As the European Parliament ramps up preparations for the hearings of candidate European Commissioners in early November, the digital sector has a set of burning questions for Europe’s next tech chiefs to answer.
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service VLA has published a report highlighting the risks posed to Europeans by the Chinese technology flooding our market, including electric cars and robot vacuum cleaners that use Lidar systems to scan their surroundings. Here, the EU Commission answer related questions by an MEP.
The EU Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that Microsoft has breached EU antitrust rules by tying its communication and collaboration product Teams to its popular productivity applications included in its suites for businesses Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
The report was launched during a webinar on 20 June, where the European Blockchain Sandbox team shared an overview of best practices and answered audience questions.
The EU Commission has today launched a targeted consultation and a workshop series to seek input from stakeholders on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in finance. The initiatives cover use cases, benefits, barriers, risks and stakeholder needs.
The EU Council has adopted an amendment to the regulation on the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) joint undertaking. Its objectives will now include the development and operation of ‘AI factories’, entities which provide an AI supercomputing service infrastructure.
The European Commission, Bird and Bird and OXYGY have announced 20 use cases for the second cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox.
Cybersecurity was the focus of a side event held as part of the G20 Digital Economy Working Group on Monday (10/6), which will continue until Thursday (13/6) in the city of São Luís, capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
The Council today reached an agreement on a common member states’ position on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The EU-Australia Digital Dialogue aims to promote an inclusive digital transformation and foster innovation. Both partners share a strong commitment to democracy, rule of law and human rights.
New EU rules on making more public datasets available for reuse have started applying in six thematic areas laid out in the Open Data Directive: geospatial, earth observation and environment, meteorological, statistics, companies and mobility.
Running an authenticated key exchange protocol over low-power Internet-of-Things radio technologies is challenging. EDHOC is designed to be a security enabler in the next generation of Internet-of-Things products and can be used for instance in appliances for home and businesses.
In 2017, the EU Commission had adopted a cybersecurity package with a series of initiatives to further improve EU cyber-resilience, deterrence and defence. What has happened, since then?
The EU Commission has approved a €2 billion Italian measure to support STMicroelectronics (‘ST’) in the construction and operation of an integrated chip manufacturing plant for Silicon Carbide (‘SiC’) power devices in Catania, Sicily.
EU Ministers held a debate on the EU space law, which the Commission is expected to propose. Ministers also prepared the joint EU-ESA Space Council meeting, which was held after the space part of the Competitiveness Council meeting. The Council adopted conclusions on ‘strengthening Europe’s competitiveness through space’, on EuroHPC for AI, and on research and security.
EU HR Borrell returned from California with three main takeaways: “First, to keep innovation in Europe, we need to significantly increase investment in the high-tech sector. Second, the EU’s human-centric approach to tech regulation is viewed positively by Californian decision-makers. And third, Europe needs to avoid becoming the adjustment variable for Chinese excess capacity.”
The EU Council has reached a political agreement, today, on a regulation to expand the objectives of the European High Performing Computer Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), aimed at boosting Europe’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI).
Critical raw materials are resources that are considered important for the whole European economy and face a high risk of supply disruption. The European Critical Raw Materials Act contains a list of critical raw materials and codifies the methodology used for the assessment in law, which will be used to update the critical raw materials list periodically.
A Eurobarometer survey published today indicates that the cyber skills shortage is increasing, there is a need for more cybersecurity specialists and we need to increase the number of highly cybersecurity-aware staff in every company across the EU.
The EU Council has approved conclusions on the future of the EU digital policy, identifying the main priorities that will be developed in the upcoming legislative cycle.
The Council has approved conclusions on the future of cybersecurity aiming to provide guidance and setting the principles towards building a more cybersecure and more resilient Union.
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