schizoidman

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60420469

France’s largest employers' federation, Medef, swiftly backed Macron’s position.

“The world is reorganising,” said Medef president Patrick Martin, who described the situation as “very serious”. He said France and Europe must now focus on competitiveness and cutting back regulation as global trade tensions rise.

Business group France Industrie echoed the call for action.

Its president, Alexandre Saubot, urged French manufacturers to consider suspending US investments as a show of strength. “To negotiate from a position of strength, we have to be ready to use all the levers at our disposal,” he said.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60408809

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Additionally, the Commission envisions expanding Europol's role, effectively transforming it into a European equivalent of the FBI, with enhanced operational capabilities.

Granting Europol the ability to access encrypted data can only mean one thing: Brussels is proposing some form of government-mandated backdoor for communication platforms protected by end-to-end encryption.

• A Reuters tally shows at least 21 politicians are on the app, with some boasting thousands of followers.
• "If you want to communicate with your electorate, you need to go where your electorate are and some of them are on Xiaohongshu," said Mr Laxale

• Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco)

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35528933

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20339770

The South Korean electronics group revealed last month that the value of its exports to China jumped 54 percent between 2023 and 2024

According to the consultancy SemiAnalysis, Samsung is the “biggest supplier of HBM into China,” which is used in Huawei’s Ascend 910 series of AI chips.

The South Korean group’s contract chipmaking business also partnered with Kunlun to produce the Core P800, an AI chip released in February that also incorporates Samsung HBM.