MEPs Urge European Commission to Take Action over Europol’s Shadow IT
Members of the European Parliament have written to the European Commission demanding action after investigations uncovered that Europol stored massive volumes of sensitive personal data on undocumented shadow‑IT systems, and that Frontex transferred data on roughly 13,000 interviewees to Europol without proper safeguards. The letter, signed by 19 MEPs across political groups, cites inadequate governance, missing audit trails and a concealed intelligence tool known as the “pressure cooker.” It warns that any expansion of Europol’s or Frontex’s remit must be conditioned on full compliance with EU data‑protection law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The MEPs also propose tying a portion of Europol’s budget to demonstrable compliance and call for stronger, independent oversight.
Viasat Hosts First Satellite-Enabled Phone Comms in Uzbekistan
Viasat demonstrated the first in‑country satellite‑enabled direct‑to‑device (D2D) messaging in Uzbekistan, sending native SMS between two Android smartphones—one via satellite and one on a terrestrial network. The trial, conducted with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Digital Technologies, UZ‑SAT and Uztelecom, used Viasat’s...
Ignite, OST Drive to Solve Autonomous Vehicle Challenges with AI
Ignite by Forvia Hella has teamed with Samsung‑owned Oxford Semantic Technologies to build an explainable AI service for autonomous vehicles. The solution uses OST’s RDFox knowledge‑graph to create a white‑box reasoning layer that can prove safety, compliance and decision logic...
Nokia, KDDI Test Energy-Efficient 6G Base Station Technology
Nokia Bell Labs and KDDI Research completed a proof‑of‑concept trial of Intelligent 4D Resource Optimisation Technology for 6G base stations, showing up to 40% lower power consumption at equal throughput and up to four‑fold throughput without extra energy. The month‑long...
Vodafone Hails Nokia and AWS-Based IoT Services Trial
Vodafone announced the successful completion of a trial that runs Nokia’s IoT voice and data core functions on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure in Frankfurt, linking to its European data centres. The proof‑of‑concept showed that cloud‑native network functions can...
Miro Draws AI Framework to Close Collaboration Gap
Miro announced a major expansion of its AI platform, turning its digital canvas into a unified workspace for human‑to‑human, human‑to‑agent, and agent‑to‑agent collaboration. The upgrades include Sidekicks evolving into an agentic thought partner, enhanced Flows with new Connectors for cross‑system...
Africa Congo Internet Exchange Becomes First Distributed IX in DRC
DE‑CIX has expanded the Africa Congo Internet Exchange (ACIX) with a new carrier‑neutral datacenter presence at OADC Texaf’s Kinshasa FIH1 facility, making ACIX the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s first distributed internet exchange. Operated under DE‑CIX‑as‑a‑Service for NGO Internet Pour Tous, the...
Ericsson, Net Feasa Deliver Maritime Connectivity with 4G, 5G, Agentic AI
Ericsson and Net Feasa have partnered to bring 4G/5G cellular networks and agentic AI to container vessels, delivering real‑time cargo visibility from departure to destination. The solution relies on Net Feasa’s Agentic Control Tower and Ericsson’s Radio System hardware, with low‑earth‑orbit satellites...
Zayo Europe Opens Genoa Fibre Network Landing, Interconnection Hub
Zayo Europe has opened a new point of presence in Genoa, Italy, at Quadrivium Digital’s QGEN01 facility, extending its Southern European fiber network. The Genoa hub connects emerging Mediterranean subsea traffic to Zayo’s 400G‑enabled terrestrial backbone, offering routes to Frankfurt,...
Ericsson Elevates Wireless WAN From Failover to Foundational
Ericsson unveiled new networking systems, including the Cradlepoint W2255 adapter and upgraded NetCloud Wireless WAN orchestration, to shift wireless WAN from a backup role to a core network layer. The solution blends 5G SA (Release 17) and LEO satellite links, offering up...
Software-Defined Vehicles Enter Era of AI-Driven Value Creation
The 2026 Omdia study of 559 automotive professionals shows software‑defined vehicles are moving from hype to tangible ROI, with predictive maintenance emerging as the premier AI application. OEMs are abandoning external data‑sale models, reinvesting vehicle data into ADAS, diagnostics and...
Microsoft Releases Rare Zero-Day Free Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed roughly 140 CVEs but contained no zero‑day exploits, a rarity for the monthly release. Despite the calm, the update includes nearly 20 critical‑severity flaws, notably remote code execution bugs in Windows DNS Client, Netlogon,...
What an LA County Court Case Means for the Future of Social Media
In November 2025 a Los Angeles County jury ruled that Meta and Google were negligent for designing addictive social‑media interfaces, awarding the plaintiff K.G.M. $3 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages, with Meta paying two‑thirds. The decision sidestepped Section 230...
Nokia Enters Cognitive Broadband Era with Agentic AI Capabilities
Nokia has introduced agentic AI capabilities across its fixed‑network portfolio, embedding AI agents and natural‑language interfaces into Altiplano, Corteca and Broadband Easy platforms. The company says the telecom sector will invest about $6.2 bn in agentic AI by 2030, and its...
What Businesses Need to Fix Now to Avoid Expensive 6G Lock-Ins
Enterprises are already planning for 6G even though the technology remains in research and standards won’t be finalized until around 2029. The article warns that chasing premature 6G deployments can create expensive lock‑ins, especially when firms rely on single‑vendor, closed‑architecture...