A major question mark attached to national coronavirus contact-tracing apps is whether they will function when citizens of one country travel to another. Or will people be asked to download… Read more »
The first version of Apple and Google’s jointly developed, cross-platform contact tracing API should be available to developers as of next week, according to a conversation between Apple CEO Tim… Read more »
The European Commission has set out a plan for co-ordinating the lifting of regional coronavirus restrictions that includes a role for digital tools — in what the EU executive couches… Read more »
The European Parliament has instructed vulnerable staff with a pre-existing health condition to work from home on account of increased personal risk related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 novel… Read more »
The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting the arrangement as a “landmark agreement” which will… Read more »
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google’s plan to scoop up the health and activity data of millions of Fitbit users — at a… Read more »
The lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech has put out its annual report which shows another major bump in complaints filed under the bloc’s updated data… Read more »
Qualcomm is facing fresh antitrust scrutiny from the European Commission, with the regulator raising questions about radio frequency front-end (RFFE) chips which can be used in 5G devices. The chipmaker… Read more »
Plan to drop dedicated fund while defence spending rises dismissed as false economy The European commission has been accused of seeking to cut EU funding for the continent’s poorest people… Read more »
France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €150 million (~$166M) fine after finding the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online search advertising market. In a decision… Read more »
Airbnb will be breathing a sigh of relief today: Europe’s top court has judged it to be an online platform which merely connects people looking for short term accommodation, rather… Read more »
Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, has released its latest annual The State of European Tech report, published in partnership with Slush and Orrick. As… Read more »
Alastair Mitchell Contributor Alastair Mitchell is a partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures and the fund’s B2B sales, marketing and SaaS expert. Ali also focuses on helping US companies… Read more »
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in… Read more »
Ursula von der Leyen to head European commission and Christine Lagarde to lead ECB Two women have won the backing of the EU’s leaders to head the European commission and… Read more »
A legal challenge to a data transfer mechanism that’s used by thousands of companies to authorize taking European citizens’ personal data to the US for processing has been delayed. As… Read more »
Cities say short-term holiday lettings market is contributing to soaring long-term rents Ten European cities have demanded more help from the EU in their battle against Airbnb and other holiday… Read more »
Huge technology policy questions are looming for whoever takes the top jobs at the European Union in the coming months. Decisions that could radically reshape tech business models, reconfigure the… Read more »
Google is widely expected to be handed a third antitrust fine in Europe this week, with reports suggesting the European Commission’s decision in its long-running investigation of AdSense could land… Read more »
Leader of liberal MEPs says elections in May are ‘last chance’ to fight populism The European Union risks a populist-nationalist “nightmare” by the middle of the next decade unless centrists… Read more »
This year’s Mobile World Congress — the CES for Android device makers — was awash with 5G handsets. The world’s No.1 smartphone seller by marketshare, Samsung, got out ahead with… Read more »
Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping kicked off a keynote speech this morning at the world’s biggest mobile industry tradeshow with a wry joke. “There has never been more interest in… Read more »
The German Federal Cartel Office’s decision to order Facebook to change how it processes users’ personal data this week is a sign the antitrust tide could at last be turning against… Read more »
May and Juncker hold strained talks as EU examines technical aspects of Irish border The Brexit negotiations are being pushed to the brink by Theresa May and the EU, with… Read more »
Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in Europe has asked the company for an “urgent briefing” regarding plans to integrate the underlying infrastructure of its three social messaging platforms. In a… Read more »
Officials believe exit will be postponed but suspect May will not ask for enough extra time to get deal Follow the day’s political developments – live updates EU officials fear… Read more »
Campaigners say action plan falls short of Europe-wide measures that are required The European commission is facing criticism for failing to crack down on the abuse of schemes that allow… Read more »
Ireland planning as seriously for no deal as for May’s agreement, says Leo Varadkar The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, has said his country is preparing for a no-deal Brexit… Read more »
Show leadership to halt forest loss from agribusiness, Amsterdam Declaration group tells EU The UK, France and Germany have called on the European commission to launch tough new action to… Read more »
Brexit negotiator urges pro-EU forces to defend the fragile union against populist forces The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has called on pro-EU forces to defend the fragile union… Read more »
Labour leader accuses Boris Johnson of ‘winging it’ in stinging attack Keir Starmer: ‘Boris Johnson has to get a grip and restore public confidence’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all… Read more »
From Spain to Denmark, even those who have coped with coronavirus are aware the world has changed dramatically Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Her customers may… Read more »
