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Safer Internet Day spotlights AI, trust & child safety

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Safer Internet Day highlights how AI is transforming online trust, child protection and digital commerce, amid calls for stricter safeguards.
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Ripjar appoints Matt Mills as Chief Executive Officer

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Ripjar names Matt Mills Chief Executive to spearhead global expansion as regulatory pressure fuels demand for smarter crime screening tech.
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Targa Telematics tops Europe fleet market, bets on AI

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Targa Telematics keeps top spot in Europe’s fleet market and turns to Agentic AI to automate decisions as connected vehicles surge.
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Open ECX gains PEPPOL nod as UK eyes e-invoicing law

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Open ECX wins PEPPOL access point status as the UK edges towards mandatory e-invoicing, expected to be introduced by 2029.
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Loop links with Sendcloud to boost EU returns options

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Loop integrates Sendcloud into Ship by Loop 2.0, giving Shopify merchants wider UK and EU carrier choice for simpler, label-free returns.
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New ENCS-DIVD pact targets energy cyber weaknesses

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ENCS and DIVD have agreed a new cyber pact to uncover and disclose vulnerabilities in Europe’s high-impact energy and critical systems.
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AI fuels Europe data centre boom amid power crunch

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AI is turbocharging Europe’s data centre boom, but grid bottlenecks and power scarcity now threaten to slow the next wave of expansion.
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SUSE rolls out APAC cloud sovereignty self-assessment

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SUSE has launched a 20-minute cloud sovereignty self-assessment for APAC firms, benchmarking them against the 2025 EU framework.
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Cynomi extends NIS 2 & AI governance tools for MSPs

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Cynomi expands its governance platform for MSPs with new NIS 2 tools for Croatia and Belgium and broader AI oversight across Europe.
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Data Privacy Day highlights shift to accountable AI data use

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Data Privacy Day spotlights a shift from privacy promises to provable controls, as AI, governance and regulation demand accountable data use.
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Nations race to sovereign encryption in quantum age

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As quantum computing looms, nations race to build sovereign cyber and post-quantum encryption to safeguard critical digital infrastructure.
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Canada’s extra cautious stablecoin path risks Web3 departure

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Experts say the Stablecoin Act may be the right chance for Canada to catch up in the evolution of Web3 infrastructure.
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Fragmented treasury pushes CFOs towards consolidation

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Adyen and Boston Consulting Group warn fragmented banking is sapping treasurers’ time and cash visibility, urging consolidation of providers.
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OpenAI rolls out age checks ahead of ChatGPT adult mode

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OpenAI deploys behavioural age prediction for ChatGPT as it prepares a 2026 adult mode, raising fresh privacy and child-safety concerns.
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Italy & Poland power Europe’s shifting cyber market

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Europe’s cyber market grew 5.2% in 2025 as Italy and Poland surged, offsetting late-year declines in the UK and Germany.
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Ireland unveils strict new rules for data centre power use

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Ireland ends its data centre freeze with strict rules tying new projects to onsite power, renewables and a shift beyond Dublin’s grid limits.
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Vytalise launches Shopify Plus DTC store across Europe

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Vyta Health’s Vytalise shifts from Magento to a Shopify Plus DTC platform, launching a subscription-led eCommerce push across the UK and EU.
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SUSE unveils EU cloud sovereignty self-assessment tool

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SUSE unveils a browser-based tool that scores EU cloud sovereignty compliance and delivers a risk and gap analysis in under 20 minutes.
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New book reframes compliance as growth tool for start-ups

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Arcus Compliance founder Lee Bryan’s new book urges start-ups to treat regulation as a strategic growth engine, not a drag on innovation.
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Netcompany to deliver Phase 6 of UK customs transit IT

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HMRC taps Netcompany to deliver Phase 6 of the New Computerised Transit System, upgrading UK transit customs in line with EU rules.