EU warned not to trust Musk with Europe’s space future
Top investor says reliance on SpaceX a ‘huge risk’ to Europe’s defence and sovereignty
One of Europe’s leading tech backers has sounded the alarm over the continent’s growing dependence on Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warning that trusting the world’s richest attention seeker with Europe’s launch and satellite infrastructure is a disaster waiting to happen.
Brussels plots AI independence drive
AI strategy aims to cut ties with US and Chinese tech
Brussels is preparing to throw itself into the artificial intelligence race with a plan to reduce its reliance on foreign companies and promote homegrown platforms instead.
Brussels probes SAP’s on-prem support tactics
Watchdogs fear unfair after-market squeeze could sting customers
The European Commission is investigating SAP, the maker of expensive management software, which no one can be really sure what it does. Watchdogs are interested in how the outfit flogs maintenance and support for on-premises software.
Brussels admits its cookie monster was a disaster
Eurocrats want to kill off those annoying banners
The EU finally seems to have twigged that its infamous cookie law turned the internet into a pop-up purgatory and now wants to bin it.
Apple threatens the EU
Job’s Mob tells Brussels to bin Big Tech law or else
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has demanded Brussels scrap the Digital Markets Act, claiming the rules are costing it money and ruining the fun for its fanboys.
EU’s Digital Markets Act flawed claims new report
It will never stand up in court
A new study has torn into the EU’s Digital Markets Act, claiming its clunky procedures and lack of transparency are making the law nearly impossible to enforce.
Albania hires AI minister to keep crooks at bay
Humanity has failed
Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama has appointed a new Cabinet member who cannot be bribed, threatened or buttered up because she is an AI bot.
Microsoft ducks EU fine with Teams carve-out
Brussels swallows concessions after years of grumbling
Microsoft has dodged a hefty EU fine by coughing up concessions on how it bundles its software, ending a four-year antitrust row.
Trump threatens tariffs after Google slapped with €2.95 billion fine
Brussels tells search giant to flog off part of ad business
US president Donald Trump is rattling sabres again after Brussels fined Google €2.95 billion (£2.52 billion) for its advertising antics.
SAP flings €20 billion at sovereign cloud
German outfit wants to keep Europe’s ai data away from US
The maker of esoteric business software, which no one is sure quiet what it does, SAP has promised to splurge more than €20 billion ($23.3 billion) over the next decade on “sovereign cloud” infrastructure in Europe.