Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank(ft.com)
18 points by michaelhillaert | 2 comments
Financial Times news article reporting that Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats in the occupied West Bank.
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ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026(tomshardware.com)
377 points by MC995 | 811 comments
Tom's Hardware news article reporting ASML saying it sold nothing in Europe in 2026 and urging the EU to help create chip demand rather than subsidize fabs.
EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'(bbc.com)
581 points by hackernj | 644 comments
BBC News article reporting that an EU leader has opened the door to Canada becoming an 'associate member' of the European Union.
Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'(yacnews.com)
361 points by ortr | 120 comments
YAC News article reporting Albanian protests and an asset freeze over a Kushner-linked $4 billion resort project on protected wetlands, plus an EU warning.
EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"(cyberinsider.com)
581 points by muse900 | 399 comments
CyberInsider news article reporting that an EU Parliamentary Research Service document described VPNs as a loophole to close in the push for online age verification.
Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027(ecopv-eu.com)
517 points by rdeboo | 443 comments
Blog post explaining the EU regulation that will require user-replaceable batteries in smartphones starting in 2027.
Say No to Palantir in Europe(action.wemove.eu)
440 points by Betelbuddy | 89 comments
A WeMove Europe petition page campaigning against the use of Palantir's surveillance and data analytics technology by governments in Europe.
Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun(europeanbusinessmagazine.com)
1031 points by NewCzech | 868 comments
European Business Magazine article on Europe's efforts to reduce reliance on Visa and Mastercard for its roughly $24 trillion in payments.
TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe(nytimes.com)
564 points by thm | 414 comments
New York Times article on European regulators finding TikTok's addictive design illegal; the page shows a captcha instead of the story.
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US(apnews.com)
1073 points by AareyBaba | 541 comments
AP News article on France replacing Zoom and Microsoft Teams in government as Europe pushes for digital autonomy from US tech companies.
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native(theregister.com)
675 points by jamesblonde | 594 comments
The Register opinion piece by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols arguing European companies should move workloads from US cloud providers to EU-native clouds.
EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity(eu-inc.org)
670 points by tilt | 629 comments
Homepage of EU-INC, a campaign and petition proposing a single pan-European legal entity for startups and companies.
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud(theregister.com)
404 points by saubeidl | 344 comments
The Register reports Airbus plans to tender a contract to move mission-critical workloads to a sovereign European cloud, rating its chance of finding a provider at 80/20.
EU Council Approves New "Chat Control" Mandate Pushing Mass Surveillance(reclaimthenet.org)
517 points by fragebogen | 337 comments
Reclaim The Net article reporting that the EU Council approved a new "Chat Control" negotiating mandate criticized as enabling mass surveillance of private messages.
Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws(theverge.com)
900 points by ksec | 1058 comments
The Verge news article reporting that the European Union is scaling back GDPR privacy rules and relaxing its AI Act under pressure from Big Tech.
EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages(eurollm.io)
735 points by NotInOurNames | 553 comments
Homepage of EuroLLM, a large language model made in Europe and built to support all 24 official EU languages.
EU age verification app not planning desktop support(github.com)
517 points by sschueller | 355 comments
A closed GitHub issue on the EU age verification technical specification repo raising usability concerns, including the assumption that everyone owns a smartphone.
US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU(bbc.com)
1735 points by belter | 3307 comments
BBC News live coverage of US tariff announcements, including 34% on China and 20% on the EU, with EU and Chinese reactions.
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds(berthub.eu)
1108 points by Sami_Lehtinen | 616 comments
Blog post by Bert Hubert arguing European governments and societies should stop moving their operations to American cloud providers due to US political risk.
AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU(techcrunch.com)
415 points by geox | 339 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that AI systems deemed to pose 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU under the AI Act.
Apple must pay 13B euros in back taxes, EU's top court rules(cnbc.com)
524 points by kklisura | 576 comments
CNBC news article reporting that the EU's top court ruled Apple must pay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, ending a decade-long legal battle.
Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says(apnews.com)
669 points by cbg0 | 734 comments
AP News article reporting that the European Union found Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams with its Office software.
EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control(stackdiary.com)
1132 points by skilled | 520 comments
Stackdiary news article reporting that the EU Council withdrew its scheduled vote on the Chat Control message-scanning regulation.
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union(apple.com)
2023 points by colinhb | 2323 comments
Apple press release announcing iOS, Safari, and App Store changes in the EU to comply with the Digital Markets Act, including alternative app distribution and payments.
EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals(appleinsider.com)
481 points by mmastrac | 1023 comments
AppleInsider news article reporting that the EU is requiring Apple to open its platforms and features to rival companies.
European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries(techspot.com)
633 points by gumby | 504 comments
TechSpot news article reporting that the European Union voted on rules requiring user-replaceable batteries in phones and other devices.
Leaked government document shows Spain wants to ban end-to-end encryption(wired.com)
389 points by arkadiyt | 150 comments
Wired article reporting on a leaked EU document showing Spain supports banning end-to-end encryption amid the EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material.
The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)(gizmodo.com)
353 points by grecy | 75 comments
Gizmodo news article reporting that the European Commission withheld a 300-page study finding no evidence that online piracy harms sales of copyrighted content.
iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe(techradar.com)
554 points by walterbell | 954 comments
TechRadar news article reporting that app sideloading in iOS 17 may be limited to Europe, with other regions keeping Apple's walled garden.