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July 2026
- EU court upholds multi-billion-euro antitrust fine against Google
- xAI released Grok 4.5 flagship model on July 9, 2026
- Our approach to government and national security partnerships
- SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its smartest model yet, available in Grok Build, Cursor and console
- EU AI Act Research Exemptions May Disrupt Publication Norms at Major AI Conferences
- EU Court of Justice upholds €4.1 billion Google Android antitrust fine, dismissing final appeal
June 2026
- US proposes AI partnership with EU on regulation and semiconductor supply chains
- Compromise Necessary but Not Sufficient for AI Preemption
- Arkeon Lands Seed Investment to Boost Quantum Chip Production Yields
- EU Finalises Code of Practice for AI-Generated Content Marking and Labelling
- Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
May 2026
April 2026
- EU says Meta fails to keep children under 13 off Facebook and Instagram
- South Africa withdraws national AI policy after discovering fake academic citations
- Europe accelerates push to reduce reliance on U.S. technology
- EU sanctions Chinese firms over Russia ties; Beijing retaliates with export controls on European defence companies
- EU Commission awards €180 million sovereign cloud contract to four European providers
- Data Center Giants Secure EU Secrecy Provision for Environmental Impact Data
- International Operation PowerOFF Warns 75,000 DDoS Users, Takes Down 53 Domains
- European Governments Shift from WhatsApp to Local Messaging Apps
- Age verification technologies face privacy and accuracy challenges
- EU SaaS Infrastructure Guide Documents Vendor Stack Compliance
- AI-Generated Influencers Reshape Online Trust and Attention Economy
- Survey: 84% of Europeans Distrust US Tech Companies With Personal Data
- Estonia opposes EU-wide child social media bans, citing enforcement concerns
- Tesla Wins First European Approval for Supervised Self-Driving Software in Netherlands
- Cohere and Aleph Alpha in Merger Talks to Create European-Canadian AI Challenger
- Estonia Opposes EU Child Social Media Bans
- France Plans Migration from Windows to Linux to Reduce U.S. Tech Dependence
- French Government Accelerates Migration from Windows to Linux
- EU Parliament Blocks Extension of Mass Chat Scanning Program
- Microsoft Copilot terms of service clause sparks scrutiny over output reliability
- Apple takes App Store fight with Epic to Supreme Court
- EU CSAM scanning legislation expires, leaving tech firms in legal limbo
- Italian court orders Netflix to refund customers for subscription price increases
- Microsoft's Copilot terms label AI output 'for entertainment purposes only'
- European Commission breached in supply chain attack on security tool Trivy
- Ireland trials digital wallet for social media age verification
- Hacking group steals 92 GB of EU data in major cyberattack
- European Commission Cloud Hack Exposed Data of 30 EU Entities, CERT-EU Says
- Lawsuit Claims Perplexity's Incognito Mode Shared Private Chats With Google and Meta
- European Commission Cloud Infrastructure Breach Leaks Hundreds of Gigabytes of Data
- EU Institutions Ban Staff From Using Fully AI-Generated Images and Videos in Official Communications
March 2026
- Meta Faces Thousands More Lawsuits Over Teen Harm After First Major Accountability Ruling
- Nebius Announces $10 Billion, 310-Megawatt Data Center in Finland as European AI Infrastructure Race Accelerates
- Zuckerberg Returns to Hands-On Content Moderation as Meta's Approach Shifts
- Apple Pulls Apple Intelligence From China After Accidentally Launching Without Regulatory Approval
- European Commission Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Claims Intrusion
- Henlius receives two positive CHMP opinions recommending serplulimab approval for nsqNSCLC and ESCC in Europe
- Austria Moves to Ban Social Media for Children Under 14
- ShinyHunters Claims 350GB Data Breach at the European Commission
- Europe's Tech Exodus Has Drained $1.4 Trillion in Value, Study Finds
- Mistral CEO proposes EU revenue levy on AI providers to fund content creators
- EU AI Act enforcement status update as of March 2026
- EU delays tech sovereignty package with AI and Chips Act 2
- US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials