Policy
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ACI brings Wero to European merchants
ACI Worldwide has joined the European Payments Initiative and will integrate Wero into its payments orchestration platform for merchants and financial intermediaries.
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Ireland moves on deepfake identity misuse
Ireland’s Protection of Voice and Image Bill has advanced in the Dáil, targeting non-consensual misuse of a person’s voice, image, or likeness.
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Council of Europe probes breach claim
The Council of Europe is investigating claims by ShinyHunters that HR, payroll, and personnel data were stolen from the Strasbourg-based institution.
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EU forces WhatsApp open to AI rivals
EU regulators have ordered Meta to restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while an antitrust investigation continues.
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US Anthropic curb tests European AI reliance
A US export-control order has forced Anthropic to suspend two advanced models for foreign users, sharpening European concerns over AI sovereignty and supplier risk.
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Slough data centre approval tests planning limits
Ministers have approved a 147MW Slough data centre project.
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It’s time to prove the public sector’s productivity promise
Public-sector AI claims are now measured in saved hours. The harder question is whether those hours become better services, lower backlogs, safer systems, and less pressure on staff.
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Croatia’s Fort-Knox data centre changes hands
Gnomon Capital has bought Croatia’s DC North data centre operator.
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EU-Korea pact turns digital trade into rules infrastructure
Brussels and Seoul have signed binding digital trade rules together.
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Smals puts Belgian public cloud into hybrid reality
Belgium’s public-sector cloud strategy now includes Google Cloud infrastructure.
