Trump's pressure on NATO is reshaping Europe's defences. Will it break the alliance?European nations are increasing defence spending and exploring alternatives to American military technology. This shift is happening as dou...
17 Sep, 2026, 10.39 PM IST
No chargers, no deal: Europe's biggest truckmakers push back against the 2030 climate deadlineEurope's leading truckmakers want the EU to postpone 2030 emissions targets by three years. They cite insufficient charging stations and hi...
14 Sep, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
EU lawmakers back reinstating interim rules to allow Big Tech to tackle child pornographyLawmakers and countries on both sides of the divide failed to agree on permanent rules last month following a dispute on the scope of detec...
09 Jul, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
EU denies bowing to tech lobby on data centre green impactThe European Commission denies allegations of copying industry lobbyists' proposals for data centre environmental impact rules. A probe sug...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
EU parliament urges new rules to protect copyrighted workThe European Parliament on Tuesday called for new EU-wide rules to protect copyrighted content in the bloc from generative AI use. In a non...
10 Mar, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
'Made in EU' auto rules risk backlash from friends and rivalsThe plans, due on Wednesday as part of a drive to boost EU industry more broadly, are complicated by divisions between member states, with ...
03 Mar, 2026, 07.44 PM IST
EU to delay 'high risk' AI rules until 2027 after Big Tech pushbackThe European Commission proposed easing and delaying parts of major tech laws, including shifting high-risk AI rules to 2027. The “Digital ...
19 Nov, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
Tech lobby group urges EU leaders to pause AI ActImportant provisions of the EU AI Act, including rules for general purpose AI (GPAI) models, were due to apply on August 2. But some parts ...
26 Jun, 2025, 07.43 AM IST
Sweeping EU rules on AI to pass final hurdleEU lawmakers are poised to approve on Wednesday wide-ranging rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenA...
13 Mar, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
France had no prior knowledge of Microsoft's Mistral AI deal, official saysEarlier this week, Microsoft said it had made a 15-million euro ($16 million) investment in Mistral, and would soon make the Paris-based co...
28 Feb, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
Europe's bid to boost gig workers' rights fails againBelgium, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, is unlikely to muster enough support for yet another attempt, especially as the ...
16 Feb, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Japanese tech lobby warns against EU cybersecurity labelling schemeThe European Union wants to set up an EU certification scheme (EUCS) to vouch for the cybersecurity of cloud services and help governments ...
05 Dec, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
EU eyes Big Tech as it seeks feedback on who should pay network costsThe move by the EU executive followed more than two decades of lobbying by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other o...
23 Feb, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
US tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch dealUnder the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the tech giants will have to make their messaging services interoperable and provide business users ac...
25 Mar, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
Google's Sundar Pichai to hold video call with EU on 25 JanuaryEuropean Union's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who is pushing for tough new rules to rein in US tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple a...
22 Jan, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
Alphabet's Sundar Pichai to hold video call with European Union antitrust chief on January 25EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who is pushing for tough new rules to rein in U.S. tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, w...
22 Jan, 2021, 09.21 PM IST