Taking Europe Seriously

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Altair Media Europe connects research, journalistic explanation and independent judgement to examine Europe’s technological, financial and institutional choices. This editorial outlines a constructive European approach: understanding how cooperation delivers results, giving progress serious attention and bringing the same analytical rigour to public debate and commissioned research.

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Can Europe Tax the Cloud?

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

If the cloud is the new ground on which economies run, who has the right to tax it? Europe’s challenge is no longer regulating markets, but governing a system where value, control and dependency have shifted beyond infrastructure.

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Building Europe: Design, Power and the New Urban Economy

Friday, April 10, 2026

Europe is quietly redesigning itself. Through the New European Bauhaus, cities become more than places to live—they become instruments of policy, value creation and identity. This series explores how design, technology and governance converge in Europe’s emerging urban economy.

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Who Pays for the Energy of Intelligence?

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as weightless software, yet every digital interaction depends on physical networks powered by electricity. As AI scales, telecom operators face a fundamental question of economics and governance: who ultimately bears the cost of powering intelligence at scale?

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The Battle for Visibility

Saturday, February 14, 2026

As algorithms and artificial intelligence increasingly determine what citizens see, media literacy can no longer focus solely on identifying misinformation. Understanding the infrastructures that shape visibility has become essential for democratic resilience and cognitive autonomy in Europe’s evolving digital public sphere.

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