France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins(numerique.gouv.fr)

746 points by embedding-shape 6 months ago | 358 comments

French government press release on accelerating digital sovereignty and reducing dependence on non-European tech, following an interministerial seminar.

Homage to Alexander Grothendieck(igrothendieck.org)

84 points by jjgreen 1 year ago | 6 comments

France's tax authority had data stolen on 680k taxpayers(korben.info)

38 points by rzk 2 months ago | 17 comments

ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk(binnenlandsbestuur.nl)

570 points by vincvinc 11 months ago | 182 comments

Dutch news article reporting that the International Criminal Court is replacing Microsoft 365 with openDesk, a European open-source office suite.

Gmail AI hallucinates, distorts email contents(t-online.de)

21 points by disentanglement 1 year ago | 3 comments

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”(lemonde.fr)

280 points by lifeisstillgood 10 months ago | 242 comments

Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users(atha.io)

577 points by thatha7777 8 months ago | 396 comments

Blog post by Ian Atha describing how a major European payment processor (Viva) sends non-RFC-compliant email that Google Workspace users can't receive.

Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun(europeanbusinessmagazine.com)

1031 points by NewCzech 8 months ago | 868 comments

European Business Magazine article on Europe's efforts to reduce reliance on Visa and Mastercard for its roughly $24 trillion in payments.

Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees(classaction.org)

530 points by DeepLogin 19 days ago | 383 comments

ClassAction.org news article on a new lawsuit (The Pizza Standard LLC v. Visa Inc.) accusing Visa, Mastercard and major banks of anticompetitive merchant card fees.

The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel(edri.org)

440 points by rapnie 3 months ago | 245 comments

EDRi article warning that the EU's planned Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US would share sensitive personal data in exchange for visa-free travel.

Migrating to the EU(rz01.org)

836 points by exitnode 7 months ago | 640 comments

A personal blog post describing the author's move of services and subscriptions from non-EU providers to European ones for political and data protection reasons.

European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple(waag.org)

650 points by donohoe 3 months ago | 279 comments

Waag Futurelab article arguing that European digital ID wallets depend on Google and Apple device attestation services, reinforcing Big Tech power.