Sources: the EU plans light-touch rules for Airbnb and other rental companies, including providing data on usership, in a bid to unify laws across the bloc (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Barcelona-based Ukio, which runs a short-term apartment rental service, raised a €27M Series A led by Felix Capital, with €17M in equity and €10M in debt  —  Ukio, a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Airbnb launches a program to help renters find an apartment in 25 US markets and then list a spare room or occasionally the whole apartment on the platform  —  Airbnb really wants you to Airbnb an apartment.  So its latest step is to find renters a place, which they can also list on the travel booking platform.

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Commission announces the AI Liability Directive, seeking to make it easier to sue makers of AI-based drones, robots, and other products  —  The European Commission on Wednesday proposed rules making it easier for individuals and companies to sue makers of drones …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a full-scale investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition  —  U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is set to face a setback in its $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware (VMW.N) with EU antitrust regulators poised to open …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Microsoft will likely soon offer the EU concessions regarding the Activision deal; source: the main remedy would be a 10-year licensing deal to Sony  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) is likely to offer remedies to EU antitrust regulators in the coming weeks to stave off formal objections …