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Key Liz Truss aide becomes top Big Tech lobbyist

September 28, 2023 1:00 am CET

Matthew Sinclair, chief economist to Truss during her brief tenure as prime minister, has been named the inaugural director of a tech lobby group’s new UK arm.

EU and US leaders set for October 20 summit

September 27, 2023 6:37 pm CET

Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will travel to Washington.

Specter of Russian interference hangs over Slovak election, EU warns

September 26, 2023 12:15 pm CET

Europe on high alert as disinformation surges across popular social media sites.

EU talks tough on trade in China as it looks to play defense

September 25, 2023 8:10 pm CET

Brussels increasingly is willing to ramp up measures to combat what it views as China’s unfair trading practices.

‘Enough is enough,’ as Věra Jourová prepares for ‘political detox’

September 25, 2023 3:04 pm CET

VP has spent 2 mandates in the European Commission.

TikTok and Meta warned over Slovakia election lies

September 25, 2023 4:30 am CET

EU officials privately told tech giants to step up efforts to tackle pro-Russia propaganda in the Slovak election campaign.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends China’s invitation to AI summit

September 20, 2023 7:01 am CET

Hunt begins a multi-day visit to major US tech companies on Wednesday as the country aims to expand its own artificial intelligence and life sciences industries.

UK dials up fight with Meta over encryption

September 20, 2023 4:00 am CET

New campaign comes as the United Kingdom finalizes rules that would allow it to monitor encrypted chats.

Nordstream trauma leads Berlin to draw up fresh Huawei bans

September 19, 2023 5:58 pm CET

Plans under discussion include bans on core and sensitive parts of telecoms networks.

UK foreign secretary confirms China invite to AI summit

September 19, 2023 3:51 pm CET

The invite to Beijing has ruffled feathers, especially among the UK’s allies in the G7.

Ivanova officially appointed as European innovation commissioner

September 19, 2023 12:26 pm CET

Bulgarian replaces Mariya Gabriel.

Elon Musk: Twitter (sorry, X) could go behind a paywall

September 19, 2023 12:02 pm CET

Billionaire owner says his plan is the ‘only defense’ against bots.

EU warns China on Ukraine disinformation and cyberattacks 

September 18, 2023 6:45 pm CET

EU digital chief visits Beijing for high-level talks on digital issues.

Chip manufacturers scramble to staff their European factories

September 18, 2023 3:00 pm CET

The EU has won lucrative semiconductor factories — but they need skilled workers.

Erdoğan asks Elon Musk to build Tesla factory in Turkey

September 18, 2023 10:00 am CET

Turkish president also touts future cooperation on AI and space programs.

EU-US steel row in focus ahead of fall trade summit

September 18, 2023 6:00 am CET

Brussels and Washington inch toward broad understanding on steel and aluminum to avoid a replay of their 2018-21 trade war.

Keir Starmer: UK needs to ‘wean itself off’ China

September 17, 2023 8:37 am CET

‘We need to be absolutely clear about the security of the UK,’ Labour leader says in interview with POLITICO’s new Power Play podcast.

How Rishi Sunak convinced the world to worry about AI

September 15, 2023 6:15 pm CET

The British leader has positioned himself as the chief doomsayer around artificial intelligence’s risk to national security and ‘bio-terrorism.’

TikTok hit with €345M fine for violating children’s privacy

September 15, 2023 2:00 pm CET

The app unlawfully let anyone potentially watch and interact with teenagers in 2020.

Apple to update iPhone 12 to assuage radiation concerns

September 15, 2023 11:29 am CET

A French regulator had required the smartphone to be pulled from the market.

How Silicon Valley doomers are shaping Rishi Sunak’s AI plans

September 14, 2023 7:04 pm CET

‘If it’s not utopia, it’s annihilation’: Britain’s AI policy reflects existential fears of the controversial ‘Effective Altruism’ movement.

Far-right EU lawmakers nominate Elon Musk for human rights award

September 14, 2023 6:00 pm CET

ID group cites tech billionaire’s release of Twitter Files as protection of freedom of expression.

EU digital chief in Beijing next week for tech, AI talks

September 14, 2023 12:53 pm CET

Digital dialogue comes as EU, China clash over electric car subsidies.

China slams EU over electric vehicle subsidy probe

September 14, 2023 9:01 am CET

Beijing will ‘firmly safeguard’ the interests of Chinese businesses, commerce ministry says.

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