The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its “regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures”
What You Need to Know for Your Next Trip Mohd Haider / Benzinga : Elon Musk Reacts To US Travel Ban On Former EU Commissioner: ‘...Gets His Dessert’ Sky News : EU warns of possible action after US bar...
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs”
without knowing almost anything about you.. — www.wired.com/story/new-an... @evacide : If you live in the US, you may be more concerned than ever about what happens when law enforcement shows up at ...
Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months”, which is required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket
here's how Meta plans to pull it off X: Jose Montes de Oca / @josemontesdeoca : @WhatsApp is about to feel a lot less like a walled garden for EU users. @Meta is rolling out third party chat integrati...
The UK proposes laws to protect public services from cyberattacks, including regulating companies providing services to private and public sector organizations
We've all seen how our public services & businesses can be crippled by cyber attacks, costing £15b a year. — This bill aims to help protect our key services like the NHS, transport & energy from att...
The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA
But muh freeze peach!! Maria Farrell / @mariafarrell : Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA “is censorship”, — a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dy...
The UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in search and ads, but excludes Gemini; Google has warned such oversight could slow product launches
Update Natasha Lomas Euractiv / Euractiv : Google's search and ads business to face tougher rules in the UK Holly Williams / The Standard : Google may be forced to loosen control of search engine in U...
How Turkmenistan turned censorship into a lucrative extortion scheme by intentionally restricting internet access in order to sell its own VPNs to citizens
In July 2021, a sudden drop in Tor usage in Turkmenistan called our attention. Tor would come to understand that this marked … Mastodon: @torproject@mastodon.social Mastodon: @torproject@mastodon.soc...
Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
UK's Online Safety Act requires blocking minors from accessing mature content Asha Bardon / CBR : Steam Now Needs Your Age & ID Verified When You Buy Mature Video Games Richard Devine / Windows Centra...
The US starts publishing GDP data on nine public blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with the help of Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini
together with DOC, we're showing how. David Tso / @davidtsocy : Coinbase is partnering with the U.S. Department of Commerce to bring official government macroeconomic data onchain GDP, inflation (PCE)...