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The European Commission is seeking feedback on draft guidelines for "trusted flaggers" under the Digital Services Act (DSA). These designated organizations will help platforms identify illegal content more efficiently....

French AI startup Mistral AI partners with Digital Realty, securing 10 megawatts of compute power at its Paris campus. This deal aims to significantly scale AI infrastructure across Europe.

Brussels-based Nexus lands €3. 7 million to bring AI agents into core business operations....

EU fines Chinese marketplace Temu €200 million under the Digital Services Act. The penalty stems from a deficient risk assessment, highlighting enforcement of the DSA.

The EU fined Temu €200 million for failing to prevent illegal product sales, marking a significant enforcement of the Digital Services Act. This penalty serves as a strong warning to all Chinese e-commerce platforms operating within the bloc.

EU Commission imposes €200M fine on Temu for Digital Services Act violations. The platform is accused of offering unsafe and illegal products, posing a high risk to EU consumers.

Brussels fines Temu €200M under the DSA for unsafe baby toys and faulty chargers. This marks the EU's first major enforcement case against a Chinese platform under its online-safety regime.

EU fines Chinese retailer Temu €200m for failing to prevent the sale of illegal products under the DSA. Temu is the second company fined, following Elon Musk's X.

European Commission fines Temu €200 million for breaching the Digital Services Act. The platform failed to diligently assess risks of illegal products being offered to EU consumers.

The EU's digitalisation push prioritises surveillance and control over citizen rights, according to EDRI. This political choice normalises exclusion of marginalised groups within the digital welfare state.

Czech football clubs face public pushback over plans for stadium facial recognition. Digital rights groups oppose the biometric surveillance, citing illegality, as officials consider implementation.

10 European TravelTech startups are innovating in hotel operations, eSIMs, and AI customer engagement. These companies are building infrastructure to enhance the entire travel journey, making it smoother for customers and more efficient for operators.

The European Data Protection Board issued new guidelines on using personal data in scientific research. Public consultation is now open for feedback on the proposed regulations.

Transition Ventures raised €128 million for its Fund II to invest in early-stage AI and physical world companies. The fund's focus aligns with a broader EU-Startups trend of specialist venture funds backing DeepTech and AI.

Germany contracts SAP and Telekom for a €250M "AI Cloud" to host public administration software. Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger hails it as sovereign infrastructure, but critics warn of new IT dependencies.

GDPR: Almost three-quarters of companies find German data protection excessive After 10 years, the GDPR is well established, but many German companies now consider the effort excessive.

European startups are driving the agentic AI boom, building systems that plan and act for business workflows. Ten promising companies are applying this tech to sales, legal, and automation challenges.

InRento, a European property crowdfunding platform, has surpassed €100 million in project financing. The digital platform connects investors with income-generating real estate, offering an alternative to traditional bank loans for developers across eight European countries.

Belgian startup D-CRBN secures €17. 5M for its CO₂ recycling plasma tech....

BNP Paribas is partnering with Mistral AI to develop a European AI cybersecurity tool. The move aims to provide a sovereign alternative to US-based solutions currently unavailable to European supervisors.