US States initiate anti-trust probe against Google
Google’s dominant market position is now the subject of state investigations after 50 states and territories opened anti-trust probes that are looking at Google’s prominent position in various sectors of the internet economy including...
Online selling VAT fraud could see a Brexit headache for UK’s HMRC
Officials are preparing for an uptick in VAT compliance problems as the UK leaves the European Union. Online platforms like Amazon Marketplace and eBay are already under pressure to make sellers pay their share...
EU plans digital startup investment fund
EU officials have drafted a plan that envisages the creation of a sovereign wealth fund that would invest €100 billion in European digital startups.
The fund is specifically aimed at technological scouting, a move that...
India to be fourth state to land a spacecraft on the moon
India's space agency has launched a lunar mission to the moon’s unexplored south pole on Monday; that makes India the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon after the US, Russia, and...
Brussels to further scrutinise China’s intelligence law on 5G
The European Union must take China's national intelligence law into account when deciding on the construction of 5G networks in Europe, said EU Commissioner for Security, Julian King, on Friday.
The EU is currently working...
Washington to ease restrictions on Huawei’s US suppliers
The U.S. is ready to ease restriction on Huawei, allowing US suppliers to continue trading with the Chinese company, Reuters reported on Monday.
Since May, US authorities have barred Huawei from the US market, a...
The EU, US, and 5G
On 13 June, New Europe took part in a media roundtable on 5G and telecommunications security with Jonathan Fritz, Director for Bilateral and Regional Affairs at the US Department of State’s Office of International...
The 5G development debate
Amid the debate between trans-Atlantic allies and beyond on the security challenges posed to 5G network development by Chinese suppliers, New Europe’s Andrianos Giannou had the chance to exchange views with Damian Collins MP,...
Simon Murphy: The businessman who believes the best AI on the market is Authentic...
In an age where the impact of Artificial Intelligence, robotics and advancing technology are hotly debated topics, the impact of Face2Face relationships is consistently overlooked. Earlier this week, New Europe sat down with Simon...
YouTube bans white supremacist content, removes thousands of channels from platform
YouTube is changing its community guidelines to ban channels and videos promoting white supremacy and discrimination based on age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status, according to the platform’s blog post.
The move...
US moves against intel-linked Chinese tech companies
The US is considering blacklisting the Chinese technology company Hikvision - a world leader in video surveillance products that include artificial intelligence, speech monitoring and genetic testing which broadens the capacity for facial and body...
Google cuts off Huawei
Google has cut off Huawei from using its Android operating system, which could hurt Huawei smartphone sales outside China, as future versions of Huawei smartphones will lose access to popular services such as Google Play...
5G supplier concerns remain issue of transatlantic tension
The Western post-war model of stability and prosperity has been, in realist terms, founded upon the simple tenet that the United States largely underwrote the trans-Atlantic collective security that allowed for trade between the...
Vodafone discovers hidden backdoors in Italy’s Huawei infrastructure
UK telecom giant Vodafone has discovered vulnerabilities in Huawei equipment used for the company's activities in Italy several years ago, news that comes at an inopportune time for the Chinese telecom company’s reputation as...
We need to talk about terms and conditions
Terms of service are generally designed to safeguard a service provider against legal challenges. These terms are not like a memorandum of understanding, trade agreement or a contract established jointly by two more or...
China dominance of 5G seen as a threat by British and American politicians
Conservative UK MP Tom Tugendhat and Republican US Representative Mike Gallagher see China's dominance of 5G as a threat, they write in an opinion article published on April 19, 2019 in The Times.
Tugendhat and Gallagher point...
EU unveils 7-step strategy to build trust in Artificial Intelligence
In a bid to build trust between citizens and technology, the European Commission has proposed seven steps to building the public's trust in Artificial Intelligence.
According to Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, the...
Commission shuns US pressure to ban Huawei
The European Commission has recommended Tuesday a series of operational measures to ensure a high level of cybersecurity for 5G networks across the EU, a decision that fell far short of the full ban...
