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Brussels gears up for significant changes in IT law in 2026, impacting cybersecurity, AI, and platform regulation. Key updates stem from NIS2, the AI Act, and a new EU procurement strategy.

European tech startups secured over €1. 3 billion in funding across more than 75 deals last week....

Google's image search revolutionized how people access information online after Jennifer Lopez's iconic 2000 Grammy dress. The search engine moved from text-based results to visual content, impacting the internet's evolution.

YouTube deletes channels generating fake movie trailers using AI, removing content farms that misled millions of viewers. Screen Culture and KH Studio were responsible for the deceptive videos.

Lovable secured $330M in funding to empower non-developers to build software, reaching a $6. 6B valuation....

London-based Nodu, a stablecoin infrastructure startup, secured €1. 25 million in pre-Seed funding to expand its global reach....

Netflix was defrauded of $11 million by director Carl Rinsch, who was found guilty of the crime after receiving $61 million for a sci-fi series. Rinsch spent the funds on personal investments and luxury items, as the series "White Horse" never materialized.

LG is responding to user backlash by allowing removal of the Microsoft Copilot icon from its smart TVs. Thousands of users complained about the forced integration of the AI assistant on their devices.

French startup C12 secured €13. 9 million in public funding from the France 2030 plan, aiming to build a universal quantum computer....

German VC firm Picus Capital secured €150 million in preferred equity financing from Carlyle AlpInvest. The funding will fuel new investments and support Picus's portfolio of nearly 200 companies, including unicorns Personio and Enpal, with a focus on fintech, AI, and cybersecurity.

Neural Concept, an AI platform for product development, secured €85 million in Series C funding, backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The Lausanne-based company aims to enable AI-driven design of advanced systems for cars and spacecraft.

Spanish telecom provider Digi will not raise prices in 2026, bucking the trend of competitors like Vodafone, Movistar, and Orange. The announcement contrasts with rising costs planned by the larger telecom companies for fiber and mobile services.

Lovable, an AI-native software platform, secured a massive €281 million Series B to expand its no-code app creation tools globally. The funding round values the Stockholm-based startup at €5....

Stockholm-based Endra, an AI-powered MEP platform, secured a $20 million seed round to automate building design workflows. The platform generates building-code-compliant 3D models and documentation, reducing design time by 70x.

Amazon reduced its Barcelona office layoffs from 978 to 791 employees after union negotiations. The agreement includes voluntary departures and internal relocations to soften the impact of the job cuts.

Portugal's new Cybersecurity Law, implementing NIS 2, places greater responsibility on Management, Direction, and Administration bodies. The law's changes aim to reinforce cybersecurity measures across the country.

Telefónica is exiting the New York Stock Exchange after nearly four decades of trading, citing high administrative costs. The Spanish telecom giant's shares will cease trading on Wall Street in the coming days, focusing solely on the Madrid market.

Enlightra, a deeptech startup, exits stealth with $15M to develop energy-efficient lasers for AI data centers. The technology consolidates multiple lasers into one source to reduce power use, with pilot production planned for 2027.

Italian cybersecurity firm Exein secured €100 million to expand its embedded cybersecurity platform, totaling €170 million raised in 2025. The AI-enabled platform protects 1....

SFR, a French telecom operator, suffered a major cyberattack that exposed customer data to a large-scale data breach. Details regarding the exact amount of data compromised remain undisclosed at this time.