Airbus, Thales and Leonardo to merge space units in biggest shake-up in decades
Europe remakes its space industry to match SpaceX's rapid model
The Netherlands invokes Cold War-era law to seize control of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia
The Hague fears growing Beijing influence over the EU's chip supply chain
A hot potato: The Dutch government has invoked a post – World War II law to take control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker, in a move underscoring growing global tensions over semiconductor security. Officials say the intervention was necessary to protect national and European interests, reflecting a broader shift toward tighter state oversight of strategic technologies.
Germany to authorize police to shoot down small rogue drones
Drones are increasingly becoming a security issue in Germany and other EU countries
Windows 10 users in Europe will receive extended security updates for free
No Windows Backup enrollment required
European policymakers finally plan to fix the cookie banner headache they created
"Too much consent basically kills consent"
Why it matters: More than a decade ago, Europe rewrote internet rules which effectively forced the entire internet to adopt stricter rules on cookie consent by amending the ePrivacy Directive. Since 2009, from big tech giants, to small personal blogs, and virtually any internet-based organization had to display a "cookie banner" to first-time visitors. Collectively, European users spend an estimated 575 hours every year clicking through those pesky prompts.
Space-based solar panels could supply 80% of Europe's renewable energy by 2050
Mirrors would reflect sunlight down to receivers on Earth
Assassin's Creed Shadows is Europe's best-selling new game of 2025 so far
But not the best-selling game overall
Meta faces antitrust investigation over AI chatbot integration in WhatsApp
Is Meta's chatbot being imposed on WhatsApp users violating EU's antitrust laws?
Proton launches Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot
Not the first of its kind, still heavily censored like your average ChatGPT experience
Germany asks Apple and Google to ban DeepSeek over illegal data transfers to China
DeepSeek's failure to follow GDPR puts its future in Europe at risk
Landmark deepfake law aims to give Denmark's citizens rights over their image, voice, and likeness
The law would levy strict penalties on platforms that refuse to remove fakes
Windows 11 now lets EU users export Recall data – if they still trust it
In compliance with EU law
German government moves closer to ditching Microsoft: "We're done with Teams!"
Auf Wiedersehen, Microsoft
Microsoft offers free cybersecurity tools to Europe in major initiative
Redmond seeks to avoid further EU antitrust penalties
Microsoft stops nagging Windows users to make Edge the default browser, but only in Europe
*Everyone suddenly moves to Europe*
Tesla sales in Europe plunge 50% amid backlash over Musk and competition from hybrids, Chinese brands
It's been a bad month for Tesla
Nvidia RTX 5090 prices drop below MSRP in Europe as stock improves
No such encouraging signs in the US, though
Broadcom could face EU antitrust fines over 'punitive' VMware contract terms
Report slams Broadcom's unlawful practices after acquiring VMware
CERN researchers took a few antimatter particles for a walk in an unprecedented transportation test
Portable containment will allow researchers to more accurtely study and measure antimatter
Microsoft and EU set to end Teams antitrust clash on friendly terms
Software giant looks to dodge hefty fines by unbundling Teams from Office
Google faces $13 billion in European lawsuits over price comparison abuses
Shopping sites accuse tech giant of stifling competition across Europe
European Union public vulnerability database enters beta phase
Europe has a backup plan in case the CVE system tanks
Crypto millionaires targeted in brutal kidnappings across France and Europe
Attackers' modus operandi: cutting off victims' fingers to pressure payments
In brief: There has been a spate of kidnappings taking place across France and Western Europe in which victims are cryptocurrency investors. The most recent incident involved the owner of a crypto marketing firm having his finger cut off by attackers. Police say the man could have been mutilated further had he not been rescued.
Funding cuts and political pressure drive US researchers overseas
Nature data shows dramatic rise in international job searches by US scientists
EU provides burner phones to officials traveling to US amid espionage concerns
Washington isn't Beijing, but you can never be too careful