Interview: BEREC Chair Jeremy Godfrey on Europe’s telecommunications future
The landscape of European mobile communications is set for another change. From 15 May 2019, any retail price (excluding VAT) charged to consumers for regulated intra-EU communications shall not exceed EUR 0.19 per minute...
European Parliament adopts Cybersecurity Act to counter Chinese IT threat
European parliamentarians approved at the Strasbourg plenary a certification on cybersecurity for products, processes, and services sold in EU countries and, in a separate resolution, expressed concern over the threat that Chinese technology poses to...
Major operators at Mobile World Congress explore 5G’s potential
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) held a press briefing at the recently completed 2019 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain with several key operators to discuss future use cases for 5G networks outside of...
DarkMatter Group debuts first ultra-secure smartphone
The world's first ultra-secure smartphone was revealed by DarkMatter Group, a UAE company specialising in cybersecurity solutions and fully-integrated digital transformation, at the 2019 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The phone, dubbed the KATIM R01,...
Greek president opens Delphi Economic Forum warning about AI
DELPHI, Greece – Technology is one of the noblest attainments of humanity's intellectual capabilities, but its positive aspects cannot overshadow its darker sides, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos said in his opening speech at the...
China drives global adoption of new eSIM technology
The GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association) has found that China has become a significant driver for the adoption of new eSIM technologies in mobile phones, according to a report made by GSMA...
5G connections to account for 15% of mobile industry by 2025
A new study released by the research body of the GSMA (the Global System for Mobile Communications), a trade body for mobile operators worldwide, shows that 5G is projected to make up 15% of...
We have to force Facebook to be responsible on illegal content
It’s 15 years since Facebook was born and – like all adolescents – it’s getting into trouble. However, Facebook’s kind of trouble is a little more serious than most teenagers.
For a start, lackadaisical content...
EU puts pressure on Internet giants ahead of European elections
The European Commission has urged Google, Twitter, and Facebook to "step up" their efforts to fight disinformation online as the bloc prepares for key elections in May.
This warning comes after the Commission’s call on...
Facebook to bolster its capabilities against disinformation
Facebook - the American social media giant that has been under fire after it admitted that it was unable to curtail the misuse of information posted on its platform during several key elections over...
Putin’s semi-free press problem
In his widely broadcast annual press conference last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin was confident and condescending, animated only when criticising Ukraine for skirmishes in the Black Sea or railing against the West’s “unfair” complaints about...
Are smart cities the solution to urban problems?
Over the past years, the concept of smart cities has been discussed among global leaders, European Institutions and prominent technology providers. Smart cities have now become more than a term; it is a concept...
UK defence secretary concerned about Huawei’s role in 5G networks upgrade
British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has expressed "deep concerns" about digital Chinese giant Huawei’s involvement in updating the UK’s mobile network after Alex Younger, the head of Britain's MI6 intelligence services, said the country had recently faxed...
Germany unveils plan to curb Chinese takeovers of strategic technologies
Germany is reviewing the country's foreign trade regulation to limit outside access to its strategic technology by launching security probes prior to the takeover of German firms by non-European entities, particularly those from China, to...
Tech companies warn of turbulence ahead as EU-US work on trade deal
The internet as we know it may still end. That is the stark warning delivered by a consortium of major technology companies - Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others - to the US Trade Representative...
Europe worries about Huawei
The European Union should be “worried” about Huawei and other Chinese tech companies because of the dangers they pose to its industry and security, says European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip.
“Do...
Why “data is the new oil” and what happens when energy meets Industry 4.0
It is clear that in today’s world, information is the new precious commodity. In the era known as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, companies are looking to take advantage of robotics, artificial intelligence, big data...
Art & science: Drivers of an innovative future
Between the 7th and the 9th of November, Huawei gathered industry and public policy leaders and experts for two complimentary events at the Rome Convention Centre La Nuvola (aptly meaning “the could”), to celebrate...
Trump threatens anti-trust laws for digital behemoths
US President Donald J. Trump said he is considering the introduction of new anti-trust laws targeting US tech giants for reasons that remain unclear, but include his unsubstantiated assertion that Amazon's package deliveries via the US...