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Actuators are 40% to 60% of a humanoid robot's bill of materials, and China refines about 90% of the magnets inside them. Europe's answer is one supplier.

TU Darmstadt found 43% of people with strong AI knowledge expect AI to take their work, and only 15% have had training. Article 4 has applied since 2025.

Dutch students drove a solar ambulance 800km across Kenya and it made more power than it used. Europe has 2.6B euros for African health, none for this.

Windows 11 is rolling out a toggle that removes Bing results from Search. Microsoft shipped the same control to EEA users to meet a DMA deadline in 2024.

About 78% of Oslo's 4,519 public charging points are slow AC units, and nearly half its cars are electric. Europe's right to plug arrives in May 2026.

OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads has reached $1B annualised and opened self-service buying in Europe, the same day the Commission designated it under the DSA.

Phil Schiller has reportedly stepped back from running the App Store, 13 days after Apple replaced its EU Core Technology Fee with a flat 5% commission.

84% of US adults use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, but digital memories remain scattered across platforms with no context. Eternal Memory founders argue digital legacy is an emerging category where curation matters more than volume.

LG Energy signed a 10-year lithium offtake with an Arkansas project 45% owned by Equinor. Its 2022 contract for German lithium was due to deliver in 2025.

Hugging Face's Microduck is a $399 open-source robot duck that walks, skates and lifts about 100 grams. Preorders open, shipping by Christmas.