Wednesday, June 3, 2026

"EU Parliament to switch to French search engine from Google in tech sovereignty push"

From Reuters, June 3:

The European Parliament will switch to French ​search engine Qwant from Google it said on Wednesday, underscoring Europe's push to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology ​in favour of local alternatives.

The ​European Commission will later on Wednesday ⁠announce measures on chips, cloud computing ​services and AI as part of ​its "Buy and Use European" drive....
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Having a sovereign cloud is a good idea. Chips? Maybe not.