The last two weeks in European digital sovereignty
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▸ Biometrics and standards advance cross-border digital ID
▸ Estonia approves smartphone voting for 2027 elections
▸ CCIA-funded study estimates €115 billion cost for EU’s CADA
▸ Canada joins EuroHPC as 39th member state
▸ Deutsche Bank and EIB mobilise €560 million for European SpaceTech
▸ EU and Canada agree associate membership framework and critical minerals pact
▸ Denmark resumes Collabora Office pilot for digital sovereignty
▸ SEMICON Europa 2026 highlights advanced packaging and AI
▸ Mistral releases Large 4 model for local deployment
▸ German BND to pay Google €500M for cloud despite sovereignty concerns
▸ Sweden bans government employees from using ChatGPT and Claude
▸ EU approves €319 million state aid for Austrian chip factory
▸ EU lawmakers criticise Frontex social media surveillance mandate
▸ Norway reports tripling of successful cyberattacks in six months
▸ Italy’s Z_One Fund raises over €35 million for AI and UrbanTech
▸ German AI startup Helsing unveils AI-powered missile defence system
▸ Luxembourg launches sovereign encrypted messaging service
▸ European teenagers win Youth Hacking 4 Freedom 2026
▸ EU targets Starlink with spectrum curbs and rival constellations
▸ OpenProject integrates EU’s open-source PM² methodology
▸ EU Digital Identity Wallets force payments to balance verification and privacy
▸ European teenagers win Youth Hacking 4 Freedom competition
▸ Denmark abandons Collabora Office migration plan
▸ Italy and Japan sign semiconductor and tech investment pact
▸ Gaia-X accelerates trusted data spaces with new leadership focus
▸ EU states approve GDPR changes to ease AI data processing
▸ AI coding assistants linked to tenfold rise in security flaws
▸ FCC bans devices with Huawei surveillance chips
▸ Chainguard CEO breaks PHP flaw embargo amid AI-driven cyber risks
▸ EU consortium launches mobile driver’s license interoperability project
▸ Open Source Summit urges European firms to boost open-source contributions
▸ ICEYE, Nokia and Ukraine’s Defence Ministry explore sovereign satellite communications
▸ Matrix protocol gains traction in EU public sector
▸ Critics question Microsoft sovereign cloud as data control concerns persist
▸ Palantir says NATO AI system lacks off switch after Ukraine disruptions
▸ BEUC seeks external advice on Digital Markets Act enforcement
▸ TIM partners with NVIDIA to expand sovereign AI infrastructure in Italy
▸ Von der Leyen’s coalition splits over AI liability rules
▸ Agencies urge immediate patching of critical PHP flaws
▸ EU plans Arctic cable to Greenland for digital security
▸ Publishers urge EU and UK to block Meta’s AI training data terms
▸ Dutch Photon Bridge raises €10M for AI optical interconnect lasers
▸ Socialists propose EU-wide ban on harmful deepfakes
▸ UK services disrupted after Google Cloud power failure
▸ Nvidia invests in four German AI startups as part of $10bn pledge
▸ Nvidia CEO warns Germany risks falling behind in AI
▸ Europe's mobile operators plan satellite-to-phone service to rival Starlink
▸ Nos and Telefónica sign defence tech partnership
▸ EuroHPC and GRNET inaugurate DAEDALUS supercomputer in Greece
▸ Germany to prioritise scaling Mastodon and open social web
▸ Investigation uncovers Palantir’s €1.4bn contracts across Europe
▸ Dutch cloud sector alarmed by US request for Amsterdam server seizure
▸ Osavul raises €8.5M to predict hybrid attacks
▸ Denmark grants public sector broad AI data processing rights
▸ Germany adopts age rules for social media ahead of d-you wallet launch
▸ Poland's Creotech Instruments to boost satellite capacity tenfold by 2029
▸ China tightens AI export controls
▸ French supermarkets hit by cyberattack disrupting refrigeration systems
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