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EU BRIEFING
This morning, the European Union addresses pressing issues including digital regulation and geopolitical dynamics.
This follows recent developments influencing member states’ policies.
Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot, is offline in a major outage due to unexpected capacity constraints affecting its global services.
European governments are keen to collaborate with ICEYE, a Finnish space company specialising in mini satellites. These high-resolution radar satellites provide critical Earth observation and military reconnaissance capabilities, reinforcing national sovereignty for allied nations.
TRT World says investors speculating over whether Elon Musk will complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc have sent company shares to their lowest level.
The Guardian says Investors have wiped $126bn (£100bn) off Tesla’s value amid concern that Elon Musk may have to sell shares in the electric carmaker to fund his personal contribution to his $44bn acquisition of Twitter.
The Independent says Twitter confirmed “fluctuations in follower counts” largely came from “organic” account closures.
The Guardian says Elon Musk, Twitter’s biggest shareholder, has decided not to join the social media company’s board, its chief executive Parag Agrawal has said.
France24 says Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.
TRT World says Facebook and Instagram users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.
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