How a small German state's bid to replace Microsoft with open-source alternatives like Linux and Kamailio faces issues, as the EU pushes “digital sovereignty”
Schleswig-Holstein's radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech
Source: Italian police searched the offices of the country's data protection agency, one of the EU's most proactive regulators, as part of a corruption probe
Italian finance police searched the headquarters of the country's data protection agency on Thursday as part of an investigation …Forums:Hacker NewsandSlashdotForums:Hacker News:Italy's privacy watchd...
EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump
Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels' willingness to stick with digital rule book X: @florian4gamers . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/EU_Economics X: Florian Mueller / @florian4...
The US threatens penalties against European companies, like Mistral and Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants
bsky.app/profile/tech... [embedded post] Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “With support from the U.S. tech industry, the Trump administration has taken an aggressive posture against other government'...
French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes the EU for being too slow to act on probes into Big Tech companies, attributing the delay to US pressure against DSA
www.politico.eu/article/brus... Forums: r/eutech : Macron says Brussels is ‘afraid’ of tackling US Big Tech r/europe : Macron said Brussels is too slow in its handling of probes into American Big Tech...
A look at the tussle between the US and China over subsea cables; US Big Tech now accounts for 70%+ of all used subsea-cable capacity, from <10% a decade ago
A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic
The European Commission's digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, says the EU is reducing regulation to boost AI investments, not due to US Big Tech or Trump pressure
Henna Virkkunen says efforts to cut red tape are not prompted by US pressure — The EU is cutting back tech regulation …
How Dutch privacy negotiators, empowered by GDPR, have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft, Zoom, and others, as the Netherlands punches above its weight
Natasha Singer / New York Times : Tweets: @avilarenata , @coolshannes , @juliesbrill , and @jason_kint Tweets: Renata Avila / @avilarenata : Europe could/must build its own sovereign, decentralised, ...
Analysis: Irish DPC has failed to apply EU's privacy laws to US Big Tech companies, with 98% of 164 significant complaints about privacy abuses still unresolved
Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints — Ireland is failing to apply … Source: Irish Council … .