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EU leaders debate benefits and dangers of AI at Dublin summit

European leaders together with Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch and AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton discussed how Europe can build its AI industry while making sure the technology is developed responsibly.

13 November 2026

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Microsoft outage latest: Services fully restored, company says

The company had been scrambling to fix a global outage issue involving its servers that took down many of its key Microsoft 365 services, such as Outlook and Teams, on Thursday.

12 November 2026

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LEGO shop BrickLink downed by 'unusual activity' on its website

The popular online LEGO marketplace was taken down on 5 November and remains offline as a precaution while the company investigates the incident.

12 November 2026

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Europe's Hera spacecraft begins close inspections of asteroid

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission is studying how the asteroid Dimorphos’ course was affected following NASA’s 2022 mission to ram it as they explore planetary defence solutions.

12 November 2026

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EU plans crackdown on unfair online practices

The European Commission's proposed Digital Fairness Act would introduce new protections against unfair online commercial practices, alongside a separate enforcement reform that could see companies fined up to 6% of their annual global turnover.

11 November 2026

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Iran rejects France's 'baseless accusations' on fridge cyberattacks

Tehran instead blames the French government for the cyber incidents that affected hundreds of fridges in October.

11 November 2026

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Home appliances could be next after fridge hacks, warns EU cyber chief

The warning comes after supermarkets in at least 12 European countries were hit by cyberattacks in October and November, with France the worst affected.

10 November 2026

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Macron wants AI banned wherever it threatens children

The French president made the comments as the country draws up a charter to protect its citizens from threats posed by artificial intelligence.

10 November 2026

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Can AI help us talk to animals?

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to analyse animal sounds and identify patterns in how different species communicate. But while the technology is opening up new possibilities, translating animal language remains a distant prospect.

9 November 2026

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Hackers probed Europe’s fridge systems weeks before cyberattacks

The attacks exposed basic security weaknesses in connected refrigeration systems, but experts warn that similar vulnerabilities could put everything from supermarket equipment to hospital and data centre infrastructure at risk.

7 November 2026

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Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block kids social media law

The Big Tech companies have filed separate lawsuits to block a California law aimed at protecting children under-16 from harmful social media features such as endless scrolling and addictive feeds, which goes into force 1 January 2027.

6 November 2026

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Protests across Europe to call for freeze on new large data centres

After US midterms, European campaigners bring the data centre backlash to Europe.

5 November 2026

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UK likely to face AI-powered cyberattacks by 2028, cyber chief warns

Criminals and hostile states are increasingly using artificial intelligence to scale up cyber operations, with outdated technology leaving essential services exposed, the head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre says.

3 November 2026

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Which countries in Europe have been hit by fridge cyber incidents?

A total of nine countries have been affected by suspected cyber attacks on 2 November that turned fridges onto defrost setting, including Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, and Italy.

3 November 2026

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Cyberattacks hit supermarket fridges and freezers in Europe

A number of incidents have taken place affecting supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Estonia, Luxembourg, Finland and Ireland, with fridge and freezer temperatures turned up, spoiling food.

2 November 2026

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Dutch MP proposes ban on digital's 'harmful addictive design features'

MP Barbara Kathmann tabled a proposal in the Dutch Parliament to end addictive design features such as endless scrolling, autoplay and manipulative algorithms for all online services including social media, gaming, dating apps and streaming platforms.

2 November 2026

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UK probes Meta over 'exploitative' new terms for media

Britain's competition watchdog has opened an investigation into whether Meta was imposing "exploitative" new terms allowing it to use media content for its own products, including AI, without giving publishers adequate choice.

30 October 2026

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How the Binance hack happened and who was behind it

Investigators say several factors may have been involved, including a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, with signs pointing to North Korean actors being responsible.

30 October 2026

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Mistral releases latest AI model for download

The French AI company says its Large 4 model offers advanced coding and cyber-defence capabilities and can be run on an organisation’s own computers and servers.

29 October 2026

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US vs China: As world splits into AI blocs, where does Europe stand?

As the US and China build rival AI blocs, Europe is scrambling to reduce its dependence on both. But despite its ambitions to become a technological power in its own right, the EU still lacks the chips, infrastructure and homegrown AI models to compete on equal terms.

29 October 2026