Europe plans strict rules for artificial intelligence
Companies that violate the new regulations could face fines up to €20 million or 4% of their turnover.
The European Commission, the executive branch of the EU, has leaked to POLITICO a draft of its new AI rules. The Commission plans to make the rules public on April 21.
Under the draft pr...
Google calls to EU and US for cooperation in tech
Google is concerned about the crumbling relationship between the US and the EU. The company is therefore urging the US to accept a European proposal for a Trade and Technology Council.
In a blog post, Google says that the positive cooperation that the US and the EU have had over the past two dec...
Think tank: Europe should invest in chip design, not production
A German think tank report says that building a super fabrication facility makes no sense when the EU's chip design industry is lacking.
Europe’s ambition to make the most powerful computer chips risks wasting billions of euros, a German think tank said in a report this week. The report, accor...
Privacy group files privacy complaint against Google in France
The Austrian group NOYB claims Android phones violate Europeans' right to privacy.
Privacy group NOYB has instigated a new complaint about Google's use of the Android Advertising ID (AAID) to track users. They claim that the identifiers that the Android system uses are in clear violation of EU l...
European Institutions were targeted in a cyber-attack
A spokesman claims the attackers did no serious damage.
Attackers hit a range of European Union institutions including the European Commission in a significant cyber attack last week, according to Reuters.
A spokesperson for the commission said that a number of EU bodies “experienced an IT ...
Tech moguls seek to streamline the European start-up ecosystem
The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth leads a group of unicorns.
EU commissioner Mariya Gabriel met this week with leaders from some of Europe’s top start-ups and unicorns. The purpose of the meeting was to work on a new EU policy for innovation. The ...
EU plans to use supercomputer to create “digital twin” of Earth
The computer will be used to study and model climate change, among other things.
The European Union is planning to create a giant supercomputer to study climate change with a simulated twin of our planet. The EU calls the upcoming computer Destination Earth, or DestinE for short. The computer wi...
EU and US in talks over new privacy deal
The European Union and the United States are negotiating on the handling of personal data. The two world powers are looking for a way to make it possible for private data to cross the Atlantic without violating European legislation.
The talks are being spurred on by tech giants such as Facebook,...
EU antitrust watchdogs to have more say over start-up deals
They want to oversee small-value acquisitions in order to protect competition.
EU antitrust regulators want to have more say over small merger deals involving start-ups in the technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. This is according to a report in Reuters that appeared last wee...
Deutsche Telekom loses appeal against EU antitrust fine
The German telecom giant and its Slovak business unit are both still liable, according to the court.
Reuters has reported that Europe's top court on Thursday dismissed appeals by Deutsche Telekom and its Slovak unit against an antitrust fine levied nearly a decade ago by EU antitrust enforcers. ...
Europe needs to invest 300 billion euro for 5G rollout
An industrial study says that the economic boost from 5G will not be without up-front costs.
Europe needs to pump 300 billion euros ($355 billion) into its telecoms infrastructure by 2025 if it wants to roll out super fast 5G across the 27-country bloc to boost economic growth and tap the potent...
EU parliament bickering over initiative in fight against Big Tech
The European Parliament is wrestling internally with the question of which committee should take the lead in tackling big tech companies within the European Union. The legislative proposal for the regulation of digital platforms may be delayed as a result, according to the Financial Times.
Accor...