Newsletter: The quest for the EU’s tech independence

Good morning from Brussels. This is Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to kick off your Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT First, an exclusive: The European Commission is set to criticise the Italian government’s cuts to excise fuel duties in a report published later today, arguing that such untargeted measures are ineffective. This after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Brussels for even more fiscal flexibility to respond to the energy crisis stemming from the Iran war, as…

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Cardano’s TapTools Winds Down After Losing 5 Execs

TapTools, a Cardano-focused real-time analytics platform, has begun winding down after its fifth top-level executive departure, compounding leadership instability and making continued operations unsustainable. TapTools said in a post to X on Tuesday that it would begin winding down over the next two weeks, and noted the departure of its two…

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Financial struggles are taking a toll on men’s mental health: survey

Over half of men admit that financial struggles have made them feel like they’ve fallen short of “being a man,” according to a recent survey. In honor of Men’s Mental Health Month in June, the survey polled 2,000 men, evenly split by generation, to investigate how money difficulties and societal…