Sources: the Biden administration is split on regulating generative AI; some prefer an EU-style model while others worry over losing a competitive advantage
Biden administration officials are divided over how aggressively new artificial intelligence tools should be regulated …
Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, Germany, working with NXP, Bosch, Infineon, and the German government
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Tweets: @deutschjill Tweets: Jillian Deutsch / @deutschjill : TSMC'...
A profile of ASML, the most valuable tech company in Europe, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML's next apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+
In 1984, Martin van den Brink, a young Dutch engineer, joined a newly created venture in a quiet corner of the Netherlands. Tweets: @cagankoc , @tw_seal , @deutschjill , and @thest...
Sources: after postponing construction at the end of 2022, Intel seeks an extra €4B-€5B from Germany to build its chip plant, taking the expected cost to ~€30B
Intel Corp. is seeking an additional 4 billion to 5 billion euros in subsidies from the German government …
Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, asking staff to uninstall the app by March 15
The EU executive's IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
Meta submits data to the EU showing that pop up content warnings stopped Facebook users sharing 25% of flagged posts and 38% on Instagram; TikTok reports 29%
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The EU says Twitter's first voluntary report on how the company was tackling disinformation lacked data and didn't include commitments to empower fact-checkers
As Musk's Platform Antagonizes Regulators Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal : EU Warns Twitter Over Incomplete Content-Moderation Report Tweets: Jillian Deutsch / @deutschjill : ...
The EU says Twitter's first voluntary report on how the company was tackling disinformation lacked data and didn't include commitments to empower fact-checkers
As Musk's Platform Antagonizes Regulators Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal : EU Warns Twitter Over Incomplete Content-Moderation Report Tweets: Jillian Deutsch / @deutschjill : ...
The EU says Twitter's first voluntary report on how the company was tackling disinformation lacked data and didn't include commitments to empower fact-checkers
As Musk's Platform Antagonizes Regulators Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal : EU Warns Twitter Over Incomplete Content-Moderation Report Tweets: Jillian Deutsch / @deutschjill : ...
A draft EU proposal details plans to ask Netflix, Alphabet, and other “large traffic generators” to help pay for next-generation internet infrastructure
The European Union is weighing a proposal to make technology companies that use the most bandwidth, like Netflix Inc. and Alphabet Inc. …
Interviews with dozens of Elon Musk's former employees and partners portray his Twitter as a Shakespearean psychodrama, resulting in something close to disaster
Filing: Elon Musk sells 22M Tesla shares, worth ~$3.6B, the fourth sale since announcing his Twitter takeover and third since declaring “no further TSLA sales”
Billionaire has sold $23bn of stock in EV group since announcing Twitter takeover
Sources: Twitter has one staffer left on a team dedicated to removing CSAM after layoffs, despite Elon Musk saying “removing child exploitation is priority #1”
Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday …
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday …
A look at the EU Listing Act, expected in H2 2022, which aims to ease IPO rules for deep tech startups, help founders keep control after going public, and more
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Researchers: Elon Musk, who vowed to defeat Twitter's “spam bots or die trying”, has long benefited from “fanbots” boosting Tesla shares and deriding critics
official surveillance video of the states themselves—Facebook and YouTube would take them down as “misinformation.” You can see right away what they're terrified of—not misinformat...
Researchers: Elon Musk, who vowed to defeat Twitter's “spam bots or die trying”, has long benefited from “fanbots” boosting Tesla shares and deriding critics
official surveillance video of the states themselves—Facebook and YouTube would take them down as “misinformation.” You can see right away what they're terrified of—not misinformat...
Ireland's data protection authority is expected to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers soon, dealing a potential blow to Meta and Google
Meta Platforms Inc.'s stark warning of a retreat from Europe may just be the start, as one of the region's top privacy watchdogs prepares … Tweets: @deutschjill and @scmpnews Tweet...
The EU details the Chips Act, a plan to make €43B in funding available for R&D and chip production, seeking to compete with the US and Asia
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