Sunday
17th Feb 2019
After marathon talks, EU negotiators agree on provisional copyright reform, requiring companies to filter content to prevent unauthorized work on their platform. Online platforms and open-internet advocates warn it will hurt the free flow of information.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) must be deployed in the EU, the European Commission said in a new climate strategy paper.
What is at stake during the final stages of EU talks on the legislative revision of the European Citizens' Initiative.
EU commissioner for justice Vera Jourova was advised to ask Facebook to use its "contacts with the US administration and with Congress".
Space is becoming weaponised in a race between China and the US. Now EU commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska says it is time for Europe to debate wether to follow suit.
US tech giant Apple will open its first data centre outside the US in 2019 in a tiny Danish village. Cheap electricity, plus stable societies, are the two main reasons for global high-tech companies to locate in the Nordic region.
Henrik Hololei, director-general for Mobility and Transport at the EU commission, riled against "old-fashioned, totally non-future-oriented taxi companies".
With only four months to go until the European elections, the EU commission is upping the pressure on US internet giants to do more on combatting disinformation.
German centre-right MEP Monika Hohlmeier said it was up to defence ministers to give shape to the idea introduced at a space conference this week.
Professor Richard Betts led an EU-funded research project into global warming. Although he sensed an increase in determination at UN climate talks in Poland, he condemned as an "insult" the refusal of several countries to welcome a new report.
The European Union unveiled a new plan on artificial intelligence on Friday - which mandates member states to have their own national plans. The authors believe 'like the steam engine or electricity in the past, AI is transforming the world.'
Is Mogherini's 'Global Tech Panel' just a talking shop, or does it contribute to EU policy? New documents suggest the latter, but give little clue how technology leaders from Microsoft and Google influence new AI strategy.
Social media platforms are told to tackle fake accounts and the spread of fake news more effectively before the European elections next May - or face regulation.
US tech giants AirBnB, Amazon, Apple, and Swedish company Spotify look set to get off the hook on new EU taxes, but Facebook and Google are still in the crosshairs.
Hard to comprehend why European automobile industry is pushing politicians into drastically speeding up transition away from the private car.
The EU defence establishment has locked itself into an arms race on autonomous systems, while locking out the voice of civil society from the debate.
EU funding of military research will not be without consequence. It will likely fuel an arms race.
Companies like the Boston Consulting Group, Google and Uber are pushing the EU to join the race for autonomous (self-driving) cars. But one key question is missing from the debate: should we?
The European Commission has set up a 'High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence'- meanwhile, the European External Action Service has initiated a 'Global Tech Panel'.
The European Investment Bank gave a €400m loan to German carmaker Volkswagen in 2009 to help clear air pollution. Volkswagen was later caught cheating on emissions and deceiving regulators.
Experts warn there is a lot of "hype and misunderstanding" surrounding artificial intelligence - but the interest in AI is justified. The future of AI "will be the defining development of the 21st century".
The United Kingdom and the EU need to figure out how much access the UK will have to the EU-funded satellite navigation system after Brexit. Now the UK will study whether to set up its own system.
Wendy Anderson, a former civil servant from the Obama administration, said a ban would not work. "The AI train has left the station. However we feel about it is actually irrelevant," she said.
Finland's EU commissioner, Jyrki Katainen told EUobserver in February his cabinet members "always" takes notes when he meets lobbyists. They did not on at least seven occasions, when talking about artificial intelligence.
A possible institutional battle is looming over a proposal to give the EU's agency in charge of the Galileo satellites more powers in the field of space.
The European Commission said it is taking measures following criticism from the European Ombudsman - but was short on details.
The justice commissioner says the accommodation-rental website will better inform users about prices, and about the legal status of their 'hosts'. Facebook, however, could face sanctions if it doesn't comply with EU rules.
Growing problem of space debris risks putting space off-limits for future generations, says Holger Krag, head of ESA's Space Debris Office.
The French Guiana spaceport has been the site of European launches for decades. One of the unchallenged advantages is its proximity to the equator.
"I think it is an enormous achievement by Europe and by ESA that we built this," said meteorologist Ad Stoffelen at the launch in French Guiana of a European climate research and weather forecasting satellite.
The launch of a satellite with a wind-mapping laser, showcasing European innovation, has been 16 years in the making.
A long-standing cooperation between the EU and China on carbon capture and storage has fallen off the political agenda – with the European Commission not having any comment available when asked for an update.
National governments secured a one-year extension for publishing plans to make radio frequencies available for mobile communications - but some were nevertheless unable to meet the deadline.
