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“The Swedish government wants to strengthen ties with US tech giants, despite the Trump administration’s potential influence over these companies. This is according to Minister for Public Administration Erik Slottner (KD) in Ny Teknik. “What is happening in the US is rather proof that we need to have a strong relationship with these tech companies – perhaps even stronger than we have today. Europe is an important market for them, and they are very keen to have a good relationship with us.” He mentions Google, for example, as a partner he wants to continue to have on his digitalization council.”

I just discovered Nordwolle thanks to “Lage der Nation” (https://chaos.social/@lagedernation) ! Production is only on-demand to avoid over-production, so it might take several weeks before your order arrives.

https://cumulus.equipment/en/eu

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There are a few EU seals on products that guide my shopping, the Eco-label the Organic and the certified origin for regional products. Should there be also one that certified social good practices by companies?

Hi folks, just wanted to share my experience and strategy with transitioning away from US-based digital services. As you can see, the blog is on GitHub, so it’s not about perfection. Happy to chat in the comments!

We report critically on Europe’s dependence on Big Tech – yet our own platform still relies heavily on U.S. systems. It’s time to change that. Together with De Correspondent, we’re phasing out U.S. technology and will document every step of the journey.

Hi there! My first post after reading many of our discussions here on /BuyFromEu and the best part of it? I can post it here instead of Reddit :)

Since Discord has decided to set itself on fire you might be looking for an alternative. Fluxer is open source (AGPL), selfhostable and based in Sweden. But maybe wait a while before you try to install the server yourself because the dev writes on github:

Thank you US-americans for preferring Danish meds instead of just eating better and doing some sports :P

We are slowly seeing a move away from the US giants - will be a huge boost to local businesses.

Joule is the metric system unit to measure the energy in food, however we still see calories being used everywhere, specially advertising and fitness influencers. Let’s stop this nonsense.

The first phase of the transition from iDEAL to Wero has begun. Dutch consumers are now seeing the new iDEAL | Wero logo replace the familiar iDEAL brand. Behind the scenes, work is underway to move iDEAL transactions to the Wero system, creating a modern European digital payment method that builds on what millions already use every day.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a chance the dreaded buzz of propellers heard on Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country with a population of just over a million on Europe’s southeastern fringe: Cyprus.

Guys, it’s time to learn Esperanto.

As someone who left OneDrive behind, I am very happy with Drime. And new features are being added on a regular basis. (Just to be clear, I am not affliated in any way to Drime)

This guide is by a Canadian author, but I find it very appropriate here as most of his solutions are European and he points to several alternatives, so all in all a great source of inspiration.

Orqa is one of the few companies in the FPV market that does almost all of its engineering in house: mechanical engineering, electronics design, RF design, firmware development, optics design, prototyping, etc. All of our products are labelled as “Made in Europe” since everything, except micro-displays, is made in Osijek.

Countries are growing uneasy about their dependence on U.S. technology firms.

This is a very solid alternative to Google’s keyboard, the only issue is that it’s not European.

It’s clear that the main problem with book apps is they’re walled gardens. Fediverse to the rescue? bookwyrm seems to solve this but there’s no app in play store and the bookwyrm app on fdroid looks awful. What do you think?

I’m thinking of moving away from US-based messengers.

At the same time, the “World Wide Web,” composed of the HTTP protocol and the HTML format, was invented by a British citizen and a Belgian citizen who were working in a European research facility located in Switzerland. But the building was on the border with France, and there’s much historical evidence pointing to the Web and its first server having been invented in France.

France plans to phase out American videoconferencing services such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom within a year and replace them with a domestically developed app, Minister Delegate for the Civil Service David Amiel said on Saturday. The new app, called Visio, will be rolled out within the French government by 2027, with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu expected to formalize the move via a circular; officials cited data-sovereignty and security amid US cloud dominance.

“The purpose of this conference [28 January, Brussels, organized by Cristina Caffarra] is to make, insistently, one concrete point. That Europe needs to BUILD BUILD BUILD - aggressively, uncompromisingly, without more pensive hesitation and languid self-indulgence.”