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EU considers increasing broad corporate levy to collect more from tech giants

The European Commission is considering increasing a proposed levy on large companies to collect more money from Apple, Meta, Google and other US technology businesses, the Financial Times reported, citing six officials familiar with the discussions. The Corporate Resource for Europe proposal would …

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October 2026 9 events
  1. OpenAI opens optional API text watermarking and plans EU rollout
  2. Collibra buys trail ML to add automated AI compliance controls
  3. PwC and Cohere announce enterprise AI alliance starting in Canada
  4. Cloudflare adds deployment automation and regional storage controls to Artifacts
  5. Alibaba holds preliminary power talks with Solaria for Spanish data centre
  6. EU plans November gatekeeper designations for AWS and Azure
  7. EC-Council releases expanded AI governance framework free of charge
  8. Cloudflare opens access requests for EuroLLM and Apertus on Workers AI
  9. EU regulators question Binance's reliance on licensing exemption
September 2026 37 events
  1. Google appeals EU mandate to open Android to AI rivals
  2. Repario says it acquired legal services provider UnitedLex
  3. European aviation regulator approves AeroSHARK film for Airbus A330-300
  4. US seeks to join X's challenge to EU digital services fine
  5. EU and EIB launch pact to draw institutional investors into scale-up funding
  6. EU proposes energy and water ratings for large data centers
  7. Draft EU Kids Act would impose age-based access rules across online services
  8. Novadip raises €10.4 million to complete pivotal bone-graft trial
  9. AWS adds Gemma 4 open-weight models to Bedrock in EU sovereign cloud
  10. EU proposes associate membership path for Canada
  11. Apple to allow alternative EU app tracking consent screens
  12. Ryft secures €23 million Series B for payments expansion
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  1. European Commission proposes age limits for social media
  2. EU chief backs pathway for Canadian associate membership
  3. Von der Leyen proposes EU talks on slowing frontier AI
  4. EUCLYD raises more than €200 million for AI compute systems
  5. Ferm Labs raises €3 million for ingredient bioprocessing expansion
  6. Chift raises €10.5 million to expand financial-data connections
  7. Li Auto targets fourth-quarter European sales
  8. Amazon Quick desktop app ships for macOS and Windows with EU sovereign cloud gap
  9. Pony.ai and Verne begin fully driverless robotaxi rides in Zagreb
  10. OpenAI pauses $200 ChatGPT Pro sign-ups, citing Astra demand
  11. Figma launches Japan data residency for enterprise file hosting
  12. EU antitrust watchdogs deepen scrutiny of Broadcom's VMware licensing changes
  13. EU Cyber Resilience Act vulnerability reporting obligations take effect
  14. Anthropic adds statistical text marks to two Claude models
  15. Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over alleged paywall bypass
  16. OpenAI plans reporting framework after German wiki episode
  17. Binance reportedly continues EU operations after MiCA licensing failure
  18. Tensive secures €20 million EIB loan for regenerative breast device
  19. Vara says CE certification permits autonomous triage of normal mammograms
  20. Backbone raises €4 million for food-quality software
  21. China issues overseas pricing guidance for automakers
  22. EU court leaves Microsoft Edge outside DMA gatekeeper rules
  23. iPremom raises €15 million for prenatal-diagnostics validation
  24. EU seeks AI Act compliance information from more than 30 companies
  25. Anthropic adds text watermarks to Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1
August 2026 25 events
  1. Reform UK proposes replacing UK GDPR with New Zealand-style privacy law
  2. Elekta secures up to €100 million EIB loan for treatment technology research
  3. Nexeon completes €116.7 million round for UK battery-materials expansion
  4. ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox face stricter EU scrutiny after user threshold
  5. Lupin Dental closes €15 million Series A for dental robotics
  6. PLD Space receives €158.9 million ESA launcher award
  7. VitalFluid secures €17.2 million for plasma-based crop-protection rollout
  8. Motion raises €1.7 million to scale humanoid-robot deployments
  9. MAASH secures €12.15m for mycoprotein demonstration plant
  10. TCS approves €320 million acquisition of Porsche IT subsidiary MHP
  11. Dutch watchdog reportedly preparing €825 million Uber fine
  12. Anthropic's text watermarking reaches edited Claude output
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  1. Slovakia deactivates traffic cameras after reported Russian backdoors
