Europe articles

An internet tax that would charge by the gigabyte just squeaked through France's lower house

WTF?! These days, moving a gigabyte of data across the internet usually costs companies well under a cent. France, however, wants them to pay several times that just in tax. Lawmakers there narrowly voted on Friday to charge content providers 5.5 cents for every gigabyte they send to French users – though the measure still has a long way to go before it becomes law.

Europe and Canada team up in AI computing alliance that doesn't depend on Washington

PEGI is giving games with paid loot boxes a PEGI 16 rating, and EA FC 27 is the first big example

Europe's four largest carriers want to build a Starlink rival, but they don't have satellites

Mozilla is betting Europe's digital sovereignty push can help fund Firefox

Hackers hit European supermarket refrigeration systems, spoiling food and forcing stores to dump stock

Europe is building its own payment network to finally compete with Visa and Mastercard

The Netherlands is building its own Linux OS to break free from Microsoft

Scammers used an AI voice clone and a fake WhatsApp message to move €95 million out of an Italian bank

CERN is moving more than 2,200 specialized computers from RHEL to Debian

Uber hit with near-$1 billion fine after algorithms suspended drivers without human review

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 add user-replaceable batteries, Bluetooth 6.0

Apple's services business is finally feeling the pain of losing control over App Store payments

European Central Bank warns AI bubble burst could trigger systemic fallout

Euro Burstin': While US companies continue pouring massive sums of capital into their AI data center expansion plans, European authorities are thinking about the impending AI bubble burst. A correction is likely, according to Europe's main banking institution, and its impact will not spare anyone, anywhere in the world.

Microsoft wants Apple to bring seamless copy and paste between Windows PCs and iPhones

EU will require companies to label AI-generated content starting Sunday

The EU just fined Google $1 billion for favoring its own services in search and Play Store

A new brain-computer implant is helping blind seniors see again, and it just got approved in Europe

Europe is testing air conditioners that don't use any refrigerants at all

The big picture: A new generation of cooling technology is beginning to move from lab testing into early real-world trials, as researchers and startups look for ways to cool buildings without relying on traditional refrigerants. The push comes as demand for air conditioning accelerates in Europe, where rising temperatures are exposing the limits of both existing systems and the buildings they are meant to cool.

The EU just revived a law that lets Meta and Google scan your messages – critics call it mass surveillance

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on any country imposing digital services taxes on US tech firms

European Commission moves to designate Amazon and Microsoft as cloud gatekeepers

Cloudy Europe: After a relatively brief investigation, the European Commission reached a preliminary conclusion regarding Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud businesses. The executive body believes the two US companies should also be designated as "gatekeepers" for their cloud services, though both will have an opportunity to respond before a final decision is made.

Europe's digital euro is one step closer, designed to cut out Visa and Mastercard

Europeans are starting to see US tech as a privacy risk, survey claims