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France's Ministry of Finance mandates public servants ditch US video apps for French Visio by 2027. This policy shift actively pursues digital sovereignty, moving the concept from rhetoric to tangible action.

London's Sokin secures €83 million debt facility to fuel global expansion and embedded payment offerings. This funding accelerates their strategy to integrate payments into business workflows, competing in the growing fintech infrastructure space.

Stockholm's Funnel secures $80M debt facility to accelerate AI development. The marketing intelligence platform uses natural language to analyze data from over 600 sources.

Polish AI robotics firm Nomagic secures €8. 3M to boost US operations....

Germany plans a sovereign satellite network for its military, dubbed "Starlink for the German army." This initiative aims to cut dependence on US systems and taps into a €35 billion German military tech investment.

Berlin VC b2venture closes €150M Fund V, its largest early-stage fund, to back European tech leaders. This move signals continued investment momentum despite a selective funding environment.

Dutch data watchdog limits bus driver surveillance, banning permanent camera monitoring. Images can only be used for incident safety, not structural employee tracking.

Finland’s Carbonaide secures €3. 7M to turn concrete into a carbon sink, deploying its CO₂ curing system and cloud-based service platform....

London AI security startup Pallma AI secures $1. 6M pre-seed funding to protect enterprise AI agents....

German startup Co-reactive secures €6. 5M for CO₂-negative cement tech....

London's GoCanopy secures €2. 1M seed funding for its AI operating system for institutional real estate investors....

Austria's data protection authority orders Microsoft to cease tracking school children via Microsoft 365 Education. The tech giant has four weeks to comply with the ruling.

noyb debunks five common data protection myths on Data Protection Day. Misconceptions about consent and data transfers are clarified to inform Europeans of their digital rights.

EU Parliament pushes back on Commission's data and AI plans, aiming for separate legislative paths. Lawmakers want to avoid combining diverse digital regulations into one omnibus bill.

Signal Messenger dominates Finland's Play Store, driven by user demand for privacy. This secure messaging app's rapid growth highlights a European shift towards data protection.

Nuremberg's ZOLLHOF spins out ZOHO. VC, securing €7 million for early-stage tech startups....

Austria's data watchdog rules Microsoft illegally tracked minors, potentially jeopardizing widespread EU use of its education software. The decision, stemming from unauthorized tracking cookies on a student's device, could force significant compliance changes.

Portugal and Spain launch Europe's first quantum-secured cross-border link, boosting cybersecurity resilience. This quantum key distribution breakthrough between Portalegre and Badajoz marks a significant leap in secure data transmission.

Dutch government bodies explore Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to balance data-driven insights with GDPR compliance. These tools enable data analysis while protecting individual privacy, fostering wider digital collaboration.

Legaltech Luminance launches its biggest platform upgrade in a decade, integrating AI for contract intelligence. The update addresses the loss of negotiation context in enterprise contracts, becoming the organization's "legal brain."