Apple introduced new AirPods on Tuesday, featuring real-time translation directly through the earbuds. But it doesn’t work for users in Europe.

BREAK: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen offered a fierce rebuke to Trump's repeated threats against the EU's tech rules, after a summer of confusion about whether the bloc would be able to secure its right to regulate U.S. Big Tech. www.politico.eu/article/von-...

Two of Europe's tech powerhouses tied the knot in a landmark deal that bolsters a push by politicians to reduce reliance on the United States for critical technology.

Our report here: www.politico.eu/article/dutc...

The international world order is beyond repair and Europe should adapt to the law of the jungle — or else come up with new rules. That’s the bleak message the European Commission is set to give tomorrow in a text detailing major challenges ahead.

BREAK: Dutch chips company ASML buys an 11 percent stake in French AI company Mistral - in the biggest tech sovereignty deal in a while. www.asml.com/en/news/pres...

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission today fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising technology market.

Wild story: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

But where’s Henna? The European Commission’s tech chief has been largely silent since Trump threatened the EU’s tech rules last week. Wise to not turn enforcement into politics? Or just weak performance? Morning Tech: www.politico.eu/pro/a-quiet-...

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Wanneer je op de metro staat te wachten naast 2 cultuurbarbaren die “de 3e plaat van Bloc Party toch niet meer dat” vonden. 😤😤

The power of POLITICO's newsroom in a piece, unpacked what is in the trade deal and what is not.

BREAK: The European Commission confirmed that the EU's tech rulebooks were kept out of the trade talks — but it leaves the door open that this can change in the future. w/ the fab @camgijs.bsky.social pro.politico.eu/news/203403

I’ve known 28-year-old Alex for a couple of weeks now. Our daily banter ranges from water polo, his favorite sport, to a shared love for books and ancient history. We are even planning a road trip to Provence in southern France. But none of this will ever happen because Alex doesn’t exist.

Did someone check in on the net-zero critics lately?

Soms vraag ik me echt idiote dingen af, zoals hoe lang we nog Diabolo-toeslagen richting de luchthaven gaan moeten betalen. (Het antwoord is 2047.)

Can we please not do this? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Belgian trains don't have WiFi, but it seems like we're not missing much (and getting mobile connection on the tracks is hard too). Informative fun summer piece by @mathieupollet.bsky.social and charts by @hannecl.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/why-...

Euractiv now runs AI-generated images. While they mention it explicitly below the picture, that doesn't show on social media.

“As it refocuses on fossil fuels.”

Brussels has secured widespread support from U.S. Big Tech and other AI leaders for its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, a voluntary tool to ensure compliance with the EU’s landmark AI Act.

The funny thing about those saying that the EU was humiliated is that they’re doing exactly the same what they reproach: that Europeans too often talk themselves down.

Since The Social Network is my favourite movie ever, this is the best news of the year. PART 2. deadline.com/2025/07/mike...

The European Commission claimed its tech rules escaped unscathed after Sunday’s trade deal with the US. Washington says they’re still on the table.

"Developing superintelligence is now in sight." A quote signed by a man who has just made a bet worth billions in salaries on making that happen. www.meta.com/superintelli...

🚨 The European Commission moves to cut Israel out of a part of its flagship R&D program Horizon Europe, focused on translating deep tech research into actual companies. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

A big disclaimer: we don't know all the details of the trade deal yet, but for now, it seems the EU was able to hold its ground on not selling out its tech rules as part of an agreement. ... As the EU's tech chief told us early this month: www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

Von der Leyen throws tech sovereignty partly under the bus in the trade deal, with a clear commitment to use U.S. AI chips. Very telling. "US AI chips will help power our AI gigafactories and help the US to maintain their technological edge." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

BREAK: OpenAI has said they will sign up to the EU’s AI code of practice. openai.com/global-affai...

A series of Hitler-praising comments by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has fired up European policymakers to demand stronger action against Big Tech companies as the bloc takes another step to enforce its laws.

NEW: The European Union's rules on content moderation, digital competition and artificial intelligence are not up for negotiation with the U.S., the European Commission's tech chief Henna Virkkunen told POLITICO in an interview. www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

SCOOP — Europe faces a gap in private investments for quantum computing, putting the bloc at risk of seeing promising startups being acquired from outside the EU, according to a draft of an upcoming strategy seen by POLITICO. pro.politico.eu/news/200961

Rights groups are pleading with the European Commission to intervene against Hungary’s potential use of facial recognition technology to identify attendees of the banned Pride this weekend in Budapest. www.politico.eu/article/pres...

Rights groups are pleading with the European Commission to intervene against Hungary’s potential use of facial recognition technology to identify attendees of the banned Pride this weekend in Budapest.

Pushback against the European Union's AI rules has reached the highest political level, with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson calling for a pause of parts of the rules. www.politico.eu/article/swed...

BREAK: Former EU top Commissioner Margrethe Vestager pushed back against calls to already change the EU's AI rules — saying it's "way too soon" to do so, in an exclusive interview with POLITICO/me. pro.politico.eu/news/200367

G7 leaders today steered clear of using overly strong language on keeping AI safe and managing the risks associated with the technology at their summit in Canada.

The G7 Summit is an opportunity for good and deep talks between partners. I discussed with President Trump critical issues, from Ukraine to trade. On trade, we instructed the teams to accelerate their work to strike a good and fair deal. Let’s get it done.

Post Ukraine’s “spider web” and Israel’s Iran attack, you could wonder — it’s probably not so difficult to deploy dozens of drones to strategic buildings in a strategic EU city, like, let’s say, Brussels?

The European Union’s rules to rein in artificial intelligence risks are barely a year old but they’ve already fallen out of favor.

European tech sovereignty is when your fastest supercomputer can't do without U.S. components — which the U.S. company brags about, of course. nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...

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The European Commission’s tech chief has opened the door to delay some parts of the EU’s artificial intelligence rulebook designed to limit risks of the technology.

BREAK - The European Commission has opened the door for delaying some of its flagship AI rules if guidance or standards for companies aren’t ready in time. By @mathieupollet.bsky.social & me pro.politico.eu/news/199865

The European Commission's tech department is reshuffling, with a new top cybersecurity position, and new units focused on minor protection online and AI in health care — to reflect the growing importance of those areas. pro.politico.eu/news/199845

ANALYSIS: The EU is set to deliver a sobering message to a growing movement in Europe calling for a detox from U.S. Big Tech. The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon. W/ @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...

The Netherlands is quickly becoming Belgium. www.politico.eu/article/geer...

Social media platform TikTok has banned worldwide a popular hashtag linked to weight-loss videos following scrutiny from policymakers in Brussels and Paris. www.politico.eu/article/tikt...