Deregulation
EuroNews – European Parliament to take Commission to court over technology patents
Ursula Von Der Leyen’s European Commission has become little more than an institutional lobbyist for American big tech. Read the article HERE.
Big Tech
Finance
John P. Ruehl – Technology Empires and the Race to Cement Dominance
The US-China tech duopoly risks polarising the world into two camps. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several […]
Finance
Branko Milanović – How to prevent an increase in income inequality due to new technologies
The introduction of labour-saving technology like AI reduces the percentage of income which goes to workers, unless government action is taken to ensure otherwise. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His […]
Geopolitics
EuroNews – EU defends sovereign right to regulate tech against Trump’s latest tariff threat
After capitulating to Trump, did the European Commission really thing it would end there. The trade deal was agreed a month ago and The Donald is already back for more. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Alina Utrata – Starlink, the Cloud, and Corporate Dependency
US corporations control the critical digital infrastructure of not just the US but also many other countries, including in Europe. That level of corporate control puts democracy at risk. Dr Alina Utrata is a political […]
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory: Coded for Privileged Access – How Big Tech Weakens Rules on advanced AI
The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code. […]
EU politics
Politico – EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs
Let’s see whether when it comes down to it, Von Der Leyen is really prepared to take on Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Jem Bendell – It’s The Empire, Stupid: Trump, Tariffs, the Dollar, Big Tech, EU Regs and CBDCs
Behind the media circus around Trump’s latest shenanigans, there is a serious agenda to entrench the American empire. Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cumbria, UK. He has recently published the book ‘Breaking […]
Geopolitics
Cédric Durand – Fragile Leviathan?
On Trump and big tech. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War
What does Deepseek tell us about the relationship between the tech oligarchy and market competition? Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from […]