Brussels bets on chip designers after Chips Act misses production target
The European Commission has put €525 million behind a new design platform for start-ups in a sector where EU firms earn less than 1 per cent of global revenue.
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French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyber attack as investigator claims €118 million stolen
Cryptocurrencies are increasingly being used to make quick payments and transfers at a lower cost, avoiding market fluctuations.
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Binance shares details of €5.7 billion crypto heist
The case highlights that even well-resourced crypto conglomerates remain vulnerable to basic endpoint intrusions and workforce phishing schemes.
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Google’s Gemini chatbot may breach EU copyright laws
The advisory opinion stems from a case brought before Hungarian courts by website operator Like Company against Google Ireland, part of the Alphabet group.
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France’s Socialists push through per-gigabyte internet tax by one vote
During budget debates in the Palais Bourbon, an amendment introduced by the Socialist parliamentary group passed through the National Assembly.
Brussels freezes national social media bans for children
Austria's plan is the first to be halted as the EC tells member states to wait for its own 'Kids Act' to clear negotiations.
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North Korean hackers steal €5.85 billion from Binance
Investigators attribute the breach to TraderTraitor, an elite cyber warfare unit operating under Pyongyang’s state intelligence apparatus.
Greece bans social media for under-15s ahead of EU rules
The ban takes effect on January 1 and leaves age checks to the platforms, with only the governing party voting for it at every stage.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay record penalty over Facebook data privacy
The judgment lands as the European Commission pursues its own cases against the company over platform design and advertising.
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AfD confirms cyberattack as 421,000 internal emails appear online
The material on the site is dated from 2014 through to September 2026, which sits awkwardly with the party’s account of dormant mailboxes.
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Prosecutors say Israeli firm had access to Polish Pegasus data
There have been allegations in several countries that it has been used in surveillance against political opponents of sitting governments.
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Polish minister caught citing fake story about Russian bots’ demise after Ukrainian attack
After the attack on Yandex, graphics with charts appeared on the internet suggesting a decline in the activity of Russian bots.
French AI flagship Mistral announces new model
Firms and states, it said, should not have to rely on a closed-model vendor that could "arbitrarily turn off their cyber defence capabilities".
Dutch intelligence service warns not to hold secret talks in a modern car
Microphones fitted for voice control and emergency calls can, in technical terms, be switched on from outside the vehicle.
Dutch police arrest alleged ShinyHunters leader suspected of plotting murders abroad
The 24-year-old was seized in Amsterdam six days before the hacking group claimed to have broken into an FBI recruitment site.
US seeks to join Musk’s court challenge to EU digital fine
Washington's request lands in a case where X is already backed by Alliance Defending Freedom International, which accuses the European Commission of trying to pierce…
Pope Leo XIV tells UNESCO artificial intelligence cannot answer the search for meaning
The first papal address to the UN body in 46 years came as the European Commission moved to loosen parts of its own AI rulebook.
India and Europe turn space into a new arena for competition and cooperation
Their capabilities are different, but complementary enough to compete industrially while cooperating on Earth observation, disaster management and security.
Google fined €403 million for EU location-data breaches
Ireland is Google’s lead EU supervisor because the company’s European headquarters are in Dublin.
Anthropic finds its chatbot in Iranian ministries and Yemen rockets
Anthropic reveals that its chatbot, Claude, was misused by Iranian ministries and Yemen groups for cyber operations and weapons development, prompting account bans…
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Brussels forces Google to lower quality of searches in the EU
The European Commission’s own decision records that Google’s previous display was better for users in several of the disputed boxes.
Brussels designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under Digital Services Act
The European Commission gains investigative powers over how the services work. Fines for serious breaches can reach 6 per cent of worldwide annual turnover.
Google eases EU spam rules on publisher sites after Brussels probe
The company said the change would take effect on August 30, covering the 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.
US exposes Italy-based tech collective used by violent far-left groups and terrorists
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said far-left terrorism was “a profound threat to the United States and the broader West”.
Meta settles US child-safety claims for up to €15.5 billion
The deal resolves litigation originally filed by 29 states in 2023 and later joined by additional states and territories.
Draghi’s new group on European sovereignty opens with Swiss HQ, US tech and failed AI hedge fund
Day-to-day direction falls to Luis Garicano, a Spanish economist at the London School of Economics and a former MEP, who is listed as executive director.
French PM admits few ministries meet cyber standards after large hacks
A detailed proposal for the unit's organisation, rules of engagement, resources and leadership is required by August 21.
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They leak twice: Tusk government unaware for two years of data breach affecting 19 million Poles
He said that "we are dealing with an extraordinary and very large incident in terms of the security of Poland's information sphere".
Lagarde says Europe cannot afford to miss AI as its growth model erodes
The European Central Bank chief told business leaders in Geneva that fragmented markets and fragmented finance are stopping European firms from reaching global size.
Phone numbers of UK ministers surface online after Burnham impersonation scam
The details of three cabinet ministers were found listed on the internet days after the Prime Minister exchanged texts with someone posing as a senior White House…