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AWS Executive Says 40% of European Startups Consider Leaving Region to Scale

October 21, 2026
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EU Tech Chief Says AI Act Can Contain Rogue Agents
Artificial Intelligence // October 11, 2026

The guardrails put in place by the European Union’s AI Act are capable of meeting the risk posed by rogue artificial intelligence agents, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen told Reuters in an interview published Friday (Oct. 9). “We see that the safety and security of very capable models...

Jamie Dimon Urges Economic Reforms to Prevent Decline of Western Democracies
Economy // September 29, 2026

Reforms in the United States, Europe and an alliance between the two could revive a West that is in military and economic decline, JPMorganChase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said in a Monday (Sept. 28) opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. should...

EU Regulator’s Priorities for 2027 Include AI and Tokenization
Legal & Regulation // September 24, 2026

The European Union’s securities regulator plans to make artificial intelligence and tokenization a supervisory priority starting in 2027, signaling a broader regulatory focus on how emerging technologies are being used across financial services. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said it will work with...

EU AI Act Transparency Rules Put Financial Institutions on Compliance Front Line
Artificial Intelligence // August 03, 2026

The European Union’s landmark AI Act entered a new phase on Sunday (Aug. 2) as the regulation’s transparency provisions became enforceable. With that step, the compliance burden shifts from artificial intelligence (AI) developers alone to banks, insurers, payments companies and other financial institutions deploying customer-facing...

Interviews & Exclusives
EU Procurement Standards Show Vendor Lock-In Is Growing B2B Liability

June 04, 2026
Government tech procurement has mostly come down to price, performance and who could land the contract fastest. The EU just signaled that era is ending. With its new Tech Sovereignty Package unveiled on Tuesday (June 2), the European Commission is repositioning procurement as an instrument of economic strategy and digital resilience rather than a purely […]

Europe’s Banks Get a Real-Time Reality Check

May 25, 2026
Europe’s instant payments agenda has crossed a threshold. The rails are largely in place. Now institutions face the harder task of rewiring everything around them. That’s the central finding of...

Brussels Wants Crypto Control. Washington Wants Momentum

May 21, 2026
The EU’s landmark crypto framework is entering its first recalibration phase, barely two years after implementation began. On Wednesday (May 20) the European Commission officially opened up to public and...

Busy Year in Big Tech Regulation May Have Been a Warm Up for 2026

January 01, 2026
A new presidential administration in the United States and a new executive commission in the European Union transformed technology regulation in 2025. They each had different views from their predecessors...

Quick Reads
AWS Executive Says 40% of European Startups Consider Leaving Region to Scale

October 21, 2026
An Amazon Web Services executive said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that nearly 4 in 10 European startups, and over half of the fastest-growing ones, have told the company that they would consider leaving the region to scale, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 21). “Startups say to us that they’re reconsidering locations because they want funding and support, […]

EU Tech Chief Says AI Act Can Contain Rogue Agents

October 11, 2026
The guardrails put in place by the European Union’s AI Act are capable of meeting the risk posed by rogue artificial intelligence agents, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen told Reuters in an...

Jamie Dimon Urges Economic Reforms to Prevent Decline of Western Democracies

September 29, 2026
Reforms in the United States, Europe and an alliance between the two could revive a West that is in military and economic decline, JPMorganChase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said...

EU Regulator’s Priorities for 2027 Include AI and Tokenization

September 24, 2026
The European Union’s securities regulator plans to make artificial intelligence and tokenization a supervisory priority starting in 2027, signaling a broader regulatory focus on how emerging technologies are being used...