Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Maybe it's that weird wall socket you use over there.. /s :D
EU has more stringent energy reduction requirements.
Here is some stuff from google. I haven't vetted it but from what the result said, it appears the settings may be be...
Is the brightness discrepancy between US and EU models just a flaw in the Windows HDR calibration app? You set it to 1500 nits regardless of what the calibration app reports?