Malaysia, Singapore recast sovereign AI around policy choices
July 08, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Malaysia’s and Singapore's national strategies suggest that, for smaller economies, sovereign AI is becoming less about technological self-sufficiency than about combining targeted domestic capabilities with g... (more story)
India's WhatsApp intervention tests the boundaries of platform regulation
July 08, 2026
| Freny Patel
India's proposed suspension of WhatsApp's usernames feature tests whether existing law permits government intervention in product design before deployment. This raises broader questions about executive authori... (more story)
US privacy enforcement remains conventional under increasingly politicized FTC
July 06, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has taken a conventional approach to enforcement of privacy matters, even as his commission has taken a more disruptive approach to other issues.
Streaming platforms seek EU court guidance on Belgian copyright rules
July 03, 2026
| Inbar Preiss and Matthew Newman
Belgian streaming platform Streamz, Spotify, Google and other companies will ask the EU's highest court on July 6 and July 7 to determine whether Belgium can require streaming platforms to make additional paym... (more story)
Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain
July 01, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration’s push to accelerate quantum computing applications and deployment faces significant constraints, including to shore up supply chains for the critical and emerging technology. Presiden... (more story)
Tech companies to face more Irish probes as minors' safety comes into focus
July 01, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Tech companies can expect more investigations from Ireland’s media regulator under the EU’s Digital Services Act in the next six months — even as existing probes are already facing procedural court challenges.... (more story)
Slaughter ruling, Ferguson move narrow US FTC, DOJ merger differences
June 30, 2026
| Flavia Fortes
The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter is likely to be remembered for transforming the Federal Trade Commission's independence. But it also underscores a quieter shift in US merger enforcement: ... (more story)
Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court
June 30, 2026
| Jean Comte
Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)