THE 2026 EUROVISION Song Contest was watched by 131 million viewers, organisers said Friday, down 35 million on the year before after Ireland and four other countries boycotted over Israel’s participation.
The EU is betting big on cloud computing and chips to reduce its technological dependence on the US and China, and to re-enter the global tech race. But whether it will succeed and how the two superpowers will react remain open questions.
As of Thursday June 4, “Qwant will replace Google as default search engine on European Parliament computers,” officials told lawmakers in an email seen by POLITICO.
Airbus explores building a Canadian helicopter assembly plant if selected for federal defense contracts including the C$18.4B nTACS fleet renewal program.
Why the Dutch government blocked the takeover of DigiD infrastructure by an American company, and what that says about privacy, digital autonomy, and European data sovereignty.
I looked up different brands of sunscreen and was thinking that others could be interested. The brands are the most common (they were high up on the top list for a couple of different pharmacies) in Sweden, it might be different brands in other countries. Unfortunately I couldn’t see where any of the sunscreen is produced when I search for the brands online.
The European Union has opened an investigation into Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com’s proposed €2.2 billion takeover of German electronics retailer Ceconomy, which is the second-largest shareholder of French group Fnac Darty. Regulators suspect the bid may involve Chinese subsidies.
Temu was hit with a 200 million euro ($232 million) fine Thursday after a European Union investigation found the Chinese online retailer failed to protect consumers from illegal products like toxic or hazardous toys and unsafe electronics.
The EU should more assertively defend itself against major global competitors, a group of countries led by France has said in a policy paper … just days before a major strategy debate on China inside the European Commission.
Microsoft has reportedly shared the names of Dutch civil servants working for two regulatory agencies with the U.S. House of Representatives. The agencies involved include the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), according to an article published on Friday by Vrij Nederland.
This is the introductory text of a petition from Germany calling on the President of the European Commission to enforce existing law rather than granting exemptions to U.S. tech giants on her own initiative, without consulting the public:
They offer 5GB of storage in their free plan, which is enough for my use case of storing important files while my other files are backed up in my little self-hosted Nextcloud. (so should my Nextcloud instance go bad, my important files are still in the cloud!)
Europe’s leading artificial intelligence firm, France’s Mistral AI, said on Tuesday it has acquired Linz-based Emmi AI for an undisclosed sum, aiming to enhance its offering for industrial clients across Europe.
So I bought this 15meter Ethernet cable from a local shop here in Greece, which looks like to be from Germany, but I can’t figure if it’s made there.
The package poins to goodconnections.com, but it redirects to Alcasa.de
The page is german but is easy to understand without knowing any german.
If there is no "(coutry code)" its supporting at least germany, with luck more
Most European organisations default to US hyperscalers because it’s the path of least resistance. Digital sovereignty has stopped being a Brussels buzzword. An overview of five EU cloud providers - OVHcloud, Scaleway, Hetzner, STACKIT, UpCloud - and what each one is good for and where each one fits.
With recable, you can get repairable, fair charging cables made in Germany for your smartphone. USB-A, USB-C, Micro-USB, Lightning (iPhone), we have them all!
May’s update brings full public transport support in Organic Maps a step closer. A bus, train, ferry, or tram stop is a starting point for the transit lines tha…
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has acquired data analysis software from the French company ChapsVision as an alternative to products from the controversial US firm Palantir.
The French software is capable of analysing large volumes of data using artificial intelligence and is intended for use in counter-terrorism and counter-espionage.
The BfV is the first federal authority to adopt a European alternative to Palantir, whilst several state police forces continue to rely on Palantir applications.
Spain’s popular payment platform Bizum is preparing to enter physical retail stores in a move that could reshape the country’s payments market and increase pressure on international card providers such as Visa and Mastercard. Starting May 18, Bizum Pay will allow customers to make direct account-to-account payments at shop counters using near-field
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