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Information technology (IT) in Benelux

• June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26

  Dutch critical infrastructure lags Europe’s cloud sovereignty divide, SAP executive warns

  France has an established sovereign cloud framework and Germany launched one earlier this year, whereas the Netherlands is still just building its policy foundation

• June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26

  ING increases use of AI in mortgage application process

  Bank using artificial intelligence to speed up mortgage applications as the company introduces the technology across its business

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  EU unveils full-stack sovereignty package to build Euro tech muscle

  European Commission launches package spanning chips, cloud and energy to reduce dependency on US and Chinese supply chains and to foster a sovereign vertical domestic stack

• May 21, 2026 21 May'26

  Police op targets VPN service favoured by ransomware gangs

  A multinational police operation has taken down the infamous First VPN service that provided cover for cyber criminal gangs and ransomware operators

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  IDCA datacentres report: Global concentration and the Goldilocks zone

  International Data Center Authority report shows capacity concentrated in a few developed nations, while ‘Goldilocks index’ shows which states can benefit from rapid development

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Europe and US negotiate deal to share citizens’ biometric data, UK also approached

  The UK has received a request from the US to share biometric data of citizens, as Europe negotiates a similar deal with US Department of Homeland Security

• May 11, 2026 11 May'26

  The Netherlands leads in quantum technology but lags on quantum security

  The Dutch government has invested €615m to build a world-class quantum technology ecosystem, but many institutions have not started any quantum-specific preparations to protect themselves against the security threat

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Netherlands moves GPT-NL from lab to live: first pilots under way

  Dutch national language model enters real-world testing with a €13.5m public budget and a project-claimed world-first licensing deal with national news publishers

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

  We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Data dive: A new American Century in the datacentre pipeline?

  Looking at datacentre development internationally, we see how the UK faces apparent relative decline, how countries are responding to the AI age, and what MW vs GDP can tell us

• April 09, 2026 09 Apr'26

  European Union deep tech plan too late for quantum champions IQM and Pasqal

  European quantum computing firms hurry to get US stock exchange listings so they can be predator not prey in a coming wave of consolidation

• March 02, 2026 02 Mar'26

  Virtual twins and AI companions target enterprise war rooms

  Dassault Systèmes claims platform can answer complex business questions in seconds, but approach requires rethinking enterprise data architecture

• February 23, 2026 23 Feb'26

  €126bn in Dutch tech projects blocked by permits and grid limits

  Ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink’s deregulation solution triggers warnings from academics and government advisors

• February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26

  UK fintech investment slumped in 2025

  Investment in the UK fintech sector fell to its lowest level since 2020, but it is still the European destination attracting the most money

• February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26

  US bid for Dutch ID infrastructure raises sovereignty concerns

  Kyndryl’s proposed takeover shows how critical systems become exposed to foreign control without an overarching policy decision

• February 02, 2026 02 Feb'26

  Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

  Intercepted communications data used to prosecute drug crime gangs is unreliable and does not conform to international standards of evidence, according to an expert report presented to a court in Antwerp

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  Spanish court acquits suspects denied access to ‘raw’ Sky ECC intercepts in landmark decision

  Prosecutors have been told they cannot rely on intercept evidence from the Sky ECC encrypted phone network in the absence of other evidence, unless they disclose the raw intercept data to defendants in decision that could have a significant impact ...

• December 30, 2025 30 Dec'25

  Top 10 European IT stories of 2025

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 European technology stories of 2025

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Interview: Florence Mottay, global CISO, Zalando

  Florence Mottay moved from mathematics to software engineering, and is now leading security at Zalando, a high-tech online fashion retailer

• November 25, 2025 25 Nov'25

  Antwerp court adjourns high-profile drugs case amid questions over Sky ECC intercept

  Defence lawyers ask court to adjourn after unexplained changes found in evidence files containing intercepted messages from Sky ECC encrypted phone network infiltrated by French and Dutch police

• November 25, 2025 25 Nov'25

  Tech central to swingeing job cuts at ABN Amro

  Simplification enabled by the use of the latest technologies underpins Dutch bank’s plan to cut thousands of jobs

