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Nextcloud Hacked
Nextcloud, the European open-source collaboration suite that governments are eyeing as a Microsoft 365 replacement, has confirmed that the outage of its main website was caused by…
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EU fines AliExpress €550 million in largest Digital Services Act penalty yet
The European Commission has fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act, concluding that the marketplace failed to take adequate measures against the sale of illegal…
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EU Moves to Stop Addictive Design in Games and Apps Aimed at Children
The European Commission wants to rein in the addictive design of games, apps and websites that pull users, and especially children, into spending money, EU justice commissioner Michael…
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The EU's Battery Law Just Claimed Its First Console
Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch family in Europe by mid-February 2027 instead of rebuilding it around the EU's new replaceable-battery rules. The…
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Driver monitoring is now mandatory in every new vehicle registered in the EU
From July 7, 2026, all newly registered cars, vans, trucks and buses in the European Union must carry an Advanced Driver Distraction Warning system that tracks where the…
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Dutch Spy Agencies Accused of Training AI on Bulk Data From Millions of Citizens
The Dutch intelligence oversight committee CTIVD has concluded that the country's two intelligence services, the general service AIVD and the military service MIVD, failed to meet…
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EU Expected to Announce Social Media Ban for Children
Multiple EU officials and diplomats told the Commission president will use her September 16 State of the Union address to commit to bloc-wide age restrictions. The minimum age, the enforcement model, and the legal basis are all still open.…
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EU Parliament Faces Third Vote on Reviving "Chat Control 1.0"
The European Parliament is set to vote next week, for the third time, on reviving "chat control 1.0". The measure is the EU's…