Apple wants Europe to blink
… Apple managed to put USB-C chargers in its products when Europe forced the issue. Will Europe force the AI issue with Apple now, or will Brussels be the one to blink first? …
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User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
… For years there was ambiguity about how these two sets of regulations would interact, but in a notice published last year the EU confirmed that the existing smartphone and tablet rules “prevail over” the new, wider regulations. …
Our long national sunscreen nightmare is almost over
… Korea, Japan, and Europe have access to around 34 filters, while the US now has access to 16. …
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
… The European Union is currently debating a revision to the AI Act, and though the EU countries and the European Parliament were unable to reach an agreement in the most recent negotiations, whatever does end up coming out of that legislation will have a direct impact on how frontier AI models are d… …
There’s an internet choke point in the Middle East — is the solution in the North Pole?
… The group’s white paper notes that Europe’s data currently has three routes to Asia, none of them ideal: through the Red Sea, through Russia, or through the US, a “long route controlled by non-European entities.” The cable would make Europe’s data infrastructure more resilient, lower latency betwee… …
Temu fined more than $230 million by EU over illegal product sales
Temu has been fined €200 million about $232 million by the European Commission after it found that consumers are “very likely to encounter illegal items” on the popular Chinese e-commerce platform. …
Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview
… He described the global automotive industry as increasingly splitting into two separate markets: one centered around China and another around Europe and North America. …
Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are
… Its SolidCore batteries are coming to Europe later this year. …
Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it
… Discovery, Fox may not see much pushback from federal regulators. “In the US … I don’t think there’ll be any regulatory review,” Rayburn says, while casting doubt on an inquiry from the European Union, where Roku and Fox have a smaller footprint. …
Xiaomi 17T Pro arrives with the company’s biggest battery yet
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