‘You have to be serious’: Macron criticises Trump’s mixed messages about Nato and Iran Speaking in South Korea, the French president defended the transatlantic alliance and called for return to peace

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Apple at 50: how Asia fuelled its rise to the top Japanese industry and Chinese manufacturing prowess played roles in the tech giant’s success, with consequences for both

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Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty The open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms.

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AI turbocharges Big Tech, but Europe risks another Nokia moment By Andreas Kornelakis

AI turbocharges Big Tech, but Europe risks another Nokia moment
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Europe’s Structural Leverage in the Semiconductor Ecosystem www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/12/03/2...

Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics From Ukraine to Iran, Elon Musk’s service has become an arbiter of foreign policy.

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What impact is AI having on British firms and the jobs they offer? - LSE Business Review So far, AI is reshaping employment in Britain through gradual restructuring rather than mass displacement.

AI is reshaping employment in Britain through gradual restructuring rather than sudden mass displacement. But while firms benefit from efficiency gains and cost reductions, the implications for labour markets and inequality are substantial.

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European Tech Sovereignty Requires Digital Leverage, Not Self-Sufficiency Anke Hassel & Frieder Mitsch make the case that the EU should prioritize strategic capacity over policies that risk isolating the bloc.

European Tech Sovereignty Requires Digital Leverage, Not Self-Sufficiency by @ankehassel.bsky.social , et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/fSqkYJz?refe...

EU weighs curbs on national powers to block mergers Several failed banking takeovers have prompted Brussels to consider changes to bloc’s rules

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Samsung workers' strike plan would disrupt chip supply, union chief says The biggest workers' union at South Korea's Samsung Electronics has threatened to disrupt chip production as members vote on a plan to strike in May, its leader told Reuters. A strike at the world's ...

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung workers' strike plan would disrupt chip supply, union chief says ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung...

From Cork to Brussels: workers are flagging the risks of #EUInc.

Trade unions rallied in @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social’s home city to warn of the risk of opening loopholes that would drive down workers' pay & conditions.

Europe’s future must be built on strong rights, not a race to the bottom.

Manufacturing gravity: credit ratings as the makers of safe assets What explains the enduring market influence of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch despite their conspicuous role in repeated crises? This paper argues that both the recurrent failures and the resilient authori...

👇👇👇This definitely goes into my EU capital markets reading list. Check out this insightful💡article on the conspicuous role of credit rating agencies by @bartazsofi.bsky.social at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Technological innovation, industry platforms or financialization? A comparative institutional perspective on Nokia, Apple, and Samsung The puzzle of how Nokia lost the smartphone wars has intrigued recent scholarship. Despite Nokia’s dominant position in the mobile phone industry and its technological capabilities and reputation f...

😀Delighted that our article on #technological #innovation & #financialization with @dimitrapetrakaki.bsky.social is leading🥇the latest issue of @businesshistory.bsky.social & has attracted more than 8k views! @digitcentre.bsky.social @kingsbschool.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New research shows how better pay and training could rescue social care in England - LSE Business Review Low pay, job insecurity and post-Brexit recruitment challenges are plaguing the adult social care sector in England. With rising demand and chronic underfunding, work conditions are only getting…

Low pay, job insecurity and post-Brexit recruitment challenges plague the adult social care sector in England.

Better pay and training may be the answer.

@universityofleeds.bsky.social

EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine Sanction comes despite Trump’s threat of retaliatory tariffs over digital regulations

EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine on.ft.com/4m6m2OK

Pay and Train to Sustain: A Dynamic Human Capital Resources View of the Relationship Between HRM Practices and Organizational Performance Over Time The relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational performance has received considerable attention in the literature. Most extant studies, however, have taken a sta...

Delighted about our new article 'Pay and Train to Sustain' with A Georgiadis @universityofleeds.bsky.social at the Human Resource Management journal @wiley.com It is available #OpenAccess #HRM #Pay #Skills @kingsbschool.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Nuffield Foundation announces £150 million funding commitment to tackle UK’s biggest social challenges - Nuffield Foundation The Nuffield Foundation launches a major new Strategic Review, backed by a £150 million spending commitment, to fund research and innovation.

Nuffield Foundation announces funding to tackle UK’s biggest social challenges www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/nuffiel...

Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator The tech giants both expressed concern at the rulings, but said they will co-operate with investigations.

"Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator" from BBC. Unless the UK authority (CMA) takes strong action just like the EU against Google, the Big Tech giants will dominate the market with detrimental results for consumers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What Do Content Moderators Do? Emotion Work and Control on a Digital Health Platform Content moderation determines the type of data displayed on platforms. Although this type of work is conducted online without interpersonal interactions, it does not remain emotionless. This article ...

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Uncovering the highly skilled emotional work of content moderators Health care platform moderators use strategies to manage distressing material while staying engaged enough to protect vulnerable users, finds a new study.

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Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds ‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligence

Bang goes the "AI will solve the problems of the world" thesis
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The brutal truth about today’s lay-offs Dismissing people by email or phone is still distressingly common and needs to stop

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Trump NLRB Pick Has History of Crushing Unions A new financial disclosure for Crystal Carey, Trump’s nominee to be general counsel of the NLRB, reveals a long list of anti-union clients including Amazon, Apple, and Trader Joe’s.

“Carey’s nomination as NLRB general counsel is certainly another example of Trump’s attacks on workers and the right to organize,” said @epi.org senior policy analyst Margaret Poydock.

Some of Crystal Carey's clients: Amazon, Trader Joe’s, and Apple.

Technological innovation, industry platforms or financialization? A comparative institutional perspective on Nokia, Apple, and Samsung The puzzle of how Nokia lost the smartphone wars has intrigued recent scholarship. Despite Nokia’s dominant position in the mobile phone industry and its technological capabilities and reputation f...

Delighted that our article on technological innovation & institutions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... with @dimitrapetrakaki.bsky.social appears as the most read article in the last 12 months! Thank you @businesshistory.bsky.social #BuzHis

Always exciting to see new research coming out about @careopinion.org.uk and online patient feedback 😍

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Donald Trump has threatened to slap 25% tariffs on the European Union claiming the 27-country bloc was “formed to screw the United States”.
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It's a very sad day. Just notified that @iza.org is closing its doors as of 31 December 2025. At a time when labor is under attack and technological change moves at an ever-faster pace, I can't help but think that this is a short-sighted decision. My heart goes out to those folks who work there.

The illustration depicts a person wearing a graduation cap throwing the "X" logo into a trash bin. Nearby, a blue bird lies on the ground with X-shaped eyes, symbolizing its demise. The scene is set in a simple, grassy landscape under a cloudy sky, metaphorically representing the abandonment of X (formerly Twitter).

We have a massive academic base on Bluesky, we can lobby unis to quit X. The French are leading on this, others can do it too.
3 more French unis quit Twitter:

Université Paris-Saclay
@univparissaclay.bsky.social

Université PSL
@psl-univ.bsky.social

Sorbonne Université
@sorbonne-universite.fr

In 1987 already, Donald Trump bought full-page ads in major newspapers to call for America to stop paying to defend other countries.