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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million for how it processed location data. The fine follows complaints from European consumer-rights groups. Google has six months to comply with the commission’s requirements.
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, causing no casualties. The strike occurred shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Sweden, had passed through the area. The incident has been described as an escalation aimed at intimidating European leaders.
August was the world’s joint-hottest month on record, according to climate scientists. The heat surge is largely attributed to human-caused climate change. The record-breaking temperatures were observed globally, with the United States also reporting summer heat records.
Bending Spoons, the owner of Vimeo, raised $1.68 billion in its initial public offering, pricing shares above the indicated range ahead of its Nasdaq debut. In its U.S. market debut, the company’s stock surged about 40%, bringing its valuation to roughly $25.7 billion. The offering is among the largest U.S. IPOs by a European firm in 2026.
SoftBank has announced an investment of up to €75 billion to build AI data centers in France. The company plans to develop large-scale computing clusters across the country. This move marks its largest European investment to date. The project aims to deliver several gigawatts of AI capacity.
The Netherlands has become the first European nation to grant approval for Tesla’s supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, marking the inaugural European rollout of the technology. This authorization allows Tesla’s self-driving software to operate under supervision within the country, establishing a precedent for future European deployments.