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• 6 predictions on where European tech is headed in 2020, according to experts

  2020 is set to be a defining year for European tech. While startups and scaleups have been supported over the years through a number of EU-based programs, newly elected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made achieving technological sovereignty a rallying cry for ...

  • Andrea Hak

• Tech is powering the future of civil disobedience

  People across the world are demonstrating their discontent in increasingly creative and disruptive ways. The past year has seen schoolchildren across the world join the Fridays for Future strikes, witnessing mass walkouts from schools across the globe. In Chile, coordinated fare-dodging ...

  • The Conversation

• The EU is coming after big tech again — this time for political ads

  The EU is said to be considering new political ad regulations so that "people know who is behind the campaigning, who pays ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Spanish IT firm infected with ransomware in continued attacks on supply chains

  Two major Spanish companies, including radio company Cadena SER and NTT-owned IT services firm Everis, have become the latest ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Alexis Ohanian and Serj Tankian team up to help build a social network for Armenia

  Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian are teaming up on a project to build a social ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Germany won’t ban Huawei from supplying 5G hardware — despite US pleas

  Germany's upcoming 'security catalog' will not exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for the country's 5G mobile networks. ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Shooter livestreams synagogue attack on Twitch

  Ready to be sickened? A gunman in Germany today opened fire on a crowd of worshippers in a synagogue -- and worse, he livestreamed the whole thing on Twitch. The attack took place at a synagogue and kebab shop in Halle. It seems fairly obvious why the attack took place today: it's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• France says hackers might go after supply chains after Airbus cyber assault

  France has issued a new cyber threat advisory about targeted espionage operations directed at service providers and engineering ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• EU's top court says pre-checked boxes for tracking cookies are illegal

  Europe's highest court, the CJEU, has ruled that pre-checked cookie consent boxes do not provide the necessary legal consent ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Here's how data driven startups are helping to make cities greener

  These young companies are taking a holistic look at cities and use cutting edge data gathering to provide a helping hand ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media

  Troll Factory taps into the power of gamification to bring about awareness and "illustrate how fake news, emotive content ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Facial recognition in schools leads to Sweden’s first GDPR fine

  The Swedish Data Protection Authority has fined a municipality in northern Sweden €19,000 for using facial recognition ...

  • Már Másson Maack