Digital Sovereignty: Europe's Way Out of Dependency
Seven corporations are worth more than the entire DAX — by a factor of nine. What digital sovereignty actually means, what dependency costs, and which European alternatives already hold up. With evidence instead of assumptions.
Six weeks at a standstill: cyberattacks and the insolvency that follows
Several mid-sized German firms have filed for insolvency after a cyberattack. Line the cases up and a pattern appears — but not the one in the headlines.
Attacks in packs: what the OpenAI incident means for your security
In July 2026, AI agents organised themselves to attack a target for the first documented time — coordinated, at machine speed. Why that changes the maths for everyone, not just large corporations.
AI Providers: A Sovereignty Check
Rankings of the best AI models go stale in weeks. The four questions that really decide which provider you can hand your data to do not. With a close look at Chinese models, open weights and brokers such as OpenRouter.
EU AI Act: what applies to SMEs since August 2026
Since 2 August 2026 the obligations for high-risk systems apply. For most small businesses the AI Act is still no cause for panic — but it is a reason to finally write down how AI is used in the company.
Running a language model locally on a Mac
A Mac with Apple Silicon is a surprisingly capable AI machine. What you need, which model fits into your memory, and what you can realistically expect.
From AI Subscription to Turbo Token Capitalism
First the flat rate, then billing per token: the quiet price rise at the AI providers shifts the cost risk from vendor to customer. What that means for your calculations — and which ways out remain.
Open-source LLMs: what smaller businesses can do with them
Open language models now run on hardware that fits in an office. Where they can replace commercial cloud services, where they cannot — and what actually matters in practice.
EUCube: Why I Built Myself an Ad-Free Media Feed
Money, attention and data — you pay three times over for the same content. A self-experiment with a quieter feed that learns from interests rather than clicks, and what turned out to be surprisingly different.
Data protection and AI: where the GDPR actually bites
The data protection problem in AI use rarely arises inside the model — it arises at the place of processing. A level-headed assessment, with the three questions that matter.
How Much Is a Billion? The German Federal Budget, Yours to Move
Health insurance, pensions, the top tax rate, unemployment benefits — individual line items get argued over endlessly. What almost everyone lacks is a feel for the orders of magnitude. So I pulled the public figures together and built an app out of them.
A Model Its Own Maker Considers Too Dangerous
Anthropic has unveiled an AI model that autonomously finds zero-day vulnerabilities — and reserved access for ten corporations. What that means for everyone else: mid-sized companies, small hosting providers, local government.