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  Dutch voters grasp digital urgency better than their politicians

  A grassroots campaign has propelled digitally competent candidates into the Dutch parliament, despite party leaders placing them low on electoral lists

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Artificial intelligence helps Klarna double revenues with half the staff

  Swedish fintech has gradually replaced half of its staff with artificial intelligence and doubled its revenues

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Dutch datacentre growth stalls while hydrogen remains untapped

  ING warns grid congestion threatens Dutch datacentre leadership, while the country’s championed hydrogen solution remains largely untapped

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Dutch boardroom cyber security knowledge gap exposed

  Cyber security governance professor warns that executives lack the capability to assess cyber threats in implementation approaches

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  European governments opt for open source alternatives to Big Tech encrypted communications

  European governments are rolling out decentralised secure messaging and collaboration services as they seek to reduce their reliance on Big Tech companies

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  The Netherlands faces €12bn R&D investment gap as productivity stagnates

  Dutch government unveils nine-point plan to meet European 3% GDP target after its competitiveness ranking plummeted

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  AI talent war sees UBS recruit leadership from JPMorgan

  Research from Evident reveals US banks lead the way in AI adoption in the finance sector, with a talent war simmering

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence

  Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement

  EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US – for now. An appeal may be in the offing

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange

  Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt

• July 28, 2025 28 Jul'25

  European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster

  Big EU industry joins with Europhile MP to persuade obstinate government officials to join the dataspaces intended to become the bedrock of Europe’s digital single market

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  UK loses second spot in global fintech to UAE

  The UK has been pushed into third spot on global fintech market size data for the first half of this year

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  Dutch researchers use heartbeat detection to unmask deepfakes

  Dutch method to counter deepfakes analyses blood flow patterns in faces that current deepfake generation tools cannot yet replicate

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Netherlands calls for European shift to post-tracking internet as privacy laws fail

  Dutch research institute argues decade of regulation hasn’t curbed surveillance capitalism, proposes fundamental business model change

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  Travelex replacing its software spine as part of cloud migration

  The foreign currency supplier is replacing its legacy supply chain backbone to enable its migration to the cloud

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief

  The data protection commissioner for Hamburg believes Meta’s AI training should be stopped

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI

  Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development

• July 03, 2025 03 Jul'25

  Air France-KLM to increase intelligence of bots that have saved 200,000 hours

  Airline group will now use agentic AI technology to make existing bots ‘more intelligent’

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Dutch study uncovers cognitive biases undermining cyber security board decisions

  Dutch research reveals how cognitive biases can lead to catastrophic security decisions

• July 01, 2025 01 Jul'25

  ING Bank transforming operations through agentic AI

  Netherlands-headquartered international bank is using artificial intelligence throughout its operations

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Europe’s semiconductor leaders are racing to meet energy demands

  Innovative ideas are discussed at Leti Innovation Days, as datacentres swell under the weight of AI workloads

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

  The Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance

• June 19, 2025 19 Jun'25

  UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier

  UBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider

• June 18, 2025 18 Jun'25

  Traditional fake news detection fails against AI-generated content

  As generative AI produces increasingly convincing text, Dutch researchers are exploring how linguistic cues, model bias, and transparency tools can help detect fake news.

• June 16, 2025 16 Jun'25

  Intelligence sharing key to cyber security in Europe, says EU Commission cyber expert

  Cyber criminals choose not to attack Europe due to its resilience and preparedness, says the EU Commission’s principal advisor for cyber security coordination, Despina Spanou

• June 13, 2025 13 Jun'25

  Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER

  When commercial AI meets the world’s most ambitious science experiment, nuclear fusion, surprising things start to happen

• June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25

  Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks

  Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy

  Microsoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support

• May 30, 2025 30 May'25

  Dutch businesses lag behind in cyber resilience as threats escalate

  The Netherlands is facing a growing cyber security crisis, with a staggering 66% of Dutch businesses lacking adequate cyber resilience, according to academic research.