EU to regulate AI’s environmental impact
The European Commission is working on new rules to govern the environmental impact of AI systems through a delegated act under the AI Act. The goal is to monitor and limit the energy consumed by these technologies, particularly large language
Economic barriers and disabilities limit access to sports in EU
Sports in EU: Access to sporting events within the European Union reveals stark inequalities. Participation of people with disabilities is limited, with Denmark (21.7%) as the sole outlier exceeding 20%. Countries like Italy (2.5%), Spain (9.2%), and France (8.1%) show
EU to vote on Oct 4 to finalize tariffs for China-made EVs
By Shivani Tanna (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to vote on whether to introduce tariffs as high as 45% on imported electric vehicles made in China on Oct. 4, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with
Google complains to EU over Microsoft cloud practices
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure. Google, whose biggest cloud computing rivals are Microsoft
Videogame firms hit with EU complaint over ‘tricking consumers’
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Videogame companies Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Roblox and four others were hit with an EU consumer complaint on Thursday accusing them of misleading gamers into spending money. The move came amid rising concerns about children
How AI is being used in Parliaments: from the US to EU
There are now many uses of generative artificial intelligence to support parliamentary activity. In the US, the House of Representatives uses an AI tool based on NLP (natural language processing) technology to automate the process of analysing differences between bills,
BIK+, the effective EU strategy to improve Internet
++No one is as active as Europe in improving the digital world. We have observed this many times because, unlike in the US and Asia, the EU has moved in a concrete manner in trying to enforce regulations on network
Delivery Hero flags potential EU antitrust fine, shares slide
By Paolo Laudani (Reuters) - Shares in Delivery Hero fell as much as 17.4% in early trading on Monday, a day after the German online food takeaway firm said the European Commission might fine it more than 400 million euros ($433
Carmakers respond to EU tariffs on Chinese-made EVs
(Reuters) - With the European Union's extra duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) taking effect on Friday, some carmakers have been considering whether to raise their prices or take other measures in response. So far, only Tesla has announced plans to