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European MPs are pushing for an even more extreme ‘link tax’
Binance is moving to Europe after crackdowns in Japan, Hong Kong, and China
UK launches the world’s first crypto assets task force
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Stop whining, GDPR is actually good for your business
It’s safe to say that nearly everyone in business today has at some point has heard the acronym GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Many in the digital industries and services arena are either preparing for the changes on the horizon, or are dreading the work that still needs ...
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The Amsterdam Pirate Party is using its leader’s penis to promote privacy
The Amsterdam Pirate Party decided to use posters with naked photos of their leader to promote the importance of privacy. ...
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Digital islands: How this tiny country is embracing e-governance
Recent years have proved that if you want to look for which countries are adopting innovative digital governing solutions, ...
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Europe wants to tackle fake news — if it could only define it first
The European Commission is going to tackle so-called fake news. Which is great. Except it doesn’t know yet what it means by “fake news,” and you can’t really regulate something you don’t understand. This is its first and biggest problem, but there’s more. The Commission ...
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Electric clocks in Europe have been running slow for over a month
Have you noticed your clocks are lagging? It's not an anomaly in the spacetime continuum, fortunately. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSOE), the body that sets up the internal energy market and ensures its optimal functioning, put out ...
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The EU plans to take on the tech giants with a massive new turnover tax
Dodging tax is about to get harder for the tech giants.
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Behind every successful Scandinavian startup is a jealous and unsupportive community
Scandinavia is annoyingly perfect from the outside. They're the happiest people on earth, they have universal healthcare, ...
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The magic behind the EU’s most lit Twitter account
Despite being an institutional monolith, the EU is dabbling in the use of GIFs and emoji to get its message across and plans ...
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EU’s new copyright law will effectively create censorship machines
This is one of those political-tech debates that could turn nasty. Last week, the European Parliament’s MEP in charge ...
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This AI checks NDAs for free - and offers a grim glimpse of the future
NDA Lynn, an AI that can evaluate confidentiality agreements for free, is a perfect example of the role artificial intelligence ...
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As US dismantles net neutrality, will EU tighten its grip on mobile operators?
To the great dismay of internet advertisers and publishers, the US Federal Communications Commission voted to do away with ...
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Research finds Facebook holds personally identifiable data on 40% of EU population [Updated]
A study done by Spanish researchers has found that Facebook stores personally identifiable data on 73% of its EU users, which ...
