Europe tech news
Technology news from Europe: official announcements from its governments, companies and institutions.
SAP Launches SAP Pay and Expands AI Tools for Finance
SAP has launched an embedded payment service called SAP Pay and expanded its Joule AI assistants to automate enterprise finance workflows and consolidation.
SAP
ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Returns From Record ISS Mission
European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot has returned to Earth following a 237-day mission on the International Space Station.
ESA
Research Radar, October 12, 2026: 13 new AI and security papers to know
The most relevant new AI and security research from Nature & arXiv, with the authors' own summaries and links to the papers.
Nature
UK Minister Outlines AI Security Strategy and Model Testing
The UK government unveiled new AI safety measures, including model evaluations and cyber defense programs.
UK Government
SAP Announces SuccessFactors 2H 2026 Release With Autonomous HCM AI
SAP announced its SuccessFactors 2H 2026 release, introducing agentic AI features and Joule Assistants to advance human capital management.
SAP
Italian DPA Fines Wind Tre EUR 16 700 000 For Data Violations
The Italian Data Protection Authority penalized Wind Tre S.p.A. for unlawful telemarketing, unauthorized contract activations, and multiple GDPR breaches.
EDPB
Crypto token offerings this week (Oct 5–11, 2026): 5 white papers in the EU register
This week in the EU's official MiCA register of crypto token offerings: 5 crypto-asset white papers.
European Securities and Markets Authority
Amazon EC2 R8g Instances Launch in European Sovereign Cloud
Amazon Web Services announced its R8g instances are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region.
Amazon Web Services
ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Returns From Record Space Mission
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth after 237 days on the International Space Station, setting a new European record for single-spaceflight duration.
ESA
Hostinger Reports 34,582 New .si Domain Registrations
Hostinger data shows a massive spike in .si domain registrations following US government adoption of the term Super Intelligence.
Hostinger