As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines

Google avoided a US ad tech breakup. Megan Kirkwood examines whether the EU can pursue its own structural remedy and what stands in the way.

Google avoided a US ad tech breakup. Megan Kirkwood examines whether the EU can pursue its own structural remedy and what stands in the way.

The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.

The Justice Department is examining whether the tech giant sought to sidestep antitrust scrutiny.

Judge Leonie Brinkema has rejected the Department of Justice’s request to break up Google’s advertising business as a remedy for illegal monopolisation, but agreed to impose “most” of the behavioural ...

ChatGPT is designated a search engine under the EU executive’s decision.

Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond

On July 10, 2026, Meta was found preliminarily in breach of the European Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that aims to protect user’s fundamental rights online. The investigation took issue wi...

Megan Kirkwood breaks down Google’s €890M Digital Markets Act fine, self-preferencing findings, Play Store rules and the next phase of enforcement.

Megan Kirkwood breaks down Google’s €890M Digital Markets Act fine, self-preferencing findings, Play Store rules and the next phase of enforcement.

Megan Kirkwood breaks down Google’s €890M Digital Markets Act fine, self-preferencing findings, Play Store rules and the next phase of enforcement.

The new prime minister must protect the UK's economy, security and democracy by addressing the threat of dominant Big Tech and AI monopolies.

The UK’s over reliance on a small number of foreign technology companies is putting our economy, security and democracy at risk.

Mark MacCarthy says the decision will result in a relatively minor increase in executive power.

The European Commission has joined W Social, a closed-source platform. Megan Kirkwood asks what that reveals about Europe's digital sovereignty agenda.

MPs have urged the government to cut ties with Palantir and the Federated Data Platform (FDP), and to begin looking for an alternative.

Focus is expected to shift to making technology work for local communities rather than US companies

The UK’s over reliance on a small number of foreign technology companies is putting our economy, security and democracy at risk.

The president can fire members of the Federal Trade Commission without cause, the Supreme Court has said, overturning a 90-year-old precedent that insulated the antitrust enforcer from the White House...

The signs suggest continuity more than change, writes Tech Policy Press fellow James Ball.

As the EU opens mobile ecosystems under the DMA, Apple and Google are framing interoperability rules as privacy and security risks, writes George Colville.

Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Amazon Web Services are on a collision course with the European Union’s tough digital competition rulebook, after an initial probe into their power over the cloud.

For more than a decade, UK governments have introduced successive child safety measures, responding to public concern about the availability of content that is either unsuitable or harmful to children...

Many people in Europe see the open social web as a path to digital sovereignty. This week demonstrated a problem: the assumption that European governments actually want to be sovereign.

As Palantir's recent UK contract losses highlight concerns over procurement, pricing and the lack of evidence behind its claims, writes Martha Dark.

The Free Software Foundation Europe's intervention in Apple's DMA challenge is a test case for civil society's role in tech regulation, writes Megan Kirkwood.

The Free Software Foundation Europe's intervention in Apple's DMA challenge is a test case for civil society's role in tech regulation, writes Megan Kirkwood.

Anthony Whelan’s appointment to DG COMP raises questions over EU competition policy, tech regulation, and Europe’s competitiveness agenda, writes Mark Dempsey.

The European Commission has decided not to extend the Digital Markets Act's interoperability rules to social media, closing off a potential pathway for adoption for open social networks.

Staff from consultancy firms drafted in to work on Federated Data Platform project set to benefit

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The Commission says the DMA has effectively contributed to the core objectives of making digital markets in the EU fairer and more contestable.

: Microsoft Copilot now heading into ‘Official Sensitive’ work after winning back just 26 minutes a day in a trial

CADE decided Thursday to open a formal investigation into Google's use of news content, including in its AI overviews.