In Like Company v Google, C-250/25, the CJEU will decide for all 27 member states whether training an AI chatbot and its outputs infringe copyright. The Advocate General's opinion lands on 3 September. What owners should do before then.
Microsoft 365 list prices rise on 1 July 2026 while France and German states move off Microsoft entirely. Why your renewal is now a sovereignty decision, and how to price the exit option.
AWS launched its European Sovereign Cloud in January 2026 with a 7.8 billion euro build. In June the Commission explained its scoring rubric for cloud sovereignty. The label era is over; the grade era has begun.
EURO-3C, unveiled at MWC 2026, federates more than 70 edge and cloud nodes from Europe's telcos into one sovereign infrastructure, on a 75 million euro budget. What the model, not the money, tells owners.
Since 19 June 2026 the UK's Data (Use and Access) Act requires every controller to run a formal data complaints procedure with a 30 day acknowledgment. Quietly, PECR marketing fines also rose to 17.5 million pounds or 4 percent of turnover.
In Case C-526/24 the CJEU ruled that even a first GDPR access request may be refused as abusive when it is made only to manufacture a compensation claim. What controllers may now do, and what they still may not.
On 9 June 2026 the Commission ordered Meta to restore WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI assistants within five working days. Why the channel, not the model, is now the battleground.
Robinhood put tokenized US shares in front of EU users this month, issued as debt from a Jersey entity. Europe's regulators are now deciding what these tokens legally are.
On 2 July 2026 the EU top court sealed Google's 4.125 billion euro Android fine for good. The bigger signal is what it means for anyone who depends on Google to be found.
On 2 July 2026 Munich drone maker Quantum Systems raised 1 billion euros at an 8 billion dollar valuation. It marks a repricing of European dual-use tech.
On 3 June 2026 Brussels proposed Chips Act 2.0. The real signal for European buyers is not subsidies but supply-chain resilience and Strategic Projects.
A July 2026 GovAI study finds the EU gets advanced AI models late or not at all, with data-protection rules the main cause. What the delay means for owners.
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