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Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far

It was a bitter and knowing laugh that rippled through the audience when it was announced that Finnish politician and former Meta lobbyist Aura Salla would no longer be speaking at an...

NATO’s Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald Trump

It’s the day after Donald Trump declared his election victory, and a tech scout for NATO is peering down at a miniature factory, the size of a shoebox, designed to manufacture semiconductors...

The EU Is Investigating Temu for Illegal Products and Addictive Design

The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Chinese shopping platform Temu, citing concerns that the platform is selling illegal products and has been designed in a way that is addictive...

Europe’s Big Tech Hawks Brace for a Post-Biden Future

For Europe, the outcome of next week’s US election will have profound consequences. NATO funding is at stake, as is a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Projections suggest a trade...

The Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of Europe

A TikTok video of actor Brian Baumgartner, from the American version of The Office, calling for the overthrow of the president of a small European country was an early sign that this...

GPS Jamming Is Screwing With Norwegian Planes

From the ground, northeastern Norway might look like fjord country, peppered with neat red houses and dissected by snowmobile tours through the winter. But for pilots flying above, the region has become...

Algorithms Policed Welfare Systems For Years. Now They’re Under Fire for Bias

A coalition of human rights groups have today launched legal action against the French government over its use of algorithms to detect miscalculated welfare payments, alleging they discriminate against disabled people and...

The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life

The world’s first assisted suicide pod wraps around the human body like a space capsule, tilting gently towards the sky. The device is designed to look as if the person inside is...

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