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The EU's highest court upheld a record €4.1 billion fine against Google for abusing its Android monopoly, ending Google's appeal options.

Changpeng Zhao criticizes EU regulations for cutting users off from global liquidity, arguing that liquidity is the best consumer protection.

European Commission President Roberta Metsola overrides MEPs to force through a child abuse law that includes chat control provisions, sparking controversy over privacy and surveillance.

EU's Frontier AI Grand Challenge winner is the EUROPA consortium led by Domyn, which will build an open-source 400B+ parameter model covering 24 EU languages using European supercomputers; the prize is compute capacity, not cash.

DDR5 RAM prices are dropping across the EU, with Germany up to 20% cheaper than the Netherlands/Belgium, making it a good time for local LLM builders to upgrade. A live tracker at pricesquirrel.com monitors these trends.

European leaders meet with top AI CEOs including Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Arthur Mensch at a G7 lunch to discuss AI access and security after the US blocked EU citizens from using Anthropic's latest models, aiming for collaboration rather than confrontation.

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 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.

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 European Union is considering restricting member governments' use of US cloud platforms like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon for sensitive data, aiming to reduce dependence on US digital infrastructure.

The EU Commission plans to target addictive design features like endless scrolling on TikTok and Instagram to protect children online, and has developed an age verification app.