments

German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal(politico.eu)

601 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 249 comments

Politico Europe news article reporting that a German court sentenced former Volkswagen executives to prison over the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal.

Power outage cripples Spain and Portugal(politico.eu)

4 points by jonvk 1 year ago | 0 comments

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M(politico.eu)

117 points by nottorp 1 year ago | 122 comments

Pope Francis Dead at 88(politico.eu)

7 points by Anon84 1 year ago | 0 comments

Europe's GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within 'weeks'(politico.eu)

58 points by taubek 1 year ago | 95 comments

Britain dances to JD Vance's tune as it renames AI institute(politico.eu)

30 points by mellosouls 1 year ago | 10 comments

Italy's privacy regulator goes after DeepSeek(politico.eu)

35 points by marban 1 year ago | 39 comments

Dutch pioneer files EU's second lab-grown meat application(politico.eu)

6 points by Someone 1 year ago | 0 comments

Poland fumes over US block on AI chips(politico.eu)

71 points by belter 1 year ago | 67 comments

Viagra-laced 'erectile honey' is flooding into France, officials warn(politico.eu)

27 points by mschuster91 1 year ago | 13 comments

Bitcoin creator is Peter Todd, HBO film says(politico.eu)

7 points by tzury 2 years ago | 7 comments

We should have given Ukraine more weapons earlier, says ex-NATO chief(politico.eu)

17 points by wslh 2 years ago | 6 comments

Mystery creator of Bitcoin identified, new HBO documentary claims(politico.eu)

22 points by cempaka 2 years ago | 11 comments

Google loses EU court battle over €2.4B antitrust fine(politico.eu)

127 points by JumpCrisscross 2 years ago | 93 comments

UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns(politico.eu)

435 points by scrlk 2 years ago | 223 comments

Politico Europe article reporting that UK rail minister Peter Hendy got engineer Gareth Dennis fired for raising safety concerns, threatening to withhold public contracts.

The UK's Brexit dream is dead(politico.eu)

7 points by mpweiher 2 years ago | 6 comments

Spain introduces "Porn Passport" to keep kids from watching porn(politico.eu)

8 points by southernplaces7 2 years ago | 0 comments

Don't bother voting in European election(politico.eu)

7 points by garaetjjte 2 years ago | 0 comments

French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar(politico.eu)

56 points by dClauzel 2 years ago | 50 comments

Botswana threatens to deport 20k elephants to Germany(politico.eu)

27 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 13 comments

Austria is sleepwalking toward a far-right victory(politico.eu)

11 points by robtherobber 2 years ago | 4 comments

Serious security breach hits EU police agency(politico.eu)

82 points by isaacfrond 2 years ago | 36 comments

Brits left baffled by Brexit's 'not for EU' food labels(politico.eu)

43 points by askl 2 years ago | 35 comments

Amazon lobbyists face ban from European Parliament(politico.eu)

20 points by giuliomagnifico 2 years ago | 2 comments

Britain's got some of Europe's toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more(politico.eu)

77 points by timthorn 2 years ago | 65 comments

Germany's inefficient love affair with open windows(politico.eu)

3 points by KennyBlanken 2 years ago | 0 comments

EU tweaks law to allow using spyware against journalists(politico.eu)

62 points by miohtama 2 years ago | 14 comments

The Qatargate Files(politico.eu)

58 points by jruohonen 2 years ago | 18 comments

The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank(politico.eu)

38 points by isaacfrond 3 years ago | 25 comments

YouTube gets reminder to follow EU law over Hamas content(politico.eu)

17 points by giuliomagnifico 3 years ago | 15 comments

German Cabinet approves liberalization of Cannabis Possession(politico.eu)

49 points by archo 3 years ago | 39 comments

Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads(politico.eu)

27 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 4 comments

The deindustrialization of Germany(politico.eu)

59 points by flashfaffe2 3 years ago | 74 comments

Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says(politico.eu)

35 points by walterbell 3 years ago | 39 comments

EU signs off on data transfers deal with US(politico.eu)

48 points by Svip 3 years ago | 36 comments

Macron floats social media cuts during riots(politico.eu)

39 points by jacooper 3 years ago | 29 comments

European Parliament calls for ban on facial recognition(politico.eu)

79 points by maxwell 3 years ago | 15 comments

Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT(politico.eu)

463 points by sarusso 3 years ago | 271 comments

POLITICO Europe news article reporting that Italy's privacy regulator has banned ChatGPT amid calls to suspend new releases of the AI tool.