Europe News
Brussels tightens rules on US cloud providers in tech sovereignty push
The European Commission has decided that Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services should face strict rules to improve cloud competition. The move risks angering Washington as Brussels pushes the European tech sovereignty agenda.
Smart Regions
The free digital campus training people in cutting-edge technologies
In partnership with the European Commission
Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein has launched a digital campus with over 600 online and in-person courses on AI, virtual and augmented reality and other cutting-edge technologies. It is free of charge and open to all.
Europe News
Western fears over Trump's AI ‘kill switch’ become reality at G7
Western allies arrived at the G7 AI summit unsettled after the Trump administration cut off foreign access to Anthropic's most powerful models, confirming Europe's kill-switch fears and providing yet another boost for its tech sovereignty agenda.
Europe News
EU launches major tech push to break US and China dependence
The EU is betting big on cloud computing and chips to reduce its technological dependence on the US and China, and to re-enter the global tech race. But whether it will succeed and how the two superpowers will react remain open questions.
Europe News
EU eyes new AI envoy, but the role is still to be fully defined
The EU Commission is considering appointing an AI envoy, a high-profile job to represent the bloc externally and drive industrial policy in this area. But critics see the move as merely PR-driven, while the job description remains a work in progress.
Markets
IBM adds market value of Adidas after Trump’s quantum computing push
Quantum computing stocks surged after the Trump administration announced more than $2 billion (€1.7bn) in federal support for the sector. IBM received the largest investment and shares rose over 12% adding more than $27 billion (€23.2bn) in market capitalisation.
Made in Europe
Of robots and men: Europe’s AI solutions aim to overhaul e-commerce
AI-driven robots already pack, pick and sort items at e-commerce warehouses as humans would do — only faster, more efficiently and more accurately. Developers claim to work to minimise the social impact of a revolution they consider to be ’unstoppable’.