Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid, via Sam Clark and Victor Jack politico.eu/article/baltic…

How did this porn app get on my iPhone? via Eliza Gkritsi politico.eu/article/iphone…

Politico's three tech newsletters covering the EU, the U.K. and France are out free to read today as our reporters hit the AI Action Summit in Paris: politico.eu/article/ai-sum… politico.eu/article/britai… politico.eu/article/sommet…

The AI rollercoaster of recent weeks – the U.S. $500B announcement, DeepSeek proving AI can be done without huge outlays – has been a wake-up call for France and the EU's tech ambitions, via Clea Caulcutt politico.eu/article/the-15…

Politico's tech newsletters for the EU, France and the U.K. are free to read again today! Here's our coverage of the AI Action summit in Paris. EU: politico.eu/article/virkku… France: politico.eu/article/flop-o… U.K.: politico.eu/article/time-t…

JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech, via Clea Caulcutt politico.eu/article/vp-jd-…

The European Union made its biggest response yet to a massive U.S. financing plan for AI with a €20B fund that it says could leverage €200B investment, via Pieter Haeck politico.eu/article/eu-mak…

How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI, via Pieter Haeck Océane Herrero Tom Bristow politico.eu/article/ai-act…

We're running our tech newsletters free again today. Morning Tech (EU): politico.eu/article/the-eu… Morning Technology UK: politico.eu/article/uk-dan… Tech Matin: politico.eu/article/et-vou…

The European Commission's red tape-cutting effort is scrapping proposals that aren't moving, including AI liability, e-privacy and, in a real surprise, standard essential patent rules: pro.politico.eu/news/193856

Ex-footballer Glenn Micallef is the European Commission's youngest commissioner at 35 and will shortly lay out an EU strategy for "intergenerational fairness," via Pieter Haeck and Eddy Wax ✍️ politico.eu/article/fundin… politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

Politico's tech newsletter freebies continue today! EU: politico.eu/article/starli… U.K.: politico.eu/article/reynol… France: politico.eu/article/intell…

US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship,’ via Mathieu Pollet politico.eu/article/us-off…

EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief Henna Virkkunen tells US critic Rep. Jim Jordan, via Pieter Haeck politico.eu/article/social…

European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions, via Francesca Micheletti politico.eu/article/europa…

EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments, via Francesca Micheletti and Aude van den Hove politico.eu/article/eu-lay…

Europe's chemicals industry wants to join steel, cars and pharma in getting an EU lifeboat, via Leonie Cater politico.eu/article/italy-…

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic,’ via Bartosz Brzeziński and Hannah Roberts politico.eu/article/un-foo…

The EU's Irishman goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up, via Pieter Haeck politico.eu/article/eu-jus…

Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status, via Sam Clark politico.eu/article/hungar…