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Germany launches AI action plan to boost investments, European cooperation on 08/11/23
Germany wants to boost the development of AI in Germany and the EU, according to a new AI action plan presented by the Ministry of Education and Research on Tuesday (7 November), which could push the EU to match the already dominant US and China.
EU should not shoot into its digitalisation legs on 08/11/23
The current proposal of the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services might decelerate digital transformation or force EU companies to choose less secure solutions, writes Vladimir Vano. Vladimir Vano is the chief economist of GLOBSEC, a global think-tank committed...
DIGITAL SME Summit – Building European technological leadership [Promoted content] on 08/11/23
Europe needs a new vision how to close the gap with its digital competitors. The DIGITAL SME Summit will demonstrate that this vision can only begin by putting SMEs, the majority of Europe’s industrial base, at the centre of all actions.
EU policymakers nail down agreement on political advertising on 07/11/23
EU co-legislators reached a deal on transparency and targeting of political advertising on Monday evening (8 November), including the targeting of online ads and the role of a new European public repository.
Governance of foundation models in EU’s AI law starts to take shape on 07/11/23
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has proposed a governance architecture for supervising the obligations on foundation models and high-impact foundation models that includes the establishment of a scientific panel.
Why data is critical to fueling the future of the European energy sector [Promoted content] on 07/11/23
Achieving Net Zero requires European energy players to transform how they operate and collaborate. To achieve this, they need to become data-centric, sharing information internally and externally across wider ecosystems to deliver greater efficiency, better decision making and increased transparency.
Spanish presidency pitches obligations for foundation models in EU’s AI law on 07/11/23
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has drafted a series of obligations for foundation models and General Purpose AI as part of the negotiations on the AI Act.
Frontex illegally processing migrants’ data, EU watchdog says on 06/11/23
The EU border agency Frontex is processing personal data of migrants in breach of EU law and its own mandate, according to a letter by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), seen by Euractiv.
AI Act: MEPs mull narrow facial recognition technology uses in exchange for other bans on 06/11/23
The European Parliament might be on the verge of agreeing to some narrow conditions for using remote biometric identification technologies in real-time as part of a package deal extending the list of prohibited practices.
EU Commission’s nameless experts behind its child sexual abuse law on 06/11/23
The EU Ombudsman has found a case of maladministration in the European Commission's refusal to provide the list of experts, which it first denied existing, with whom they worked together in drafting the regulation to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material.

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 Technology Weekly 
The open source software question, market concentration in AI (03/11/23)
Are EU regulators ready for concentration in the AI market? (03/11/23)
German government reports risk of cyber threats higher than ever (03/11/23)
The Cyber Resilience Act and the future of open source software (03/11/23)
Experts question EU report on emerging deep tech (02/11/23)
EU squeezes Meta on personal data use for targeting ads (02/11/23)
Journalist killings in Malta, Greece, Slovakia, Netherlands remain unsolved – report (02/11/23)
Volkswagen rejects Czech gigafactory location, citing low demand for EV batteries (02/11/23)
Nude deepfakes flood the internet amid legislative vacuum (31/10/23)
EU Commission’s “multi-cloud strategy” raises consistency questions (31/10/23)
EU policymakers brace for clash in thorny debate over platform workers’ status (31/10/23)
France and Germany increasingly drift apart on digital sovereignty of cloud sector (31/10/23)
Moldova blocks access to Russia’s main news agencies (31/10/23)
NGOs urge EU Commission to include porn websites in the ‘systemic risk’ club (30/10/23)
Targeting of EU officials with Predator spyware shows need for stronger legal controls (30/10/23)
EU policymakers’ advance on open source software, support period in new cybersecurity law (30/10/23)
How governments can introduce new technology while managing legacy systems [Promoted content] (30/10/23)
RSF initial report: Reuters journalist was killed in Lebanon in ‘targeted’ strike (30/10/23)
MEP: Some member states holding up SLAPP law over legal sovereignty fears (27/10/23)
AI Act’s last mile, MEPs throw the gauntlet on EUCS (27/10/23)
The EU’s sense for the metaverse (27/10/23)
Surging falsehoods seek to dent Western aid to Ukraine (27/10/23)
Leading parliamentary committee calls for regulating addictive design online (26/10/23)
Reporters Without Borders see ‘opportunity’ in new Bulgarian government (26/10/23)
Pressure builds on Serbia over controversial new media laws (26/10/23)
First compromises and tension points emerge in EU’s media law negotiations (26/10/23)
EU vs Tech Giants: Who Rules the Digital World? (26/10/23)
Leading parliamentary committee adopts Right to Repair directive (25/10/23)
Ukraine’s recipe for resilient telecom infrastructure (25/10/23)
EU policymakers enter the last mile for Artificial Intelligence rulebook (25/10/23)
EU Parliament nails down agreement on child sexual abuse regulation (24/10/23)
AI Act: Leading MEPs revise high-risk classification, ignoring negative legal opinion (23/10/23)
EU Parliament set to request involvement in cybersecurity certification schemes (23/10/23)
Building the right capabilities for digital transformation [Promoted content] (23/10/23)
Germany eyes new digital strategy amid global tech race (20/10/23)
Data centres brace for new EU energy reporting obligations (20/10/23)
Greening data centers and cloud computing (20/10/23)
The AI Act’s crunch time, submarine cables financing (20/10/23)
EU-US data transfer agreements: an endless disagreement? (20/10/23)
Global Encryption Day 2023: Encryption Empowers Our Lives [Promoted content] (20/10/23)

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