EU tries to explain how to do AI without breaking the law
A new code aims to make it easy to figure out
AI + ML10 Jul 2025 | 8
Europe
Europe's exascale dreams inch closer as SiPearl finally tapes out Rhea1 chip
Design sent to TSMC as startup wraps €130M funding round and targets 2026 silicon
Systems09 Jul 2025 | 14
Financial 'stretch' for UK to join Europe's Starlink rival, says minister
Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze
Networks05 Jul 2025 | 131
EU businesses want a pause on AI regulations so they can cope with unregulated Big Tech players
Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations'
AI + ML04 Jul 2025 | 42
Won’t somebody think of the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day
Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it
Public Sector04 Jul 2025 | 17
Tariffs and trade turmoil driving up cost and build times for datacenters
World War Fee Biz needs AI infra for training ever larger models, but something's gotta give
On-Prem03 Jul 2025 | 7
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive
Opinion True digital sovereignty begins at the desktop
OSes27 Jun 2025 | 126
French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for open source office and collab tools
Ingredients of future software salade Lyonnaise will include Linux, PostgreSQL, and OnlyOffice
Public Sector26 Jun 2025 | 102
Teens used encrypted chats to recruit for 'violence as a service' murder ring, Europol says
Skull emoji knife emoji moneybag emoji
Offbeat21 Jun 2025 | 152
Microsoft brings 365 suite on-prem as part of sovereign cloud push
Mostly aimed at Europe and its increasingly nervous users
Software17 Jun 2025 | 41
SiPearl ships reference node design for Rhea1 high-spec Arm chip
Server rig aimed at validating Europe's exascale-class silicon and software stacks
European Supercomputing11 Jun 2025 | 1
Jupiter, Europe’s most powerful super, takes maiden flight - but misses exascale orbit
ISC Full system expected to break the exaFLOP barrier - perhaps in time for SC25 this fall?
European Supercomputing10 Jun 2025 | 1
European pols wave their hands about digital sovereignty with broad but vague plan
One Dutch developer called it a 'nothingburger'
Public Sector06 Jun 2025 | 18
AWS forms EU-based cloud unit as customers fret about Trump 2.0
Locally run, Euro-controlled, ‘legally independent,' and ready by the end of 2025
PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2025 | 48
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
Barriers stack up: Datacenter capacity, egress fees, platform skills, variety of cloud services. It won't happen, say analysts
European Supercomputing22 May 2025 | 95
VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers
Report slates end of perpetual licenses, death of monthly pay-as-you-go model, and 'punitive' changes by Broadcom
PaaS + IaaS22 May 2025 | 54
Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats
Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 7
Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach
From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue
PaaS + IaaS21 May 2025 | 25
Europe plots escape hatch from enshittification of search
Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful
Software14 May 2025 | 93
X marks the drop for European users
Xitter sheds EU users. Musk's Grok suggests 'misinformation, hate speech, and a perceived decline in content moderation' to blame
Personal Tech01 May 2025 | 47
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them
PaaS + IaaS30 Apr 2025 | 105
Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions
And just-about bricks some of its older models everywhere
Personal Tech28 Apr 2025 | 133
Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite
Vintage phishing varietal has improved with age
Cyber-crime16 Apr 2025 | 14
EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits
That would put America on the same level as China for espionage
Security15 Apr 2025 | 128
EU may target US tech giants in tariff response
World War Fee By putting services in scope, €18 trillion trade bloc looks to focus tech sector minds
Public Sector07 Apr 2025 | 187
EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!
ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too
Security03 Apr 2025 | 148
EU OS drafts a locked-down Linux blueprint for Eurocrats
Thoughtful and considered … even if it is based on an American distro
OSes25 Mar 2025 | 59
Privacy warriors whip out GDPR after ChatGPT wrongly accuses dad of child murder
Tough Euro rules on data accuracy apply to AI yammering, formal complaint to watchdog argues
AI + ML20 Mar 2025 | 78
Euro semi firms push for 'Chips Act 2.0' to expand beyond manufacturing
Industry leaders want broader strategy, citing supply chain gaps, investment needs, and global trade uncertainty
Systems20 Mar 2025 | 12
Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty
€240M found for three-year sprint to develop three chiplets for HPC, AI
HPC07 Mar 2025 | 37
Euro cloud crew says we-won't-sue deal with Microsoft is 'off-track'
Overseas pals urge US tech giant to 'rapidly' work on Azure Local project to make things right – sans licenses
PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 2
Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums
Nulled and Cracked had a Lorelai-cal rise - until Operation Talent stepped in
Security02 Feb 2025 | 2
Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing
Exclusive From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it
PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2025 | 10
Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal
Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink
Networks16 Dec 2024 | 41
Eurocops take down 'secure' criminal chat system known as Matrix
Updated They took the red pill
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2024 | 44
Bluesky too opaque about user figures for Euro watchdogs
Updated X rival also under fire for failing to designate legal representative
Legal26 Nov 2024 | 82
European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing
Exclusive Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium
PaaS + IaaS20 Nov 2024 | 3
Microsoft reshuffles execs in Europe, Middle East and Africa unit
UK CEO becomes EMEA president after taking on role in Brit industrial strategy
PaaS + IaaS28 Oct 2024 | 1
European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade
McKinsey warns an additional 25GW of mostly green energy will be needed
On-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 8
Google Cloud burst by 12-hour power outage in German region
Loose juice led to cooling issue in one zone, but the pain was widespread
Off-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 26
Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs
EU isn’t keeping up with US and China investments, AI arms dealer says
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 34
Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation
DMA gatekeeper status denied, meaning X can carry on without extra compliance chores
Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 75
A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered 'suicide pod'
Design files will be available soon, but no word yet on the software
Offbeat25 Sep 2024 | 96
EU tries to pin down China on definition of 'important data'
Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads
Legal29 Aug 2024 | 2
Game not over: Epic brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe, using its own app store
But the cost of battling Apple and Google? A hefty $1B lost in revenue
Software17 Aug 2024 | 27
TSMC confirms it'll dig into Dresden for chip giant's first fab on Euro soil
Partnership with NXP, Infineon, and Bosch finally gets under way
Systems30 Jul 2024 | 3
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference
European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Networks02 Jul 2024 | 51
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs
These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this
AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites
If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too
Security21 Jun 2024 | 56
Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show
Germans cooling on proper EVs, according to auto industry group
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 172
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security
Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out
What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'?
AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22
EU grants €15M funding for ICARUS inflatable heat shield
Exclusive Just don't let it fly too close to the Sun
Science10 Jun 2024 | 24
Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life
ANDES, in the Andes, is predicted to find the first Population III mega-star
Science08 Jun 2024 | 30
Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint
'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists
PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2024 | 20
STMicro bags €2B from Europe for Sicily car chip fab
Eurocrats made them an offer they couldn't refuse
Public Sector03 Jun 2024 | 1
Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying?
Those with a delicate constitution, look away now
Bootnotes13 May 2024 | 179
CoreWeave plows £1B into UK HQ and datacenters as it eyes European expansion
Ah, just nod and smile when they talk about Britain and Europe
Off-Prem13 May 2024 | 5
Politicians call for ban on 'killer robots' and the curbing of AI weapons
Video 'This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation'
AI + ML30 Apr 2024 | 56
European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits
Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval
Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 49
Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says
Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect
Networks12 Apr 2024 | 8
Microsoft Teams decouples from Office 365 suite globally
Licenses everywhere can omit collaboration app thanks to EU regulators
Applications02 Apr 2024 | 23
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