All posts tagged "EU"

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  EU seeks to tame tech giants

  The European Union is seeking sweeping powers to tackle big tech companies’ dominance, in a bid to boost competition, increase transparency and protect the public from potential harms. Measures being

  • Posted September 23, 2020
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  Former UK diplomatic chief warns of declining influence overseas

  The UK’s global influence is in decline, the former head of the country’s foreign office has argued – with Brexit and an over-controlling Number 10 at the heart of the

  • Posted September 14, 2020
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  UK government legal chief quits over Brexit row

  The head of the UK government’s legal department has resigned over prime minister Boris Johnson’s attempt to override parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement relating to Northern Ireland. Sir Jonathan

  • Posted September 9, 2020
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  Doubts over IT system readiness prompts fresh concerns over Brexit border chaos

  UK civil servants are working to avert major border chaos when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December, according to a leaked memo that warns of “critical gaps” in

  • Posted September 7, 2020
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  Council of Europe starts work on legally-binding AI treaty

  The Council of Europe is working on a future legal framework to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across all 47 member states. The Council’s Ad hoc Committee on

  • Posted July 22, 2020
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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  EU and UK prepare for paperwork and delays on new Brexit border

  The EU has published sector by sector guidance for businesses in both the UK and on the European mainland, detailing the changes that will be necessary when the Brexit ‘transition

  • Posted July 13, 2020
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  Germany urges tightening of draft European AI regs

  Rules governing artificial intelligence (AI) security at the EU level need to be strengthened to ensure ethical use of the technology, the German government has said. Berlin was responding to

  • Posted July 1, 2020
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  National AI strategies more “aspirational than practical”, report finds

  National AI strategies lack planning for operational investments, are far more aspirational than practical and fail to consider funding realities, according to a new report by internationally-renowned think tank the

  • Posted June 24, 2020
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  EU promises new digital taxes after US pulls out of talks

  An abrupt US decision to abandon international negotiations aimed at taxing tech giants has sparked fears of a trade war, with the European Commission and member states vowing to act

  • Posted June 22, 2020
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