The Walkman is back: gold-plated, copper-core, and $5,899
Sony is betting heritage can command luxury pricing, but an EU battery rule from 18 February 2027 could shape its European future.

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Sony is betting heritage can command luxury pricing, but an EU battery rule from 18 February 2027 could shape its European future.
Consumer demand for low-cost Chinese vehicles is colliding with regulatory resistance across the continent, and the outcome will reshape Europe's auto market.
A 2.1-inch Inuit carving reveals Norse-Indigenous contact a century before Columbus.
The French icon returns as an electric car, a direct answer to the Chinese rivals squeezing Europe's automakers.
The VW CEO says Brussels must reward real value creation as cheaper Chinese brands squeeze European automakers - and his support could shape the EU's industrial response.
The European Commission says AliExpress did not mitigate illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit risks, and that delay is now expensive.
The kill switch reality is colliding with Europe’s cloud, compute, and regulatory bottlenecks.