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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.

August 12, 2024 5:00 am CET

Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram

Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.

August 9, 2024 4:44 am CET

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 …

August 8, 2024 6:49 pm CET

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.

August 8, 2024 1:14 pm CET

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.

August 7, 2024 9:11 pm CET

Greece leaves spy services unchecked on Predator hacks

Investigation into 2022 spyware scandal leaves victims in the dark on who in government was responsible.

August 7, 2024 7:15 pm CET

Trump announces ‘major interview’ with Elon Musk

Musk endorsed Trump last month but has pledged he won’t donate to his campaign.

August 7, 2024 12:21 pm CET

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.

August 7, 2024 11:38 am CET

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.

August 6, 2024 6:35 pm CET

Britain’s £1 billion chip investment at risk as Reeves tightens the belt

Labour declined to back the headline target pledged by its predecessors.

August 6, 2024 2:55 pm CET

French museums, Olympics’ venue hit with cyberattack

Dozens of cyberattacks have been foiled since the start of the Games.

August 6, 2024 12:52 pm CET

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.

August 6, 2024 11:43 am CET
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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.

August 5, 2024 9:48 pm CET

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.

August 5, 2024 8:21 pm CET

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.’

August 5, 2024 3:18 pm CET

UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots

False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.

August 5, 2024 3:12 pm CET

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.

August 5, 2024 12:19 pm CET

After a whirlwind 5 years, Breton’s back for more

POLITICO looks back on the French commissioner’s first stint at the Berlaymont.

August 5, 2024 5:47 am CET

Turkey blocks access to Instagram

A senior official previously condemned the platform for ‘censoring’ Hamas-related content.

August 2, 2024 11:02 am CET

Bavaria joins digital revolution by phasing out faxes

Tardy shift reflects slow state of digitalization in Germany.

August 1, 2024 12:16 pm CET

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 …

July 30, 2024 1:58 pm CET

Emmanuel Macron nominates Thierry Breton for another term at European Commission

France wants its current commissioner to serve another term.

July 30, 2024 11:46 am CET

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.

July 30, 2024 6:00 am CET

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.

July 29, 2024 1:50 pm CET
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