Unfair competition claims against 10 platforms, including Airbnb and Expedia Türkiye’s leading tourism organization filed a lawsuit seeking to block access to several foreign travel and booking platforms, including Airbnb and Expedia, citing unfair competition and a lack of regulation. The Association of Turkish Travel […]

This week’s stories are about tech and AI, coming from the EU, Taiwan and the USA EU ends buying telco equipment from high-risk suppliers, expected to hit Huawei The European Commission (EC) unveiled plans to phase out equipment from so-called high-risk suppliers in critical infrastructure, […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and social media, coming from Australia, Korea, Netherlands and the USA Global AI race and Greenland’s rare earth minerals Greenland’s vast reserves of rare earths and other critical minerals are drawing renewed geopolitical attention as the United States […]

Sharp decline in Turkish startup investments and no Series C or later-stage investments were recorded during the year Venture capital (VC) investment in Turkish startups fell sharply in 2025, reflecting a broader slowdown across European tech markets as deal activity and funding sizes declined amid […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI, startup and sustainability, coming from Korea, Norway and Saudi Arabia South Korea’s revised AI Basic Act to enter into force South Korea’s revised AI Basic Act is set to take effect Jan. 22, marking a major shift in […]

Regulations revised in 2024 allowed duty-free imports for noncommercial goods worth up to 27 Euros per order, plus a 3-Euro shipping allowance Türkiye removed a 30-Euro ($35) duty-free allowance for noncommercial goods purchased from abroad via mail or express cargo, according to a presidential decree […]

Turkey owns 1,200 AI startups about 70% of which were founded after 2020 Turkey’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is expanding rapidly, fueled by a surge in global investment, a growing startup base and an increasingly influential diaspora, according to the Turkish Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem and […]

This week’s stories are about tech and AI, coming from Taiwan and the USA New AI and deepfake regulations before US midterms New state laws taking effect in 2026 will address artificial intelligence (AI), paid family leave, health insurance costs and voting rules as states […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Japan, the UK and the USA AI boom brings more than 50 new billionaires in 2025 Explosive growth in artificial intelligence (AI) helped create more than 50 new billionaires in 2025, as record investment, […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Korea and the USA New York signs new AI legislation New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation requiring developers of the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems to adopt formal safety frameworks, disclose […]