Digital Sovereignty in Finance: Money20/20 Europe’s Policy 20 summit in Amsterdam brought central banks, regulators and tech leaders together to tackle cross-border rules for payments, digital identity and AI-driven finance. Materials for Industry: TPRC in Enschede reports on improving bonding in hybrid epoxy-LMPAEK composite co-cured joints using ultraviolet ozone pretreatment, aiming at tougher, lower-cost connections. Natural-Fiber Composites: Eindhoven University of Technology and the European flax-linen & hemp alliance highlight new scalable manufacturing steps—thin-ply prepregs and coreless filament winding—to move beyond hand layup for automotive-grade composites. Cybersecurity AI Access: Anthropic is expanding its Project Glasswing to about 150 organisations, including partners in the Netherlands, to access Mythos under strict security requirements. Biosecurity Case: U.S. prosecutors charged two NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratory researchers—one a Dutch citizen—with allegedly smuggling mpox vials into the U.S. via Detroit and lying about the contents. EU Tech Independence: The EU unveiled a technology sovereignty push to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers for chips, cloud and AI, while also addressing Schengen border-check politics. Netherlands Cloud Block: The Dutch government blocked Kyndryl’s proposed acquisition of Solvinity, citing public-interest risks tied to digital identity infrastructure and potential CLOUD Act exposure.