Europe tech news
Technology news from Europe: official announcements from its governments, companies and institutions.
FCA opens crypto authorisation gateway with 2027 deadlines
UK crypto firms can now apply to be regulated, with applications due by 28 February 2027 before the regime starts on 25 October 2027.
UK FCA
ESA and CAS Smile mission begins science operations in orbit
ESA says the European-Chinese Smile spacecraft was cleared on 23 September to start studying how Earth's magnetic field responds to the solar wind.
ESA
Microsoft says Star Blizzard uses RedFlick to deploy CosmicPulse
Microsoft says the Russian state actor shifted to mass phishing and a one-click malware delivery technique, affecting more than 100 organizations, mostly in the US and UK.
Microsoft
Research Radar, September 29, 2026: 12 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
ESA marks start of new Martian year at 11:43 UTC
The European Space Agency says Mars began a fresh orbit around the Sun on 30 September 2026, opening the 38th year of a martian calendar counted since 1955.
ESA
Arm details role in NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform
Arm says its CPUs run AI agents while Arm-based DPUs such as NVIDIA BlueField-4 police them from a separate trust domain.
Arm
Research Radar, September 28, 2026: 11 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
BreakingNCSC warns of active exploitation in Citrix NetScaler flaws
The UK cyber agency says two of eight newly disclosed Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities are being actively exploited and urges immediate mitigation.
NCSC (UK)
AWS and Shakira Foundation Pledge Free AI Training for 1M Women
Amazon says AWS, Laboratoria and Fundación Pies Descalzos will offer free Spanish-language cloud and AI courses across Latin America, starting in Colombia, targeting 1 million women by 2028.
Amazon
ESMA to deploy AI supervision tools, widen DORA oversight in 2027
The EU markets regulator says its 2027 work programme includes AI-based supervisory tools, oversight of critical ICT providers under DORA and continued MiCA crypto supervision.
ESMA