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Bert Hubert betoogt dat de Nederlandse overheid een drievoudige valse start maakt met digitale autonomie: er is geen geld voor de Nederlandse Digitale Dienst, de aansturing is verdeeld over twee ministeries en de dienst neigt naar een papieren club. Hij roept op om dit bij het commissiedebat Digitale Zaken expliciet te erkennen en aan te pakken.
The Netherlands is transitioning to a NixOS-based software ecosystem to reduce reliance on US software following sanctions on the International Criminal Court, with trial programs underway and a first release expected by end of 2027.
Mike Bracken, founder of GOV.UK, warns that Britain's pursuit of sovereign AI could lead to increased reliance on a handful of tech suppliers, compromising digital sovereignty and flexibility.
The article critiques South Korea's sovereign AI program, highlighting the elimination of companies like Naver and Motif from a selection process due to unclear criteria and lack of transparency.
The article commemorates 25 years of Jabber/XMPP, emphasizing the need for open standards in digital communication to maintain independence from corporate-controlled walled gardens and ensure interoperability.
Firefox's Smart Window introduces AI features like web info retrieval, tab grouping, and visual history previews, allowing users to choose from various AI models including local options for enhanced browsing.
European aerospace giant Airbus is migrating 900 applications, including 70 critical ones, from AWS to French provider Scaleway to ensure digital sovereignty and protect data from US access. The move highlights growing commercial demand for European cloud services, though challenges remain in areas like supply chain management and AI.
German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a €5 billion chip plant in Dresden, supported by the EU Chips Act, aiming to reduce European dependency on Asian and US chip production and bolster tech autonomy, with a focus on AI and green energy applications.
Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral, warns that Europe has about two years to build independent AI infrastructure or face structural dependency on US tech companies for compute, chips, and models, similar to past gas dependency.
At the G7 Summit, world leaders expressed concerns that the US could cut off access to top American AI models at any time, following the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic's models. They discussed creating a 'trusted partners' scheme to grant non-US nations access while bypassing US restrictions.
Bert Hubert argues that EU digital autonomy discussions are stagnating and calls for civil society to engage with procurement, government IT, and vendors to achieve real progress on digital sovereignty.
The Document Foundation welcomes Euro-Office's commitment to open standards but urges that ODF be adopted as its native document format for true digital sovereignty, correcting claims that Euro-Office is Europe's first open source office suite.
A report that Microsoft allegedly shared Dutch civil servants' emails with the U.S. House triggers renewed calls for digital sovereignty, highlighting the gap between data residency and actual legal control.
The Document Foundation corrects claims that Euro-Office is the first European open-source office suite, highlighting LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org's history and criticizing Euro-Office's use of Microsoft's proprietary OOXML format as contrary to digital sovereignty.
The EU has published its Open Source Strategy to promote European technological sovereignty, reduce dependence on non-EU proprietary solutions, and support the development and sustainability of open source technologies across public and private sectors.
Europe is accelerating its shift away from American technology companies, driven by political tensions with the Trump administration, with governments and organizations adopting open-source and local alternatives.
A discussion about EU sovereignty in 2025, likely covering technology regulation and digital autonomy.
The EU, led by France, is accelerating efforts to reduce reliance on US technology by adopting open-source and European alternatives amid tensions with the Trump administration.
The Democratic Tech Alliance held its first assembly in the European Parliament, bringing together diverse political groups to advocate for an EU tech ecosystem that supports democratic values and public interest, highlighting the urgency of reducing reliance on US tech platforms.
The Sovereign Tech Fund has invested over €1 million in KDE to support the development of its free and open-source software, aiming to strengthen digital sovereignty and security infrastructure.