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Forty-two German associations and trade unions representing more than 140,000 authors and performers urged the European Union to beef up draft artificial intelligence rules as they singled out the threat to their copyright from ChatGPT. Trade unions for the creative sector Verdi and DGB and associations for photographers, designers, journalists and illustrators set out their concerns in a letter to the European Commission, European Council and EU lawmakers. The letter underlined the growing worries about generative…

The European Union has reached a provisional agreement on transparency of crypto asset transfers, making it more difficult for criminals to use crypto currencies for money laundering.Negotiators from the Council presidency and the European Parliament reached the pact on the proposal updating the rules on information accompanying the transfers of funds, by extending the scope of those rules to transfers of crypto assets.The new agreement will enable the EU to deal with the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing…

European Union officials agreed Tuesday (June 7) on new rules requiring a uniform charging cord for smartphones and other devices, a move that would make life easier for consumers fed up with rummaging through a tangle of cables for the right one. EU negotiators said they inked a provisional agreement on a "single charging solution," part of a wider effort to make products sold in the 27-nation bloc more sustainable and cut down on electronic waste. The new rules, which will take effect by fall 2024, mean EU consumers…

The European Union on Monday extended for another 10 years its ban on mobile phone roaming surcharges for people using their European handsets while travelling in the 27-nation bloc.The "roam like at home" scheme is one of the more popular pieces of legislation for EU citizens and residents, allowing them to make calls and texts and use data in other EU countries at the same price as that charged in their domestic plans.The European Council representing the EU's member states said it gave final approval to extend the…