According to our colleagues in the evening, Belgian justice has ordered the conservatory seizure of the Google bank account in Dublin after the American giant’s refusal to pay a penalty of 76 million euros due to the Proxistore start-up after having blocked its advertising campaigns for 76 hours. On the mandate of the Brabant Walloon Brabant company, the Irish justice ministry has summoned Citibank to execute the measure.
Yespark buys Zenpark and accelerates its development in Europe
Yespark announces the acquisition of Zenpark, with the support of Ring Capital, Banque des Territoires, and Sofiouest. The new set now manages 100,000 spaces in 6,000 parking lots of 700 cities in France, Italy and Belgium. Yespark, a long -term rental specialist, and Zenpark, a short -term rental expert, combine their forces for Optimize the occupation of urban parking lots. The group targets a turnover of 100 million eurosagainst Nearly 50 million currently. This strategic merger will also allow develop new services especially in electromobility and logistics of the last kilometer.
Article 8ter: Guillaume Poupard warns against a critical weakening of digital security
Guillaume Poupard, Deputy Director General of Docaposte and former director of the ANSSI, denounces the dangers of the new article 8ter of the bill against the narcotrafic which introduces the “Ghost technique”
There “Ghost technique”defended within the framework of article 8ter of the bill against narcotrafic, consists of Insert an invisible participant in a conversation In order to allow authorities to access exchanges without warning users. This approach, inspired by a British GCHQ proposal in 2018, is presented as an alternative to classic backdoors
Once this device is in place, How to prevent other states from requiring the same accessincluding authoritarian regimes? It recalls the economic and technological impact of such a measure, which will lead operators as a signal to withdraw from the French market.
His recommendation: Do not weaken encryption mechanisms under the pretext of surveillance. For him, the introduction of backdoors, even sophisticated, is unrealistic, ineffective and dangerous.
100 European tech leaders urge Ursula von der Leyen to adopt a “Buy European” model
A large coalition of European tech players calls for a radical action to reduce its dependence on foreign digital infrastructure and services. In a letter addressed to Ursula von der Leyen and Henna Virkkunen, more than 100 signatories plead for an industrial strategy promoting European alternatives, from Cloud to semiconductors. Faced with the geopolitical tensions and the domination of the American giants, they urge Brussels to adopt a model of “Buy European” and to create a sovereign fund to support an independent digital infrastructure.
Ubisoft is looking for investors for a new entity dedicated to its franchises
Ubisoft would plan to sell a minority participation in a new structure bringing together some of its flagship licenses, of which Assassin’s Creed. This initiative comes as the publisher, faced with a fall of 43 % of its course in 2024, seeks to maximize the valuation of its assets. Ubisoft, whose capitalization reaches 1.7 billion euros, engaged in parallel significant costs reduction, including the closure of studios and the abandonment of the game Xdeter.
Meta tries to stifle an explosive book on her practices
Meta wants to block the publication of Careless peoplea critical book on the governance of the company and its leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. The author, Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director of relations with governments, denounces a culture of moral indifference and strategic compromises. Meta, who obtained an injunction requiring that she ceases any promotion of the book, accuses her of defamation and reprisals. The book is already among the best sales.
Bluesky changes course on the use of data
Bluesky now offers users to indicate whether their data can be used for IA training, web archiving and other uses. This initiative arouses criticism, some seeing it as a turnaround compared to the previous declarations of the data protection platform and transparency.
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Kela Technologies lifts $ 39 million to connect civil innovation to military systems
Kela Technologies, Israeli startup founded in July 2024, announces a lifting of $ 39 million. Supported by Sequoia ($ 11 million in SEED) and Lux Capital ($ 28 million in series A), alongside IN-Q-TEL (CIA Strategic Fund), Kela develops an open platform allowing Western armies to quickly integrate commercial technologies-advanced AI, sensors, edge computing-with existing military systems. The objective: to accelerate innovation in the field without depending on long cycles and traditional defense actors. Based in Tel Aviv, the startup plans to open up to the American and European security forces.
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🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:
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- The AirPods will translate our conversations into real time / Mirakl really worth $ 3.5 billion? / The United States bought its defense technology from Ukraine
- Shopify, Klarna and Mistral united against the US exodus / mention taken from its own trap / startups, can the state eternally play the leading roles?
🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:
- Will European technological independence go through the HPC RHEA HPC microprocessor of Sipearl?
- Towards increased resilience of critical infrastructure: France wants to strengthen its cybersecurity
- Does Mirakl really be worth $ 3.5 billion?
- Trapped by its own economic model, mention is put into receivership.
- Jean-Marc Jancovici: What place can artificial intelligence occupy in a world that will soon or later have to decarbonate?
- The sinking of Irobot after the failure of its acquisition by Amazon
- AI manus: Chinese AI capable of doing everything on its own
- Virtuo in receivership: the car rental startup looking for a buyer
