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 Latest News
EU Parliament nails down agreement on child sexual abuse regulation on 24/10/23
The main political groups of the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the draft law to prevent the dissemination of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Tuesday (24 October).
AI Act: Leading MEPs revise high-risk classification, ignoring negative legal opinion on 23/10/23
The EU lawmakers spearheading the work on the EU’s AI bill have circulated a new version of the provisions regarding the classification of high-risk AI systems, maintaining the filter-based approach despite a contrary legal opinion.
EU Parliament set to request involvement in cybersecurity certification schemes on 23/10/23
All major political groups are expected to get behind amendments requiring the adoption of cybersecurity certification schemes to be rubberstamped by the European Parliament.
Building the right capabilities for digital transformation [Promoted content] on 23/10/23
This series from Amazon Web Services (AWS) focuses on guiding public sector organisations through successful digital transformation processes, and is based on key findings from the AWS Institute. This second instalment provides insights on sourcing, attracting and retaining the best talent and explains why using open source can help you move forward faster.
Germany eyes new digital strategy amid global tech race on 20/10/23
Germany aims to boost its international competitiveness with a new digital strategy, while experts have warned of a growing geopolitical race for technological supremacy and the need to defend liberal values and human rights in the digital space.
Data centres brace for new EU energy reporting obligations on 20/10/23
The European Commission is ramping up industry reporting obligations in order to ensure the EU meets its stated goal of making data centres climate neutral by 2030.
Greening data centers and cloud computing on 20/10/23
Data centres across Europe face new obligations to reduce their energy consumption as part of the EU's revamped Energy Efficiency Directive, adopted earlier this year. Can they meet the challenge?
The AI Act’s crunch time, submarine cables financing on 20/10/23
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “Foundation models differ from more traditional narrow AI models on the basis of their numerous capabilities.” -Spanish presidency’s preparatory...
EU-US data transfer agreements: an endless disagreement? on 20/10/23
This week, Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and activist who launched the not-for-profit organisation NYOB, standing for None-of-Your-Business, joins Euractiv Tech brief podcast to talk about the European Union – United States Data Privacy Framework, the new transatlantic agreement allowing...
Global Encryption Day 2023: Encryption Empowers Our Lives [Promoted content] on 20/10/23
Global Encryption Day (21 October) spotlights the importance of end-to-end encryption in our digital lives. Encryption must be celebrated, not weakened, as could be the case through the European Commission's proposal to combat online child sexual abuse.

 Technology Weekly 
AI Act: EU Parliament’s legal office gives damning opinion on high-risk classification ‘filters’ (19/10/23)
EU cybersecurity body sounds alarm bell over AI-driven disruptions of European elections (19/10/23)
Will the AI Act clip the wings of regulators? (19/10/23)
Latvia gets front row in rebuilding Ukraine’s telecom infrastructure (19/10/23)
DSA: Commission asks EU countries to accelerate implementation of new digital rulebook (19/10/23)
Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law (19/10/23)
UK’s AI safety summit set to highlight risk of losing human control over ‘frontier’ models (18/10/23)
Migrant shipwreck reporting wins EU journalism prize (18/10/23)
EU readies second round of submarine cables financing, but resource allocation raises questions (18/10/23)
The Time is Now: Why modernising transatlantic cooperation on cross-border law enforcement access to electronic evidence should be a priority [Promoted content] (18/10/23)
AI Act: EU countries headed to tiered approach on foundation models amid broader compromise (17/10/23)
MEPs approve EU tech fund, want full-scale sovereignty fund in the future (17/10/23)
Breton’s megaphone enforcement is no way to tackle disinformation (17/10/23)
AI Act: EU countries mull options on fundamental rights, sustainability, workplace use (16/10/23)
EU Commission’s microtargeting to promote law on child abuse under scrutiny (16/10/23)
UN cybercrime treaty: A menace in the making (16/10/23)
How to successfully kickstart your digital transformation [Promoted content] (16/10/23)
Commission, Council lame in regulating spyware; Breton urges Musk to tackle disinfo on X (13/10/23)
Anti-mafia author Saviano fined for calling Italy PM a ‘bastard’ (13/10/23)
EU prepping for post-quantum encryption, part 2 (13/10/23)
Germany suggests splitting up child sexual abuse material regulation (12/10/23)
Spanish EU Presidency warns about online radicalisation of minors by terrorists (12/10/23)
Tired of disinformation, some EU politicians dream of ‘bluer’ skies (12/10/23)
Breton’s view of EU geopolitics in the telecom sector vis-à-vis China, US (12/10/23)
Digital Networks Act: Breton lays out vision for EU telecom operators (12/10/23)
Child sexual abuse material: Spanish Presidency floats limiting detection orders’ scope (11/10/23)
Unanswered questions over social media actions in Slovakia loom over upcoming elections (11/10/23)
EU’s Breton urges Musk to tackle spread of disinformation on X after Hamas attack (11/10/23)
UK Information Commissioner concerned about Snapchat chatbot’s privacy risks (10/10/23)
Amnesty International: Commission, Council ineffective in regulating spyware (10/10/23)
Preparing for the virtual AI revolution: EU’s flexible principles imperative (09/10/23)
Experts raise EU Cyber Resilience concerns, Media Freedom Act adopted despite criticism (06/10/23)
Council of Europe sounds alarm over electoral practices before Polish vote (06/10/23)
German competition authority happy as Google grants users more control over data (06/10/23)
Summit highlights digital shortcomings in Western Balkans (06/10/23)
Slovak general elections result: the EU’s DSA enforcement challenges ahead (06/10/23)
Disputes resurface over ‘offline-illegality-should-be-online-illegality’ rule (06/10/23)
EU auditors highlight risks in Cyber Solidarity Act (05/10/23)
EU media law enters home stretch but spyware, disinformation concerns persist (04/10/23)
NGOs, Commission, and money: What is going on with child sexual abuse regulation? (04/10/23)

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