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EU opens door to reworking AI rulebook

EU takes revenge on Trump’s tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation

Huawei top executive in Europe charged in Belgian corruption probe

EU seeks China’s help to contain Trump’s trade war

Top EU official downplays expectations over Apple, Meta digital fines

Europe prepares AI charm offensive as industry trembles from tariff shocks
EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff
As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.
Dutch government plans to screen scientists for national security risks
“Knowledge is power,” minister says as Netherlands moves to counter espionage threat.
Huawei fires 2 staffers in response to corruption scandal
Chinese tech giant is at the center of Belgian investigation into wrongdoing.
Musk slammed for ‘double standard’ in Turkey as X shuts down dissidents’ accounts
Social media platforms are targets in President Erdoğan’s crackdown on anti-government protests.
Ukraine is stuck with Musk’s Starlink for now
Key competitor Eutelsat won’t break Starlink’s grip on Kyiv’s wartime communications overnight.
Brussels could hit Big Tech in trade spat. But how?
Digital services could be Washington’s Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.
France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs
France is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.
Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks
Gen. Timothy Haugh’s firing as head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command has left lawmakers worried about the future of the nation’s cyber defenses.
Trump punts on TikTok deal — app gets another 75 days
After promising a deal this week, the president said he needs more time to arrange a sale that prevents a TikTok ban in the United States.
Huawei corruption probe: 8 charged
Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.
Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in
The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.
Will Big Tech actually benefit from Trump’s trade war?
Trump’s global trade war could offer some upside to Silicon Valley, as trade partners with tough tech laws look for tariff relief.
Macron calls on EU companies to freeze investments in US
French president says Europe shouldn’t invest in America “for some time until we have clarified things.”
German leaders push for tough response to Trump tariffs in hope of détente later
Germany’s leaders still hold out hope that a free-trade agreement could follow Trump’s tariff “mania.”
EU ‘prepared’ to retaliate against Trump’s 20 percent tariffs
“We are now preparing for further countermeasures,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’
Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU’s crusade against overregulation.
Tesla lurches as Musk hits the gas for Trump
Dreadful sales numbers are just the latest sign of the EV manufacturer’s “crisis tornado.”
Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’
The EU is set to fine Apple and Meta for rule breaches in the coming days.
Huawei, Forum Europe staff face Belgian court hearings over corruption charges
Three Huawei employees and a managing director from Brussels conference organizer Forum Europe were represented in court.
Trump tells inner circle that Musk will leave soon
The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.
EU to bundle response to Trump’s tariffs
Brussels is poised to retaliate after the U.S. president’s announcement, which is expected to contain double-digit American tariffs on all EU exports.
Meta faces ‘substantial’ fine for not complying with Turkey’s gag orders
Turkish authorities are cracking down on online speech amid massive civil unrest.
We needed something more concrete on Huawei, says EU anti-fraud chief
OLAF chief Ville Itälä defends his agency’s handling of a tip on Huawei, now under investigation in Belgium.
EU wants to beef up border agency to 30,000 staffers
European Commission proposal would increase force of EU border patrols under Frontex.