European Commission to track drones using 5G The European Commission intends to use technological tools to more quickly detect drones in the airspace. 5G and AI will…
Meta blocks external AI on WhatsApp: EU wants urgent intervention The European Commission has officially notified Meta of possible interim measures after the company blocked third-party…
Hackers steal data of European Commission and Dutch government employees The European Commission has found traces of a cyberattack in the IT infrastructure used for managing mobile endpoints. T…
EU reshuffles the privacy cards: fewer rules, less privacy? The ‘Digital Omnibus’ marks a new policy regarding privacy protection in the EU to reduce the administrative burden for…
European Commission raps Grok and X for sexually explicit deepfakes: “Unacceptable degradation” The European Commission is investigating whether X has taken sufficient measures against sexually explicit deepfakes of…
EU postpones fiber optic deadline to 2035 The European Commission has proposed the renewed Digital Networks Act. This includes postponing the deadline for full Eu…
European Commission revises Cybersecurity Act with more focus on high-risk suppliers The European Commission proposes a revision of the Cybersecurity Act and amendments to the NIS2 Directive to strengthen…
EU revises telecom rules: ‘voluntary’ framework for tech giants The European Commission’s revised Digital Networks Act assumes voluntary cooperation from American tech giants, instead…
Cloudflare refuses to censor 1.1.1.1 resolver and fights Italian fine of 14 million euros Cloudflare threatens to leave Italy after the country issued a fine of 14 million euros to the company. The fine is due…
Intel loses 16-year-old EU antitrust case After 16 years, Intel loses an antitrust case to the European Commission and must pay millions of euros in fines. The Eu…
EU project coordinated by Belgium aims to streamline cyber incident reporting The Leuven-based organization LSEC is leading a new European project that aims to streamline cyber incident reporting fo…
Will Gaia-X season 2, starring sovereignty and trust, attract more viewers? Gaia-X gives itself a new start during its Summit in Portugal: after a first season focused on development and experimen…
X responds to triply earned DSA fines by blocking EU account X has deactivated the European Commission’s advertising account after the commission fined the social network 120 millio…
X receives EU’s first DSA fine: 120 million euros for triple violation of rules The European Commission fines X 120 million euros for violating transparency rules under the Digital Services Act. The b…
European TestDevLab acquired by US-based Xoriant to further international ambitions The Latvian software testing company TestDevLab is joining the American technology company Xoriant. The acquisition shou…
European Commission Scrutinizes Cookie Rules: Fewer Banners Will cookie banners disappear soon? The European Commission wants cookie preferences to be set centrally in the browser.…
EU Wants to Enforce Ban on Huawei in Mobile Networks The European Commission is considering stricter measures regarding Huawei. Member states would no longer be allowed to c…
EU Wants to Water down AI Act under Pressure from Trump and American Tech Giants The European Commission is considering weakening the AI Act. Violations of rules around high-risk AI that could negative…
5 Years of OS Updates for Smartphones: Mandated by the EU, but not Really? Since this summer, the EU has required smartphone manufacturers to be more ecological with their new devices. In additio…
Chat Control Temporarily Buried: EU Abandons Plan for Mandatory Surveillance Backdoor in Chat Apps The EU is temporarily abandoning its plan to mandate backdoors for mass surveillance in apps like WhatsApp and Signal, f…
CISPE Critical of European Commission’s ‘Sovereignty Scores’ The European Commission is introducing a new system to express sovereignty in points. CISPE fears that this system will…
Google again calls for EU action against Microsoft cloud licensing Google is once more reminding the European Commission that Microsoft’s cloud licenses undermine competition. Google is t…
US: “EU Must Prove that Digital Rules Don’T Penalize US Firms” The US wants the EU to prove that regulations such as the DSA and DMA do not penalize American tech companies. Otherwise…
SAP under Scrutiny in European Antitrust Investigation The European Commission launches formal investigation into whether SAP restricts freedom of choice for ERP software main…
Apple Wants to Scrap the DMA as Soon as Possible: “Bad for Consumers” Apple would ideally see the Digital Markets Act disappear today. According to Apple, the legislation is bad for consumer…
EU Investigates whether Big Tech is Actually Helping Prevent Financial Fraud The EU has launched an investigation into Google, Apple, and Microsoft. The Union wants to know whether the tech compani…
“EU Wants to Deny American Tech Giants Access to Financial Customer Data” Europe wants to exclude Apple, Meta, and other large tech companies from the FiDA regulations, which will govern access…
Controversial European ‘Chat Control’ Law Called into Question (Again) The European Union is attempting to push through the controversial bill to weaken encryption of chat applications once a…
EU Court Upholds Legality of Data Transfers between EU and US via Privacy Shield Successor The EU Court maintains the current regulations on data transfers between the EU and the US. The regulations thus pass a…
Google No Longer Required to Divest Advertising Unit by Europe The European Union will not require Google to divest its advertising services and will only impose a light fine. This in…
US Considers Sanctions for Officials Applying European Technology Laws The US is considering putting pressure on the EU. Countries or officials who apply the DSA could expect American sanctio…
Why your Zoom call doesn’t stutter: Visiting a European testing hub for global applications Between app development and end-use lies the wondrous world of testing. All applications you use daily are thoroughly sc…
Focus on EU and US: why Tech Companies in Small Latvia Think Big from the Start Latvia has barely 1.9 million inhabitants, but that’s not a disadvantage for the tech companies in the capital Riga. On…
Intel Pulls the Plug on Planned European Chip Factories There will be no large modern chip factory from Intel in Magdeburg, Germany, and a billion-dollar investment in an assem…
Meta Disagrees with AI Act Code of Conduct: “Europe is Heading in the Wrong Direction” As of August 2, companies like OpenAI, Google, and Meta must comply with obligations for “general purpose” AI models und…
European Exascale Processor Ready for Production SiPearl has finalized its Rhea1 processor and transferred the design to TSMC for production. The chip is intended to pow…
EU Decision on Apple and Meta is Finally Settled: 500 and 200 Million Euro Fines Respectively Apple and Meta have violated the Digital Markets Act, and face fines of 500 and 200 million euros respectively. The EU’s…
European Commission Considers Leaving Microsoft The European Commission is considering moving its cloud environment from Microsoft to a local provider. OHVCloud is ment…
