Category: Digital and Technology
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Ireland Reopens the Digital Omnibus With Cookies Back in Play
Dublin: The Irish presidency of the Council of the European Union circulated its first Digital…
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Brussels Sets Fifteen as Europe’s Social Media Age of Consent
The European Commission’s proposal for an EU KIDS Act, presented by Ursula von der Leyen…
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A Bankrupt Belgian Fab Becomes Europe’s First Chip Spy Trial
Oudenaarde: The wafer fabrication plant on the edge of this East Flanders town changed hands,…
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Chips Act Review Lands With Its Own Target Out of Reach
Dresden: The fabrication plants clustered around this Saxon city account for a meaningful share of…
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Brussels bets on age gates to reshape childhood online
When Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU KIDS Act on 17 September, the headline…
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Ministers Take Up Chips Act 2.0 With Europe Still Import Reliant
Dresden: European industry ministers will take up the Chips Act 2.0 at the Competitiveness Council…
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Connected Products Must Now Be Built to Hand Over Their Data
Stuttgart: A washing machine designed in 2024 and still rolling off a line this autumn…
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Europe’s KIDS Act Would Put Parents Back in Charge of Accounts
Aarhus: The European Commission adopted the KIDS Act on 17 September 2026, proposing to keep…
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Brussels Bets on Age Gates to Reshape Children’s Internet
The European Commission adopted the EU KIDS Act on 17 September, and the headline that…
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Pyongyang Earns European Salaries Through Staff Nobody Ever Met
Tallinn: European sanctions policy towards North Korea was built for a physical world. The restrictive…
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Connected Products Reach the Data Act Design Deadline Unevenly
Stuttgart: A machine tool leaving a Swabian factory floor this month carries an obligation its…
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Paperless Trade Is the Part of the Singapore Deal That Bites
Changi: Freight agents at Singapore’s airport have filed customs paperwork electronically for years, so when…
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The AI Deadline That Came and Went Without Consequence
Ingolstadt: The most consequential date in European technology regulation this year was 2 August, and…
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Ministers Debate the Chips Act Next Week With No Money Attached
Dresden: Saxony’s chip plants run at the centre of Europe’s semiconductor ambitions, and their owners…
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Leaked Draft Puts Europe’s Social Media Age Limit at Fifteen
A draft that nobody was supposed to read yet has settled the number at fifteen.…
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High-Risk AI Rules Slipped a Year but December Still Bites
Eindhoven: Engineers at a Dutch medical imaging firm spent the spring preparing for an August…
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A Single Telecoms Rulebook Is Now a 2027 Political Promise
Telecoms operators have spent seven years complaining that they build networks under 27 different supervisors.…
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Undersea Cables Are the Quiet Half of the EU Japan Digital Deal
Chikura: The cable landing station on Japan’s Boso Peninsula terminates several of the trunk lines…
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Why 24 Hour Vulnerability Reporting Will Expose Thin Teams
Athens: The agency that will receive Europe’s vulnerability reporting sits in a city better known…
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Europe’s First Digital Trade Deal Is Now a Template Others Want
Jurong: The server halls and logistics yards on Singapore’s western industrial belt handle a share…
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Transparency Duties for AI Systems Take Effect This December
Eindhoven: The AI Act now runs on two calendars, and the one that matters next…
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Watermarking Rules Arrive in December Even as High Risk Waits
Tallinn: Estonian software houses that spent the spring rewriting compliance roadmaps got a reprieve in…
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Chips Act 2.0 Meets Taiwan and the Ask Has Changed
Hsinchu: The science park north of this Taiwanese city produces a share of the world’s…
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Four Sovereignty Levels Decide Who Sells Cloud to Brussels
Dublin: Operators in the Irish capital have spent a decade answering questions about megawatts, grid…