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EU and China eye July 24-25 for summit

EU and China eye July 24-25 for summit

The meeting in China would mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, and comes amid rising global trade tensions.

June 12, 2025 12:13 pm CET
Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?
French drivers sue Tesla over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics
French and German lawmakers push for joint border controls
You do you, EU tells Macron on banning social media for kids
X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown
Macron says he’ll ban social media for under-15s in France
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The global impact of Trump vs. Musk

Musk’s satellite internet company is in 130 countries, thanks in part to White House support. If he’s on the outs, then what?

June 10, 2025 5:41 am CET

France considers requiring Musk’s X to verify users’ age

“X has indicated since 2024 that it accepts the distribution of pornographic content. It must therefore be treated as such,” Digital Minister Clara Chappaz’s office said.

June 9, 2025 4:25 am CET

UK judge sounds alarm on AI misuse in courts

The warning comes after so-called hallucinations — AI-generated fictions — have cropped up at big law firms.

June 7, 2025 1:39 pm CET

EU’s zero-for-zero tariff bid stalls amid US pushback 

A renewed offer to scrap tariffs on industrial goods “won’t fly” with Washington, says an official from one EU country.

June 6, 2025 6:57 pm CET

EU could postpone flagship AI rules, tech chief says

Amid guidance delays “we should not rule out postponing some parts of the AI Act,” Henna Virkkunen tells meeting in Luxembourg.

June 6, 2025 3:19 pm CET

French equality minister launches war with Big Tech, flabbergasting digital ministry

Aurore Bergé’s public scolding of industry representatives left insiders shocked and sent Clara Chappaz scrambling to clean up the damage.

June 6, 2025 4:40 am CET

ECB cuts again as it heads into an uncertain future

The central bank expects big spending programs at home to offset weaker demand for eurozone exports.

June 5, 2025 2:26 pm CET

VPN signups surge after Pornhub pulls out of France

Parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn suspended the sites for French users on Wednesday.

June 5, 2025 12:10 pm CET

Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules breach EU law, top court adviser says

Legal opinion bolsters EU’s challenge against Viktor Orbán’s conservative culture war.

June 5, 2025 10:53 am CET

Europe’s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check

As the Trump administration plays hardball, a new EU strategy puts collaboration front and center.

June 5, 2025 4:20 am CET

China helps Russia pull ahead in lethal drone war race with Ukraine

Beijing denies helping Moscow, but Russia is scaling up both the production and the sophistication of its drones.

June 5, 2025 4:18 am CET

Trump’s steel tariff raise misses real target, says EU

“Let’s not target each other” on metals duties, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič urges after meeting U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Paris.

June 4, 2025 1:47 pm CET
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Microsoft didn’t cut services to International Criminal Court, its president says

Chief prosecutor’s email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad.

June 4, 2025 12:45 pm CET

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How an initially uncontroversial data bill became a political football — and radicalized Elton John.

June 4, 2025 7:00 am CET

Pope Leo XIV wants to stop AI playing God

The freshly appointed pope is challenging the technocracy of artificial intelligence.

June 4, 2025 4:30 am CET

Pornhub to suspend porn in France

Porn industry giant protests Paris’ measures to verify the age of users.

June 3, 2025 4:26 pm CET

TikTok bans ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators

Efforts to protect kids online are gaining traction in Europe.

June 2, 2025 8:28 pm CET

British man charged in US over plot to smuggle military tech to China

John Miller discussed exporting a sensitive encryption device from the U.S. to China in a blender, U.S. authorities said.

June 1, 2025 2:03 pm CET

Dutch defense minister warns of Chinese spying threat

Beijing’s espionage on Dutch semiconductors and other high-tech areas is “intensifying,” Ruben Brekelmans tells Reuters at Shangri-La Dialogue security forum.

May 31, 2025 2:55 pm CET

Berlin drafts bill to tax digital platforms

“We consider a tax rate of 10 percent to be moderate and legitimate,” Germany’s culture minister said.

May 29, 2025 11:07 am CET

After four months of disruption, Elon Musk signals he’s leaving government

The DOGE leader said his “scheduled time” as a special employee is up.

May 29, 2025 5:41 am CET

Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans’ social media posts

He called out Europe over speech crackdowns and pressures on U.S. tech platforms.

May 28, 2025 6:21 pm CET

Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regions

The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.

May 28, 2025 6:00 am CET

A big, beautiful EU trade deal with Trump? Dream on!

European politicians have no appetite to give the White House big concessions and revisit the inflammatory topics that dominated the TTIP talks a decade ago.

May 27, 2025 6:57 pm CET
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