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GEVI secured €2. 7M in seed funding to scale its AI-driven micro-wind turbines....

EDRi and 40 civil society organizations are urging the European Commission to assess the independence of Ireland's new Data Protection Commissioner. The groups are concerned about impartiality due to his previous role at Meta.

French quantum hardware startup Isentroniq secured €7. 5 million in funding to tackle the wiring bottleneck hindering quantum computing scaling....

Afori, an AI platform for insurance brokers, launches with a €4 million pre-seed round led by General Catalyst. The platform, founded by ex-wefox executives, automates back-office tasks and aims to save brokers an hour a day, initially targeting the German market.

Arbio, an AI-first property management startup, secured a $36 million Series A to redefine short-term rentals across Europe. The company aims to become the leading brand in the service-heavy sector, tackling inconsistencies in the market.

A UK court upheld a fine against Clearview AI for mega-scraping, confirming the application of European data protection rules. The ruling reinforces the reach of EU data privacy regulations on facial recognition technologies even in the UK.

Brussels faces scrutiny over new rules that could lead to mass surveillance of European citizens' digital communications. These rules, focused on data retention, follow a previous directive that was struck down for violating fundamental rights.

Ukrainian startup Stackbob is using AI to disrupt Identity and Access Management for small and medium-sized businesses. The company, founded in Lviv, aims to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions affordable, and won multiple awards at the IT Arena 2025 conference.

AI "agents" are the latest tech buzzword, yet their practical applications remain unclear, despite being hailed as a future revolution. The term, frequently used at the Snapdragon Summit, lacks concrete examples of real-world products.

Aleph Alpha, a European AI hopeful, faces leadership changes as founder Jonas Andrulis departs. Managers closely tied to the Schwarz Group will now take over.

Microsoft Word documents will now automatically save to OneDrive by default, a shift announced at a recent OneDrive and Copilot event. This change introduces automatic saving for new documents in the Windows version of Word.

Wireshark 4. 6 rolls out new features to improve decryption and export capabilities for network analysis....

Brussels demands information from tech giants including Apple, Google, and YouTube, enforcing compliance with the Digital Services Act. The EU focuses on protecting minors on social media platforms.

Santander's digital banking platform, Openbank, will launch crypto trading in Spain, allowing users to invest in digital assets. The service, already live in Germany, will initially offer five cryptocurrencies with a 1....

Austrian startup newsrooms secured €750,000 in pre-seed funding to enhance its AI-driven content creation platform. The platform allows users to generate various formats like articles and social media posts, with a focus on data security by processing all data exclusively in the EU.

Austrian regulators ruled Microsoft 365 Education may not track schoolchildren, a win for privacy advocates. The decision orders Microsoft to provide full access to kids' data.

A cybersecurity investigation in Spain led to the arrest of two minors allegedly responsible for a data leak. The leaked information included personal details of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, cabinet ministers, and members of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI)....

GitHub Copilot Chat, an AI-powered coding assistant, has been shown to be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks. Researchers demonstrated that by carefully crafting specific prompts, they could get the tool to reveal internal instructions and other sensitive information....

Netflix is launching a new feature enabling users to play video games on their television screens. Smartphones will function as controllers for these games, providing a new interactive experience for subscribers....

Google has launched Gemini Enterprise, a comprehensive AI platform specifically designed for businesses. This move comes in response to the growing presence of generative AI tools in workplaces, driven by companies like OpenAI and Anthropic....