EU financial firms face DORA penalties as enforcement begins
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The enforcement era of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has started after the European Supervisory Authorities published the first incident overview on 3 June 2026. National authorities are now cross-checking ICT risk management data and issuing penalties, with fines ranging up to 20 million euros or 10% of
(#source_The-Recursive)By Christian Triantafillou Schade
EU Commission lists Apple’s acquisition of Czech firm under DMA cases
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The European Commission’s Digital Markets Act case portal lists Apple’s planned acquisition of Czech materials science company PlasmaSolve s.r.o. as an active case under the DMA framework. The transaction involves Apple’s subsidiary acquiring all shares and key employees of the Czech firm. (DIGITAL-MARKETS-ACT-
(#source_digital-markets-act-cases.ec.europa.eu)By Christian Triantafillou Schade
EU launches €30 billion plan to build seven AI gigafactories
The European Commission opens bidding for seven AI data centres, four smaller and three larger, with public funding capped at €2 billion per project. Consortia must secure national backing from Germany, Greece, Portugal, Italy or Spain for larger hubs, or Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France and Poland for smaller ones. The
(#source_Politico)By Christian Triantafillou Schade