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Europe · Articlepublished 3d

Irish DPC fines Google €403 million over historical location-data processing

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million after finding GDPR infringements in Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy during a May 2018 to February 2020 inquiry period. The regulator also ordered Google to bring the processing into compliance within six months; its full decision has not yet been published.

Data Protection Commission - Google location-data decision announcement · Reuters - Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million

Europe · Articlepublished 4d

EU Commission proposes energy and water ratings for data centres above 500 kW

The European Commission has adopted a delegated regulation for a common sustainability rating scheme covering individual data centres above 500 kW, with labels built from energy and water efficiency data and indicators such as waste-heat reuse and grid flexibility. The act still faces two months of scrutiny by the European Parliament and Council before entry into force; separate minimum-performance standards remain a consultation, with a legislative proposal planned for the second quarter of 2027.

European Commission — Commission Delegated Regulation establishing a common Union rating scheme for data centres and annexes · European Commission — Minimum performance standards for data centres in Europe: public consultation launched

Europe · Articlepublished 7d

Bolt and Lucid target 25,000 Level 4 vehicles across Europe

Bolt and Lucid have agreed to co-develop a Level 4-ready vehicle on Lucid's upcoming Midsize platform, with Bolt targeting at least 25,000 vehicles across European cities. Bolt plans to own and operate the fleet, but the companies have not set a rollout timetable or disclosed investment terms.

Lucid Group - Lucid and Bolt Partner to Develop and Deploy Autonomous Mobility at Scale Across Europe · Bolt - Lucid and Bolt Partner to Develop and Deploy Autonomous Mobility at Scale Across Europe

Europe · Articlepublished 8d

CEA and Alice & Bob connect quantum software to French supercomputing workflows

France's CEA and quantum startup Alice & Bob have begun a research collaboration to integrate Alice & Bob's software stack with Bull Qaptiva hybrid quantum-HPC workflows and develop many-body algorithms aimed at early fault-tolerant systems around 2030. The programme is an integration and research effort, not evidence that production fault-tolerant quantum computing is available today.

CEA — Alice & Bob partnership for quantum-HPC integration · Reuters — France's CEA, Alice & Bob partner on quantum-supercomputing software

Europe · Articlepublished 8d

EU Commission adopts Kids Act proposal with under-13 social-media ban

The European Commission has adopted its EU Kids Act proposal, setting a tiered approach to online access: no social media below 13, no unsupervised personal accounts below 15, parent-managed mini accounts for ages 13-14, and mandatory safe-design protections for users under 18. The proposal also shifts the safety burden toward platforms and still requires approval through the EU legislative process before becoming law.

European Commission — Proposal for EU KIDS Act · European Commission — EU KIDS Act press release

Europe · Articlepublished 8d

Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign definitive transatlantic AI combination

Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha have signed the definitive agreement for the combination first proposed in April. The combined company would operate as Cohere with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin and Aleph Alpha’s Heidelberg office as a research centre, but the transaction still needs regulatory approval before it closes.

Cohere — Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign agreement · Cohere and Aleph Alpha — PR Newswire release

Europe · Articlepublished 9d

Spain’s AEPD receives first reported data breach involving an autonomous AI agent

Spain’s data protection authority says it received its first breach notification in which an AI agent allegedly chained together multiple stages of an attack, from finding weaknesses and logging in to modifying personal data and viewing invoices. The authority stresses that the affected organisation’s account is still under review.

AEPD — Primera notificación de una brecha de datos personales causada por un ataque ejecutado mediante un agente de IA · Reuters