Regulation from Brussels and national capitals, and what it means for tech.
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A column published by Version2 argues that Denmark's latest plan to rescue its ageing state IT systems comes roughly 10 years too late. The piece opens by recalling an earlier moment when a Danish minister spoke in grave terms about the same problem, and it uses that memory to question why action is only being demanded now.
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The European Commission has ordered capitals, starting with Austria, to pause national social media bans while the unified EU law is finalised.
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An EUobserver opinion piece by a Polish mother opposing a Palantir contract with Poland, noting Switzerland rejected Palantir's offers over security concerns.
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Critics say the European Commission's impact assessment for the planned Kids Act, which would require age checks online, underplays risks to fundamental rights.
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The European Central Bank has brought Deutsche Telekom and Spain's Telefónica into the digital euro project. According to the sources, the two companies belong to consortia that are meant to provide connectivity services for the planned digital currency. Golem.de describes the decision as the ECB's choice of the two telecoms groups for building the network behind the digital euro.
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France's National Assembly has voted in favour of a tax of €0.055 per gigabyte of data. The levy is intended to be paid by large streaming and internet companies, with Netflix and Google named as examples. The vote has drawn a reaction from VideoLAN, the organisation behind the widely used VLC media player, which has raised an alarm about the measure.
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Xavier Niel, the founder of the French telecoms group Free, has sharply criticised the authors of a proposed tax on digital data traffic. Asked about the measure on X, he called its backers "ignares incompétents", which translates roughly as ignorant and incompetent people. His remarks came after the proposal was approved in the French National Assembly on Friday.
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A Danish opinion piece argues that the funding for digital sovereignty is ready but the ministry must document how to use it best. It offers three proposals.
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Canada is set to join the EU's supercomputing network, a first step toward middle-power cooperation on AI compute.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor calls for tighter limits on sharing sensitive police data, especially traveller data, with US authorities under the planned border partnership.
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A new fee will take effect in early November as part of the European Union's customs reform, according to heise online. The charge applies to direct imports from countries outside the EU, and the source warns that such purchases could become more expensive as a result.
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An EUobserver piece examines how European procurement and sovereign AI ambitions overlook women-led technology firms. Its central argument is that the way the sector is currently structured leaves women at a disadvantage, a pattern the headline describes as male-dominated by design.
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Version2 warns that relying on US technology may become troublesome for organisations, and asks whether they are prepared for the consequences.
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Ireland, a major European data centre hub, is tackling local opposition to data centres. The article looks at its approach.
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Automated, continuous surveillance began last week at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin, according to netzpolitik.org. The system combines cameras with software that constantly checks whether the people present behave in the way that is desired. The outlet frames the deployment around one question: how does this kind of monitoring change the place where it operates.
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Um den Ausbau nicht zu gefährden, sollte der Gesetzgeber Fristen verlängern und Kosten realistischer berechnen, warnt ein Vermieterverband.
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A Danish technology outlet, Version2, has published a piece under the headline that Elon Musk has spelled out the need for Europe to put turbo on its efforts toward tech sovereignty. The article places that call alongside a broader observation about how European work on the issue is currently organised.
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Tre selskaber står til at bygge det danske Palantir-alternativ, og på Marienborg er topministre samlet med forsvarsteknologiens spidser for at lægge vores store tech-strategi.