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Crunch time for multibillion UK-India deal as elections loom
LONDON — Britain and India are still far apart, as long-running talks on a major trade deal enter their next phase with a clock ticking in the background. With negotiations continuing this week, and...
View ArticleBeyond TikTok, Dutch tell government staff to uninstall Chinese, Russian apps
The Dutch government issued new guidance Tuesday for its officials to uninstall apps from countries that wage an “offensive cyber program” against the Netherlands, including China, Russia, North Korea...
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MEPs cling to TikTok for Gen Z votes
It may come with security risks but, for European Parliamentarians, TikTok is just too good a political tool to abandon. Staff at the European Parliament were ordered to delete the video-sharing...
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Sweden’s half-term trade report card — it’s an A for effort
The EU’s free traders had been salivating for years over the idea that arch-liberal Sweden would take over the Council seat. But time flies and the halfway mark of the Swedish presidency is fast...
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US to EU: We want to check your surveillance practices
For years, Brussels scolded Washington for how its national security agencies played fast and loose with Europeans’ personal data. Now, the United States is giving the European Union a taste of its...
View ArticleSticking to TikTok: German lawmakers come to grips with Chinese-owned social...
BERLIN — German politicians are not willing to drop TikTok while it’s hot. Governments across the West have rolled out restrictions on officials’ use of the popular video-sharing application. The...
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‘Party soldier’ Mariya Gabriel returns to Bulgaria with EU baggage
BRUSSELS — Mariya Gabriel is hoping to take charge of a country that hardly knows her, leaving a town that knows her all too well. The European Commissioner for research and innovation was picked last...
View ArticleEU research commissioner Mariya Gabriel resigns
The European Union’s Commissioner for Research and Innovation Mariya Gabriel has resigned from her EU post as she takes on the challenge of forming a new Bulgarian coalition government. Gabriel was...
View ArticleEU hits Meta with record €1.2B privacy fine
U.S. tech giant Meta has been hit with a record €1.2 billion fine for not complying with the EU’s privacy rulebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission announced on Monday that Meta violated the...
View ArticleEurope’s privacy regime: 5 years in 5 charts
Europe’s most famous technology law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), turned 5 on Thursday. The law, which came into force on May 25, 2018, has prompted businesses — from tech giants to...
View ArticleTime to ban TikTok, EU lawmakers tell governments
The European Parliament is calling on the bloc’s national governments to ban the use of TikTok for government staff. Members of the Parliament on Thursday passed a report aimed at stopping foreign...
View ArticleIntel plans €4.6B microchips factory in Poland
Microchips manufacturer Intel on Friday announced a new investment in Poland worth €4.6 billion to ramp up its capacity in Europe for chip assembly and testing. The U.S.-based company has selected a...
View ArticleDanish tech envoy’s parting shot to Silicon Valley
WASHINGTON — Denmark’s chief tech diplomat is exiting Silicon Valley — right as the European Union is booting up its own operation there. In 2017, Denmark became the first country to send an...
View ArticlePrivacy fears dominate launch of digital euro plan
BRUSSELS ― When the European Commission unveiled draft legislation paving the way for a digital version of the euro, its jitters over how to allay privacy concerns were only too apparent. “This is not...
View ArticleDutch slap new restrictions on chips exports to China
The Netherlands imposed new export controls on microchips technology on Friday, restricting the sales of Dutch manufacturer ASML’s advanced chips machinery to China. ASML will have to seek export...
View ArticleEuropean Commission cooks up GDPR steroids shot
The European Union executive on Tuesday presented a new law that would require European privacy regulators to share more information upfront in major privacy cases and more often settle such cases out...
View ArticleMeta’s Twitter rival Threads not yet launching in the EU
Most Europeans will have to wait before they get their hands on Meta’s Twitter rival Threads, the company and its chief EU regulator confirmed Wednesday. Facebook’s parent company Meta will release...
View ArticleMeta’s advertising empire faces growing hurdles in Europe
BRUSSELS — Instagram, Facebook and other Meta services are running out of options to keep their advertising beast fed with Europeans’ data — at least legally. The Court of Justice of the European...
View ArticleTransforming everyday health, one app at a time
Patients, even those with serious conditions, can be empowered to have more control over their health through a combination of monitoring, awareness and diagnosis along with education, treatment and...
View ArticleEU and US reach a deal to let data flow across the Atlantic
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday approved a new deal allowing companies to freely transfer data between the EU and the United States, potentially ending three years of legal limbo for tech...
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