The EU unveils EU Inc., a single bloc-wide proposal that lets companies incorporate in 48 hours, to help European startups compete with US and Chinese rivals
The European Union has unveiled a red-tape-cutting plan dubbed “EU Inc.” to boost the emergence of companies that could compete on the world stage with US and Chinese rivals.
Meta agrees to let rival “general purpose AI chatbots” access WhatsApp for a fee in Europe for a 12-month period to avoid potential interim measures from the EU
Artificial intelligence rivals will be allowed on WhatsApp for a year, Meta Platforms (META.O) said …
TikTok says it won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and its safety teams from reading messages when needed and it wants to protect young users
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.
Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is poised to start testing changes to its search results to give rivals more prominence …
A draft proposal outlines the European Commission's “Apply AI strategy”, which is set to be presented on October 7 and aims to “strengthen EU AI sovereignty”
Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals
Sources: China held talks about merging a group of chip equipment makers into a national champion but faced pushback over ownership structure and valuation
Beijing wants ‘megamergers’ to help fragmented sector face large US and European rivals — Beijing is facing obstacles in its push …
Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a “strategic market advantage” over rivals, subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines
Washington Examiner :
Tokopedia sellers say Tokopedia's strengths have eroded since its TikTok Shop merger in Indonesia, driving thousands of sellers to join rivals, including Toco
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok- ... [image] @restofworld.org : As TikTok looks to change course to comply with U.S. laws, a similar experiment in its second-largest market is unraveling. — New: restof...
Jensen Huang calls US AI chip export controls “a failure” that spurred Chinese rivals, cutting Nvidia's market share in China from 95% to 50% over four years
World's top AI semiconductor maker says export controls have accelerated Chinese rivals' advances
Microsoft plans to shut down its Bing Search APIs on August 11; a source says the largest customers will retain access, and DuckDuckGo says it won't be affected
Microsoft is limiting access to tools that boosted its rivals, but larger customers like DuckDuckGo say they won't be affected.