The European Union and NATO staffs held the first Structured Dialogue on Cyber, today (October 4th 2024). Building on the previous EU-NATO High-Level Staff Talks on Cyber Security and Defence, the dialogue aimed to consolidate EU-NATO cooperation on cybersecurity and cyber defence and provided new opportunities for enhancing cooperation in the future.
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced preliminary terms with HP to support the development and commercialization of cutting-edge semiconductor technologies. The proposed investment would support expansion and modernization of existing campus and create over 250 manufacturing and construction jobs.
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced agreements that enable collaboration on AI safety research, testing and evaluation with Anthropic and OpenAI. These first-of-their-kind agreements between the U.S. government and industry will help advance safe and trustworthy AI innovation for all.
Undersea infrastructure is vital in a global economy powered by data. 99% of the world’s data is transmitted through subsea cables. An estimated USD 10 trillion in financial transactions alone traverses these vast cable networks each day. As well as data cables, critical undersea infrastructure also includes electricity connectors and pipelines supplying oil and gas.
The mechanism is a deliverable of the political agreement reached in 2023 between Vice-President Jourová and Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing at the EU-China High-Level Digital Dialogue, as well as at the EU-China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue between Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Vice-Premier He Lifeng.
The steel industry in Czechia is experiencing serious issues, as the Commission has already been informed, including the possibility of thousands of employees being laid off in a region that depends heavily on steel production. What will happen next?
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) announced that it is imposing a fine of €290 million on Uber, arguing that the company’s transfers of drivers’ personal data from the European Union to the United States were in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The main aim is to follow developments in the video game sector and deepen the dialogue with industry representatives. It will be the occasion to present available funding opportunities for the sector, to recall how the European Commission has supported the industry (for example with the Digital Markets Act), and to discuss what lies ahead.
The EU Commission has approved a €5 billion German measure to support European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (‘ESMC’) in the construction and operation of a microchip manufacturing plant in Dresden. ESMC is a joint venture between Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (‘TSMC’), Bosch, Infineon, and NXP.
The EU proposal for an AI Liability Directive (AILD) contains several links with the AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1698). As the AI Act has been agreed with amendments compared to the Commission’s proposal, there are several new provisions that could impact the provisions of the AILD.
The new Data Privacy Framework allows for the secure exchange of personal data between Switzerland and certified US companies. The Federal Council came to this conclusion at its meeting on 14 August and has to this extent added the USA to the list of countries with an adequate level of data protection.
Die deutsche Wirtschaft bereitet sich auf die Umsetzung des Data Act der EU vor. Durch ihn wird sich der Umgang mit Daten stark verändern. Ab September 2025 gelten neue Regeln: Wer dann eine smarte Waschmaschine kauft, kann viele der von ihr gesammelten Daten nutzen.
The lack of girls and women in digital is a missed opportunity. It both slows down societal progress towards a fairer and more inclusive digital world, and holds back economic growth in the Union.
The Recommendation on Secure and Resilient Submarine Cable Infrastructures presents a set of actions at national and EU level aimed at improving submarine cable security and resilience. This will be achieved through better coordination across the EU, both in terms of governance and funding.
This CORDIS Results Pack on supercomputing highlights 15 European projects supported by the unique European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), which aims to put Europe at the forefront of the high-performance computing and quantum computing revolution.
Both countries acknowledge requirements for wireless technologies are steadily increasing, highlighting the technical and regulatory requirements for advanced wireless deployments, and the need for continuous advancement. They intend to engage regularly and focus on cooperation in next generation communications, including 6G and beyond.
The European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) have launched a Digital Maturity Assessment Tool that will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify their strengths and weaknesses in the digital transformation of their businesses. The tool is open to all companies and available free of charge in 32 languages.
The Biden-Harris Administration released its Roadmap for the U.S. Government’s May 2023 National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). The roadmap sustains and reinforces the U.S. Government’s commitment to standards development led by the private sector and enhanced by partnerships with public institutions and calls for robust engagement in the standardization of critical and emerging technologies (CETs) to protect U.S. national and economic security.
The discussion also addressed the recent trend of rapid growth in international internet bandwidth and the fact that, over the years, there has been a shift in which content and application providers (CAPs) have evolved from being major users to major owners, investing in their own subsea cables.
EU and Singapore concluded negotiations for a Digital Trade Agreement (DTA). This deal is the first EU agreement of its kind, reflecting the EU’s aspiration to be a global standard-setter for digital trade rules and cross-border data flows.
Scale-up companies have expanded in Europe with the help of public organisations including the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, but these businesses face persistent financing barriers that the EU can do more to tackle, according to a new EIB report.
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