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Een onderzoeksrapport van CTIVD onthult dat de Nederlandse inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD slordig en soms onrechtmatig omgaan met bulkdatasets, die ze onder andere kopen van commerciële partijen of verkrijgen via hackers, wat leidt tot een schaduwarchief van persoonsgegevens met minder toezicht.

Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma visited Washington to lobby against the MATCH Act, which would ban sales of older-generation chipmaking equipment to China, threatening ASML's business.

TNO is developing GPT‑NL, a sovereign language model for the Dutch language and context, with a focus on transparency, trustworthiness, and reciprocity. The model is publicly funded and aims to provide control over AI technology within Europe.

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.

Elon Musk tweets that Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised mode was over 3 times safer than manual driving on Dutch roads over the past two months.

The Dutch government announced that only European companies will be allowed to operate the DigiD platform after August 2028, citing national security risks from US legislation that could allow American authorities access to Dutch citizen data. The decision follows blocked attempts by US firm Kyndryl to acquire Solvinity, the current operator.

Dutch authorities, in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Center, dismantled a botnet comprising over 17 million devices managed by 200 servers, linked to Russian proxy service provider ASOCKS.

The Netherlands has blocked a US acquisition of a critical digital supplier, citing national security concerns.

Dutch authorities arrested two co-owners of hosting companies for providing infrastructure used by Russia in cyberattacks and influence operations, seizing over 800 servers.

Het rapport onderzoekt de digitale afhankelijkheid van de energie-intensieve industrie in Nederland van niet-Europese clouddiensten en concludeert dat de meest cruciale systemen nog grotendeels autonoom zijn, maar de ondersteunende laag en logistiek sterk afhankelijk zijn van meerdere buitenlandse clouds, wat risico's oplevert bij verstoringen.

Bert Hubert argues that the Netherlands must conserve energy and continue investing in green energy to build up gas reserves for winter, countering government statements that no shortages are expected.

Bert Hubert analyzes the digitalization provisions in the Dutch coalition agreement, covering AI enthusiasm, cloud autonomy, cybersecurity measures, and central ICT governance. The article highlights both positive steps and concerns, such as unfounded AI optimism and lack of funding details.