In this last episode before the summer break, we address falling beer sales in the Netherlands, and the ongoing Council battle of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Also, Amrit Nanda from Plant ETP joins us to explain the latest on the Commission’s regulatory changes on gene-editing. Check out their “Plantastic Discoveries” on their website: https://www.plantetp.eu/information-hub/ […]
Yaël Ossowski joins us this week to discuss the latest regulatory news for end-to-end encryption and artificial intelligence in the European Union. Regulators seemingly doing, again, more harm than good. Check out EU Tech Loop: https://eutechloop.com/ July 4, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
In this week’s episode, we discuss the mayor of Barcelona’s measure to cut Airbnb licenses, we bring on Yaël Ossowski to explain Apple facing new potential fines for self-preferencing, and Chief Marketing Officer of Ryanair joins us to discuss their fight with Online Travel Agents (OTAs), and how his airline believes that consumers are being […]
I was back on Fox News to discuss the recent European elections. You can watch the entire interview below:
This week’s episode is co-hosted with CCC board member Chad Swarthout, who joins us to discuss his views on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and the use of VR headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. June 6, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
In this episode we talk about the incoming Dutch government, a new CCC project in Europe called EU Tech Loop, and we host EPICENTER Director Adam Bartha to discuss the protests in Georgia against the foreign agents law, and how the law will jeopardise the relationship between Georgia and the EU. May 23, 2024 Follow […]
Fabio Fernandes is helping us unpack the latest tech news this week. We’re talking about why your iPhone’s battery is draining way too quickly, and what we make of the latest innovations in LLM’s, as well as Sam Altman’s idea for “Universal Basic Compute”. Follow Fabio on X @DeFariaeSilva. May 16, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever […]
This week I have some audio from last weekend’s FDP party convention in Berlin, as well as stories about probes in Meta for disinformation tracking, and Bulgaria’s new gambling ban. May 2, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
La Chambre des représentants des Etats-Unis a récemment adopté un projet de loi qui obligerait le propriétaire du réseau de médias sociaux TikTok à vendre ses activités aux Etats-Unis à une entreprise américaine. Selon ce projet de loi, soutenu par le président Biden, ByteDance aurait six mois pour vendre TikTok à une entreprise américaine, sous […]
Les entreprises technologiques sont la cible d’une surveillance politique sans précédent à Washington. Alors que l’Union européenne prend des mesures sévères à l’encontre des grandes entreprises technologiques, le gouvernement des Etats-Unis s’oppose également à la manière dont les géants de la technologie mènent leurs activités. Mais dans quelle mesure les régulateurs punissent-ils le succès, sous […]
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