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Basic-Fit hit by hack affecting members across multiple countries, including 200,000 in the Netherlands

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The breach exposed names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details. No passwords or identity documents were accessed. The Dutch Data Protection Authority has been notified. Basic-Fit operates over 1,300 clubs across seven European countries. Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest budget fitness chain by club count, has disclosed a data breach affecting […]

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Europe is dismantling its own rulebook to compete with America

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On 19 November 2025, the European Commission published its Digital Omnibus package, a legislative proposal to amend the AI Act, the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, the Data Act, and several cybersecurity frameworks in a single stroke. The word “simplification” appeared 23 times in the accompanying press release. Six days earlier, a coalition of 127 civil […]

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The Netherlands becomes the first European country to approve Tesla’s FSD Supervised

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In short: The Dutch vehicle authority RDW approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software on 10 April 2026, making the Netherlands the first European country to authorise the system under UN Regulation 171, the EU standard governing driver control assistance systems. The approval follows 18 months of testing, 1.6 million kilometres of European road data, and more […]

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SaaS on the Beach returns to Barcelona with a founder-only format

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As the tech conference circuit grows more crowded, one SaaS event is making the opposite pitch: fewer people, fewer sales decks, and a lot less noise. SaaS on the Beach, a curated event for SaaS founders, will return to Barcelona between May 20 and 21 for its second edition, positioning itself as an alternative to the […]

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Estonia is the rare EU country opposing bans on children’s social media use

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In short: Estonia and Belgium are the only two EU member states to have declined the Jutland Declaration, an October 2025 pan-European commitment to restrict children’s access to social media. Estonia’s ministers argue that age-based bans are unenforceable, that children will find ways around them, and that the correct approach is to enforce the GDPR against […]

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France orders all government ministries to ditch Windows for Linux in digital sovereignty push

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In short: France’s Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) announced on 8 April 2026 that it is migrating its own workstations from Windows to Linux and has ordered every government ministry to formalise a plan to eliminate extra-European digital dependencies by autumn 2026. The directive covers operating systems, collaborative tools, cloud infrastructure, and artificial intelligence platforms. It follows […]

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Volkswagen’s MOIA and Uber begin testing self-driving ID. Buzz minibuses in Los Angeles

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In short: Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have begun on-road testing in Los Angeles with roughly 10 autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles, the opening phase of a deployment that is scheduled to offer commercial rides with human safety operators by the end of 2026, and fully driverless service in 2027. Los Angeles is the […]

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TikTok is spending €1B on a second Finnish data centre

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The new facility in Lahti is part of TikTok’s €12 billion Project Clover data sovereignty push for European users. Finland’s defence ministry approved the first data centre investment in 2024 without informing elected politicians. A former minister publicly called for the project to be reconsidered. TikTok is investing €1 billion ($1.16 billion) to build a […]

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Greece will ban under-15s from social media from 2027, and wants the EU to follow

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PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the ban in a TikTok video on Wednesday. It takes effect on 1 January 2027. Enforcement will rely on a state-mandated app on every device. Around 80% of Greeks support the measure, according to a February poll. Greece has announced it will ban children under 15 from accessing social media platforms, […]

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Paladin acquires ICT in €60M push to dominate European ITAD

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In short: Paladin EnviroTech has acquired ICT, Ireland’s first R2v3-certified ITAD provider, completing a $70 million, nine-month acquisition spree that now spans the U.S., Netherlands, and Ireland, positioning the company to handle the growing wave of hardware disposal from Dublin’s hyperscale data centre cluster. When the servers that power Europe’s cloud infrastructure reach the end of […]

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