Technology

Europe Indecisive Whether It Wants to be Richer or Safer
In the quiet, residential suburbs of Sweden, the digital life of an ordinary 15-year-old girl appeared indistinguishable from that of her peers. Her public-facing profiles featured the standard architecture of teenage internet culture: short lip-sync videos, viral dance trends, and filtered selfies.
How Mainstream Social Media Grew An Unlikely Contract Killer
European governments are increasingly vocal about digital independence. But in fact they remain dependent on a U.S. firm that is already built into the most sensitive European workflows, from policing and intelligence to health care and defense.
Europe Now Wants to Abandon Palantir But Can't
Hybrid threats have long since ceased to be a set of individual attacks. They work as a single mechanism that exploits the weaknesses of the European information environment itself.
Europe Still Treating Symptoms, Not the System
In a dimly lit apartment in suburban Germany, a 17-year-old sits before a glowing monitor. He is not browsing traditional extremist forums or reading manifestos. Instead...
A Quiet Mutation, Inside Europe’s Network Of Tactical Radicalisation
The European Union is trying to turn its digital policy from a set of fragmented initiatives into an instrument of geopolitical influence.
Europe Seeks Digital Sovereignty Through Partnerships that Are Almost Non-Existent
From promises of effortless riches to Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar swings, financial markets turn uncertain. It then reveals the extraordinary concentration of global wealth and asks who truly benefits when markets rise or collapse.
We Are Poor Because We Are Morons
The opportunities for the European Union to cooperate with U.S. tech giants in order to grow its own tech leaders are being destroyed by European bureaucrats who want to take in as much money as possible.
The European Commission’s Drive to Maximize Revenue by Fining Tech Giants Erodes Europe’s Competitiveness
The European legislators want tech companies to seek prior consent before they can use data to train their artificial intelligence models.
Shortage of Data to Complement Shortage of AI Computing Power and Electricity in Europe
Janka Oertel argues that biomanufacturing will become a key technology behind the next industrial revolution.
Europe Again Risks Inventing a Future and Giving It Away to China