  2. EU reportedly favors technical DMA compliance orders over major fines
  3. China bars compliance with EU measures in JD.com-Ceconomy probe
  4. Anthropic adds text watermarking to future Claude models
  5. Apple agrees EU tracking-prompt changes in German competition case
  6. Anthropic details planned Claude text watermarking system
  7. Versatile RobotX secures more than €1.17 million for farm-robot rollout
  8. Anthropic says new Claude models will mark generated and processed content
  9. Apple is working on iPhone-to-Windows copy-paste for EU users
  10. EU Chips Act 2.0: Ambition requires funding
  11. UK data watchdog monitoring OpenAI and Anthropic after rogue AI agent hacks
  12. EU court rejects Broadcom bid to block Commission demand for U.S. legal papers
  13. EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation
July 2026 24 events
  1. Oxford Publishes First Live AI Safety Benchmark for Information Operations Risk
  2. Ominimo closes EBRD-led Series B at about $1.6bn valuation
  3. Greyparrot raises $27M Series B to scale AI waste intelligence
  4. OpenAI picks Dublin docklands site for European headquarters, plans 250 jobs
  5. The Paramount-Warner Bros. Clock Is Ticking: What's Next for the Megamerger Amid Antitrust Battle With States?
  6. EU fines Google €890M for competition breaches over search and apps
  7. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Reaches Major Milestone in ITER Nuclear Fusion Project
  8. 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
  9. Pebble Mega Update, July 2026
  10. Global Companies Are Facing a Patchwork of AI Rules
  11. EpilepsyGTx Taps ClearPoint Neuro for EPY201 Clinical Trial Delivery
  12. How Infineon is Increasing Semiconductor Supply With New Hub
Show 12 earlier events
  1. FSB Center 16 Exploited Default Router Passwords to Map Critical Infrastructure for Years
  2. Japan Cracks Down on AI Misinformation Ahead of Elections
  3. Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act
  4. EU Authorizes Novel Food Ingredient Designed to Curb Gradual Weight Gain
  5. EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA
  6. AI Regulation: Partial postponement no longer ruled out
  7. EU court upholds multi-billion-euro antitrust fine against Google
  8. EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0
  9. SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its smartest model yet, available in Grok Build, Cursor and console
  10. Our approach to government and national security partnerships
  11. EU AI Act Research Exemptions May Disrupt Publication Norms at Major AI Conferences
  12. EU Court of Justice upholds €4.1 billion Google Android antitrust fine, dismissing final appeal
June 2026 5 events
  1. US proposes AI partnership with EU on regulation and semiconductor supply chains
  2. Compromise Necessary but Not Sufficient for AI Preemption
  3. Arkeon Lands Seed Investment to Boost Quantum Chip Production Yields
  4. EU Finalises Code of Practice for AI-Generated Content Marking and Labelling
  5. Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
May 2026 2 events
  1. EU Research Service Warns VPNs Are a 'Loophole' in Age-Verification Laws
  2. Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
April 2026 28 events
  1. EU says Meta fails to keep children under 13 off Facebook and Instagram
  2. South Africa withdraws national AI policy after discovering fake academic citations
  3. Europe accelerates push to reduce reliance on U.S. technology
  4. EU sanctions Chinese firms over Russia ties; Beijing retaliates with export controls on European defence companies
  5. International Operation PowerOFF Warns 75,000 DDoS Users, Takes Down 53 Domains
  6. European Governments Shift from WhatsApp to Local Messaging Apps
  7. Age verification technologies face privacy and accuracy challenges
  8. AI-Generated Influencers Reshape Online Trust and Attention Economy
  9. Survey: 84% of Europeans Distrust US Tech Companies With Personal Data
  10. Estonia opposes EU-wide child social media bans, citing enforcement concerns
  11. Tesla Wins First European Approval for Supervised Self-Driving Software in Netherlands
  12. Cohere and Aleph Alpha in Merger Talks to Create European-Canadian AI Challenger
Show 16 earlier events
  1. Estonia Opposes EU Child Social Media Bans
  2. France Plans Migration from Windows to Linux to Reduce U.S. Tech Dependence
  3. French Government Accelerates Migration from Windows to Linux
  4. EU Parliament Blocks Extension of Mass Chat Scanning Program
  5. Microsoft Copilot terms of service clause sparks scrutiny over output reliability
  6. Apple takes App Store fight with Epic to Supreme Court
  7. EU CSAM scanning legislation expires, leaving tech firms in legal limbo
  8. Italian court orders Netflix to refund customers for subscription price increases
  9. Microsoft's Copilot terms label AI output 'for entertainment purposes only'
  10. European Commission breached in supply chain attack on security tool Trivy
  11. Ireland trials digital wallet for social media age verification
  12. Hacking group steals 92 GB of EU data in major cyberattack
  13. European Commission Cloud Hack Exposed Data of 30 EU Entities, CERT-EU Says
  14. Lawsuit Claims Perplexity's Incognito Mode Shared Private Chats With Google and Meta
  15. European Commission Cloud Infrastructure Breach Leaks Hundreds of Gigabytes of Data
  16. EU Institutions Ban Staff From Using Fully AI-Generated Images and Videos in Official Communications
March 2026 10 events
  1. Meta Faces Thousands More Lawsuits Over Teen Harm After First Major Accountability Ruling
  2. Nebius Announces $10 Billion, 310-Megawatt Data Center in Finland as European AI Infrastructure Race Accelerates
  3. European Commission Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Claims Intrusion
  4. Henlius receives two positive CHMP opinions recommending serplulimab approval for nsqNSCLC and ESCC in Europe
  5. Austria Moves to Ban Social Media for Children Under 14
  6. ShinyHunters Claims 350GB Data Breach at the European Commission
  7. Mistral CEO proposes EU revenue levy on AI providers to fund content creators
  8. EU AI Act enforcement status update as of March 2026
  9. EU delays tech sovereignty package with AI and Chips Act 2
  10. US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials
February 2026 2 events
  1. Vietnam's AI law takes effect, first in South-east Asia
  2. European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakers' devices, citing security risks