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President Donald Trump has named Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison and Michael Dell as key US investors in a new structure to ensure TikTok continues to operate in the US. This choice signals an attempt to resolve the regulatory impasse by involving personalities from the media and technology world who are
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President Trump’ s administration has announced the introduction of a new one-off $100,000 fee for H-1B work visa petitions. The decision caused an immediate and nervous reaction in the technology sector, which relies heavily on foreign professionals, mainly from India and China. Initial reports, suggesting that the fee would
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The European Union has taken a key step towards the creation of the digital euro, breaking a political deadlock that was slowing down the project. At a meeting in Copenhagen, Member State finance ministers agreed with the European Central Bank (ECB) on a roadmap for the project, while securing decisive
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We live in an age of fundamental paradox. On the one hand, artificial intelligence, driven by large language models (LLMs), is becoming the lifeblood of modern business, promising unprecedented innovation. On the other hand, its insatiable appetite for data clashes head-on with the global privacy rush. This conflict is no
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There is a growing dispute in the European Union over the future of oversight of the cryptocurrency market . Malta, one of the key players in the industry, has publicly opposed a proposal by France, Italy and Austria that seeks to give the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) direct supervisory
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Beijing has launched an anti-trust investigation against Nvidia, marking another installment in its escalating technology conflict with Washington. The timing of the decision announcement – coinciding with trade talks – suggests that the chip dispute is becoming a key pressure point in the two powers’ relationship. China’s State Administration for Market
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Google Cloud is ahead of EU regulations, announcing the removal of data transfer fees for multi-cloud customers in the European Union and the UK. The move comes just before the new Data Act comes into force and signals increasing regulatory pressure on the three largest market players: Amazon Web Services
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The European technology business is at the heart of a strategic paradox. On the one hand, thousands of companies – from startups to corporations – are basing their critical operations on cloud infrastructure provided by US hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. This has provided them with
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Modern cyber security is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The model where the company was like a fortress surrounded by a high wall is becoming a thing of the past. Attackers have learnt that the weakest point of a defence is often not the fortress itself, but its extensive network. New
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Sunday evening. A plane with the President of the European Commission on board is approaching a landing in Bulgaria. At a crucial moment, minutes before touching down on the runway, the pilots lose access to the essential navigation tool of the 21st century – the GPS signal. The systems that modern
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The European Commission’s ‘State of the Digital Decade 2025‘ report is an annual barometer of ambitions and realities in the Union’s digital landscape. This year’s edition, while pointing to progress, is first and foremost a sober assessment of the fundamental challenges. The document identifies 12 key areas
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The fight against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is an absolute priority and a moral obligation of the digital society. There is full consensus on this point. However, a supposedly simple solution has emerged in the public debate about the methods of this fight – mass scanning of our private communications,