Intel wants US and Europe to press ahead with sweeteners to big chip makers
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Gelsinger awaits your cheque

Chipzilla Chief Executive Officer [kicking] Pat Gelsinger urged the US and Europe to push ahead with efforts to bring back chip manufacturing which means basically giving chip makers large subsidies to set up shop.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT could cost as high as €300 in Europe
Published in Graphics


Nowhere near MSRP

Although the Radeon RX 6500 XT has been announced with a rather reasonable $199 MSRP, it appears that retailers/e-tailers have a slightly different idea and those could cost €300 in Europe.

US wants to stop Chinese coming up with interesting new technology
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Europe invented stuff and the US stole it first 

US Commerce Secretary Gina Marie Raimondo has told the world+dog that the country that invented paper and gunpowder must not be allowed to invent any new stuff, because that is Western society's job.

Facebook to stop transferring data to the US
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Thursday, 10 September 2020 12:18

Facebook to stop transferring data to the US

 
Irish say we don’t trust you

A European Union privacy regulator has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the US about its EU users.

Europe moving to a right to repair law
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 12 March 2020 11:49

Europe moving to a right to repair law


Apple in trouble

The European Commission has set out a plan to move towards a ‘right to repair’ for electronics devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops.

Europe is the king of e-commerce world
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Tuesday, 03 December 2019 10:16

Europe is the king of e-commerce world


Most prepared

European countries hold eight of the top 10 spots on UNCTAD's Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019, which ranks 152 countries on their readiness to engage in online commerce.

Europe planning to develop own reusable rockets
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We can’t rely on Space X

The European Commission has revealed a new three year project to develop technologies needed for two proposed reusable launch vehicles so that it does not have to rely on Space X.

Xiaomi Mi 9T now official in Europe
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:01

Xiaomi Mi 9T now official in Europe


A lot of phone for €329

Xiaomi has now officially launched the Xiaomi Mi 9T in Europe, and with a price of €329, it packs a lot of punch with notchless 6.39-inch AMOLED screen and Snapdragon 730 SoC.

The West is Huawei with the fairies
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 21:38

The West is Huawei with the fairies


Opinion: 5G is an accident waiting to happen

I first encountered Huawei in, I think, the 2000s, when I was still editing the INQuirer. It was showing off some network infrastructure kit – new to the game, it was a contender. But now it is way more than a contender, it's made big strides in the technology field.

Europeans concerned about US data influence
Published in Cloud


More to fear from the Americans than the Chinese

European politicians are concerned that the United States has too much power over European data.