Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group and president of ACEA, says that those who create the targets (i.e., the EU and national governments) have not created the markets and infrastructure, such as electric charging stations. #politicocompetitiveweek#europe#draghi#automotive#competitiveness

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” #geopolitics

An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia's Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin's online tactics (Thomas Rid/Foreign Affairs) Main LinkTechmeme Permalink

California enacts an internet-connected car data privacy law to curb domestic violence, requiring carmakers to make it easier to submit restraining orders, more (Reuters) Main LinkTechmeme Permalink

CA Gov. Newsom signed AB 2013 into law, requiring those behind publicly available generative AI models to post a summary of the datasets used to train them (Jeffrey D. Neuburger/National Law Review) Main LinkTechmeme Permalink

People who say that the #Draghi#politicocompetitiveweek

FCC's connectivity data in counties affected by Hurricane Helene: as of Sept. 30, 370 of North Carolina's 1,452 cell sites are out because of a lack of power (Kevin Collier/NBC News) Main LinkTechmeme Permalink

Google starts construction of a new $2B data center in Malaysia, says its investments would create 26,500 jobs and contribute $3B+ to Malaysian economy by 2030 (Rozanna Latiff/Reuters) Main LinkTechmeme Permalink

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One perplexing aspect of the Draghi report is that it compares the US telecoms sector to the considerably smaller European one. However, the same graph shows that the internet service economy (ie big tech) that runs on top of the networks is much, much larger than even the US telecoms sector.