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France and Germany working out how to tax big tech
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France suggests a sunset clause

The European Union is working out a way to tax big tech and thinks that an agreement could still be found by the end of the year.

French try and give robots a pizza the action
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Escargot of taste just got up and went

The French claim to have replaced all pizza makers with a robot, although the example they produced is hardly a real pizza.

Xiaomi to open retail store in Vienna
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Wednesday, 09 May 2018 12:22

Xiaomi to open retail store in Vienna


Coming to Italy and France in May

Xiaomi is definitely entering a few more European markets. Xiaomi confirmed that it will start officially offering its devices in Italy and France and it is about to open up a retail store in Vienna too.

Macron wants France to win AI war
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Tuesday, 27 March 2018 11:04

Macron wants France to win AI war


No surrendering this time

French President Emmanuel Macron touts artificial intelligence as the next technological frontier France cannot afford to miss, and will launch a major “offensive” this week.

France drags Apple and Google to court
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018 10:42

France drags Apple and Google to court


Evil contract terms

France will take Google and Apple to court over contractual terms imposed by the tech giants on startups and developers.

UK and France ally over AI
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Thursday, 25 January 2018 10:37

UK and France ally over AI


Brexit backdoor remaining

While the UK government is frantically trying to show that it is really about Brexit, it is apparently doing deals with the French on artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity, digital government and tech skills.

French want new words for “smartphone”
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Wednesday, 17 January 2018 14:40

French want new words for “smartphone”


Something a little more French

The French always have a problem when it comes to English words entering their language and have been desperately coming up with something to replace those nasty roast-beef eating words which come from the world of tech.

Apple investigated for “planned obsolescence”
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French do not like the idea of battery throttling

Officer of the lure, Inspector Clouseau, is taking on his biggest case to bring down the fruity cargo cult Apple.

France revolts against Amazon
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Monday, 18 December 2017 11:36

France revolts against Amazon


Give us 10 million euros to surrender

The French government has filed a complaint with the Paris Commerce Court against e-commerce company Amazon for abusing its dominant position with some suppliers, newspaper Le Parisien said.

France says “non” to mobiles in schools
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017 13:11

France says “non” to mobiles in schools


Public health issue


The French government is planning to ban students from using mobile phones in the country's primary, junior and middle schools.