Your phone is Europe's biggest digital sovereignty problem: fewer than a million of the EU's 350 to 400 million smartphones are European-made. A five-part deep dive on the dependency and what it would take to change it. With a free source appendix and a PDF edition.
By Christian Triantafillou Schade
A 14-organisation consortium completed the Horizon Europe-funded OpenWebSearch.EU project after 42 months, delivering a federated European Open Web Index pilot with 39 billion URLs crawled across 185 languages. The pilot demonstrates technical, economic and sovereignty benefits for Europe’s digital autonomy and trustworthy AI, according to the
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A survey of 1,500 businesses in the UK, France and Germany found 74% fear a US government-imposed cloud 'kill switch' could disrupt operations. More than half said they could not operate for more than a day without cloud services, highlighting reliance on a small number of
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By Christian Triantafillou Schade
By Christian Triantafillou Schade
By Christian Triantafillou Schade
By Christian Triantafillou Schade
Russia’s new AI law, effective 1 September 2026, defines ‘sovereign’ and ‘national’ AI models that must store data in Russia and comply with state-defined values. The law aims to export this model abroad despite Russia’s reliance on foreign components and lagging AI capabilities, Atlantic Council reports. (ATLANTICCOUNCIL)
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Swiss firm xorlab secures €5 million in Series A+ funding to expand its AI-driven email security platform across Europe, targeting DACH, Benelux and Nordic markets. The round was led by Spicehaus Partners, with existing investors also participating. xorlab’s platform processes data in European data centres to support DORA,
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Flower Labs, a Cambridge University spinout, launches Endeavor 1.0, a locally deployable AI model it claims matches OpenAI and Anthropic's leading models. The startup positions the open-source-based model as a sovereign alternative for European organisations seeking to reduce reliance on US providers. Flower Labs, founded
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U.S. states are consolidating fragmented digital identity systems into enterprise platforms to combat AI-driven fraud, including synthetic identities and deepfakes. A NASCIO survey of 47 states and territories finds 51% using centralized approaches, with 70% citing funding shortages as a key obstacle. States increasingly treat identity as foundational
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Nvidia expands its IP licensing strategy by offering NVLink Fusion and NVHBM technologies to competitors like MediaTek, Amazon, and AMD, embedding dependence on U.S. semiconductor IP. MediaTek integrates NVLink Fusion into its datacenter XPU designs in exchange for a $3.5 billion convertible bond investment, while Amazon adopts NVHBM
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The European Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine and Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms under the Digital Services Act. The move subjects the U.S.-based services to direct EU supervision, requiring them to assess and mitigate systemic risks, including effects on
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The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking awards a contract to Bull for deploying an AI-optimised supercomputer in Kajaani, Finland. The system will power the LUMI AI Factory, advancing Europe’s digital sovereignty in high-performance computing. (EUROHPC JU) EuroHPC JU Signs Contract to Deploy the LUMI-AI SupercomputerThe EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
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Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency has allocated €508,640 to Flatpak for two years of development focused on security, sandboxing and networking. The investment aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty through open-source software infrastructure. (XDA-DEVELOPERS) Germany's investment in Flatpak to advance European digital sovereignty through
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A 14-organisation consortium completed the Horizon Europe-funded OpenWebSearch.EU project after 42 months, delivering a federated European Open Web Index pilot with 39 billion URLs crawled across 185 languages. The pilot demonstrates technical, economic and sovereignty benefits for Europe’s digital autonomy and trustworthy AI, according to the
(#source_openwebsearch.eu)
The European Central Bank states the digital euro will provide the maximum level of privacy for offline transactions, addressing surveillance concerns raised by regulators. The claim follows ongoing debates over privacy in central bank digital currencies. (COINDESK) ECB claims CBDC will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance
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Digital sovereignty is going mainstream, yet the most personal computer of all sits in 350 to 400 million EU pockets, and fewer than a million of those phones are European-made. The full deep dive is out now.
Three vendors — Fobi AI, WISeKey and Atsign — announced updates integrating post-quantum cryptographic standards into digital identity platforms. Fobi’s AltID 3.0 converts KYC results into credentials, WISeKey links its WISeID platform to post-quantum PKI hardware, and Atsign’s X-Wing combines ML-KEM-768 and ML-DSA-
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Gaia-X AISBL welcomes Legal Data Space as a new member to enhance Europe’s data sovereignty infrastructure. Legal Data Space contributes a legal layer for data spaces through governance, compliance and smart contracts, supporting cross-border data sharing. The move aims to reduce reliance on non-EU legal frameworks.
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() Please stop using Amazon and Google to run your smart homeBuild a more resilient and open smart home.howtogeek.com
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