Europe's startup ecosystem, which had 35,000 early-stage companies in the EU and the UK in 2024, per Atomico, is hindered by complex and varying regulations
Start-ups are booming in the European Union, but experts say bureaucracy keeps them from expanding across borders. Bluesky: @cyrilpedia Bluesky: Thiago Carvalho / @cyrilpedia : ‘More start-ups have fo...
Google proposes Search tweaks in the EU to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia
Google has proposed more changes to its search results in Europe after some smaller rivals complained about lower traffic …
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Lloyd Coombes / iMore : Apple's biggest iOS 18 and macOS features, including Apple intelligence, won't come to the EU this year becaus...
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Aastha / Sam Lover : Samsung Galaxy AI Stands Alone as Apple Intelligence Lacks Presence in Europe Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder ...
Estonia blocks an EU VAT reform that would have imposed new liabilities on short-term rental services like Airbnb and passenger transport services like Bolt
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France and Germany dominate the EU's tech regulation, rarely taking input from the bloc's smaller tech-oriented members, which worry about hampering innovation
it's in Central and Eastern Europe. It's time that these countries speak with one voice on the kind of digital decade they would like to see. https://www.politico.eu/... @e_estonia : “The problem in t...
Germany says it will adopt a decentralized approach to digital contact tracing backed by Apple and Google, abandoning its home-grown alternative
Germany becomes the newest to sign on to #decentralized tracing apps! Check out the coverage via @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... Andrus Ansip / @ansip_eu : Germany changed course on Sunday over w...
Medical groups say the new federal data-sharing rules, allowing patients to access health records through apps, lack strong data protections to preserve privacy
Americans may soon be able to get their medical records through smartphone apps as easily as they order takeout food from Seamless or catch a ride from Lyft. Tweets: @yoda , @yoda , @yoda , @ragnarsma...
A look at Estonia's four and half year old e-residency program, which now has 55,000 e-residents and is unlikely to attain its original goal of 10M by 2025
Instead of the goal of gaining 10 million e-residents by 2025, Estonia is now focusing on security and usability.
In this month's parliamentary elections in Estonia, 44% of about 561K votes counted were cast online using the e-voting system, setting a new digital record
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