EU 'Digital Omnibus' talks delayed after latest draft lacks member-state support
June 25, 2026
| Júlia Tar
AI developers, researchers and other data-intensive companies will have to wait for clarity on EU governments' approach to the digital simplification package after the proposal was withdrawn from Friday's meet... (more story)
Meta loses bid to end Illinois voiceprint suit over Facebook, Messenger audio
June 25, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
A US federal judge refused to end an Illinois biometric privacy lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms of collecting voiceprints through Facebook and Messenger, finding a factual dispute over whether the company’s vo... (more story)
US announces new Pax Silica initiatives on tech supply chains
June 25, 2026
| Bradley Dress
US officials on Thursday announced three new initiatives under the Pax Silica international cooperative focused on shoring up supply chains for emerging technologies, including a new declaration signed by more... (more story)
VRT faces new Belgian privacy decision after European data regulators’ ruling
June 25, 2026
| Matthew Newman
Belgian public broadcaster VRT will face a new decision on whether its use of cookie banners violates EU data protection rules, after an umbrella group of European privacy regulators ruled that a complaint is ... (more story)
Google Cloud not yet big enough for EU gatekeeper scrutiny
June 25, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
Alphabet’s cloud-computing business doesn’t yet warrant scrutiny under the EU’s digital law, the European Commission said after seven months of investigating its two rivals in the sector. Amazon and Microsoft ... (more story)
Microsoft, AWS are cloud gatekeeper services that need regulating, EU says (update*)
June 25, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
Cloud computing services owned by Microsoft and Amazon are important gateways for businesses deserving of stiffer regulation, the European Commission has found in a preliminary probe. It said Azure and AWS sho... (more story)
Australia's prudential regulator warns of frontier AI cyber risks
June 25, 2026
| Sean Maguire
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority warns that frontier AI models are creating a "paradigm shift" in cybersecurity risk, urging Australia's financial sector to share intelligence on vulnerabilities ... (more story)
EU tech head pitches digital sovereignty as allied interdependence, not US break
June 24, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
EU tech chief Roberto Viola cast Europe’s tech sovereignty push as a bid for trusted cooperation with the US, not a break from American technology. But he warned that US limits on access to frontier AI models ... (more story)