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Don’t go head-to-head with Musk on space internet, satellite CEO tells Europe
Europe should look beyond space internet and start planning for a military-grade surveillance system instead.
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Belgian bankruptcy dents Europe’s microchip dreams
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Russia to promote anti-Ukraine politicians ahead of US election: Report
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EU takes shot at Musk over Trump interview — and misses
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Trump lauds ‘honorable’ Zelenskyy, slaps ‘bad’ EU in Musk interview
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Trump’s X interview livestream goes down, Musk blames ‘massive’ cyberattack
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EU’s Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response
The sonic boom is back for passenger aviation … maybe
In addition to high costs, Boom Supersonic’s efforts to revive faster-than-sound passenger flights face climate and sustainability worries.
Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram
Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.
Elon Musk to pause X’s AI training on some EU data, Ireland says
X will pause training its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with some European users’ posts, according to Europe’s chief privacy watchdog. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) today …
Elon Musk shares fake news claiming UK rioters will be sent to ‘detainment camps’
The X owner pushed a made-up headline from a far-right British party on his platform, before deleting it.
It’s Elon Musk’s X and governments are having to live with it
Officials from London to Washington say Musk is accountable to no one.
Greece leaves spy services unchecked on Predator hacks
Investigation into 2022 spyware scandal leaves victims in the dark on who in government was responsible.
Trump announces ‘major interview’ with Elon Musk
Musk endorsed Trump last month but has pledged he won’t donate to his campaign.
Elon Musk is ‘accountable to no one,’ says UK tech minister as riots rage
Dealing with X is like handling diplomacy with a major state, Peter Kyle says.
British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots
Musk has spent days beefing with politicians over the far-right unrest sweeping the UK.
Britain’s £1 billion chip investment at risk as Reeves tightens the belt
Labour declined to back the headline target pledged by its predecessors.
French museums, Olympics’ venue hit with cyberattack
Dozens of cyberattacks have been foiled since the start of the Games.
UK government brands Elon Musk ‘deplorable’ amid race riots
Musk has waded into Britain’s riots with a series of posts on his X platform — and faces criticism over the handling of online disinformation.
US Justice Department, states win Google search antitrust case
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Mehta wrote.
Race riots put Britain on collision course with Elon Musk
Britain’s government has social platforms in its sights as incitement spreads — and the X owner is squaring up for a fight.
UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there’s ‘no justification’ for tech billionaire’s comments about a ‘civil war.’
UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots
False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.
TikTok to ditch ‘addictive’ tool in Europe at EU’s request
TikTok promised not to roll out a reward program in its Lite app to push users to engage more in the European Union.
After a whirlwind 5 years, Breton’s back for more
POLITICO looks back on the French commissioner’s first stint at the Berlaymont.
Turkey blocks access to Instagram
A senior official previously condemned the platform for ‘censoring’ Hamas-related content.
Bavaria joins digital revolution by phasing out faxes
Tardy shift reflects slow state of digitalization in Germany.
Commission calls on tech companies, experts and activists to help write rules for powerful AI
The AI Office, an arm of the European Commission overseeing the implementation of the bloc’s artificial intelligence rulebook, is asking tech companies, academics and activists to help …
Emmanuel Macron nominates Thierry Breton for another term at European Commission
France wants its current commissioner to serve another term.
Breton’s tweeting would backfire as competition chief, top US economist says
Thoughtless tweets cost competition cases, warns economist Fiona Scott Morton, whose EU job hopes were dashed by French lobbying.
Italy’s Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ relations with China
Visit demonstrates “the will to start a new phase,” says Meloni, after Rome decided to quit Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative.