Italy Cuts Fuel Taxes As Iran Crisis Drives Oil Higher; Germany Refuses Relief Despite Windfall

House GOP Unveils Bill To Extend Key Surveillance Power Until 2029 Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Republicans on Thursday unveiled legislation to extend for three years a surveillance authority that permits the collection of communications from non-U.S. persons located abroad without a warrant. The U.S. Capitol building on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House Rules Committee released the nine-page bill, which would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through April 30, 2029. Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance targeting foreign individuals...

Google Retreats On 'Parasite SEO' Crackdown In Europe To Head Off EU Antitrust Fine Alphabet's Google said on Friday that it has changed how it enforces its spam rules in Europe, following concerns from EU regulators that the policy could unfairly hurt news publishers and other websites that carry content from commercial partners. The Google logo outside the company's offices in London on June 24, 2025. Carlos Jasso/Reuters The dispute centers on Google's policy against "site reputation abuse," a practice often called "parasite SEO." It occurs when a third party publishes content on...

US Moves To Further Restrict China's Access To Advanced AI Chips Authored by Evgenia Filiaminova via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued new guidance to prevent Chinese companies from obtaining advanced U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chips, such as Nvidia’s most sophisticated Blackwell processors, through overseas subsidiaries. The May 31 guidance clarifies that export licenses are required for entities headquartered in China or Macau, regardless of where their affiliates are located. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said that licensing requirements for advanced computing items destined...