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AI coverage on Europa Now: models, rules and what European teams actually do with both.
AI
Google's Suncatcher satellite successfully runs AI model in orbit, generates space-themed poetry
Google's prototype orbital data centre has executed an AI inference task in space, with its onboard Gemma 4 model composing a haiku about the experience. The company now prepares to stress-test its custom TPU chips against the harsh conditions of the space environment.
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Salesforce Acquires Rune Technologies in $375M Defence Play
The cloud giant is expanding its military footprint with the purchase of an AI logistics startup already serving the US Army and Marine Corps.
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French Parliament Backs Controversial Data Tax, But Survival Uncertain
Lawmakers narrowly approved a €0.055-per-gigabyte levy on content delivery in a budget amendment, though the measure faces steep hurdles before it could become law.
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Brussels pumps the brakes on national social media bans, but Austria and Greece refuse to wait
The European Commission has asked EU member states to shelve their own age-restriction laws for a year while it drafts continent-wide rules. Several countries are pushing back, unwilling to delay protecting young users.
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UK regulator launches probe into Meta's publisher content terms
The CMA is investigating whether Meta's commercial agreements with publishers and advertisers breach competition law by allowing the platform to harvest content for AI training without consent.
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North Korea blamed for $6bn Binance theft as exchange restarts withdrawals
The FBI has attributed the massive Binance hack to North Korean actors, while the crypto exchange moves to restore user access after covering the majority of losses from its own reserves.
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General Motors to pay $220m over Smart Driver data sales to insurers
A coalition of US state attorneys general secured a settlement from GM over the automaker's sale of driver behaviour data to insurance companies without proper consent.
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AI spending surge forces Big Tech to halt share buybacks
Alphabet, Meta and other major technology firms have slashed shareholder returns to fund massive artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, marking a historic shift in capital allocation.