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...
The Netherlands clears the way for agricultural genetic modification
The Netherlands' Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten says she is open to the possibility of using genetically modified seeds in some cases for agricultural purposes, Dutch daily Volkskrant reported.
Schouten wants to encourage both technical and laboratory experimentation...
UK moves on introducing digital tax ahead of EU
The United Kingdom is moving ahead of the EU as it will introduce a new digital levy that has been dubbed the “Google tax”, which was part of Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond's presentation of Britain's...
EU’s Buttarelli says personal data protection is “a pillar of democracy”
Europe's Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli warned that the Cambridge Analytica scandal of earlier this year was a warning to the public that the use of personal data was no longer a simple question of...
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for comprehensive US privacy law while warning of ‘data...
Months after the international uproar over the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal which shed light on how the former clandestinely harvested the personal data of millions of Facebook user's profiles and used the information for political...
Future of privacy forum and Israel Tech Policy Institute
Political and economic developments over the past few years have strained the transatlantic alliance. The Trump Administration and EU leaders continue to clash over issues that were once common core values, including the...
Name Dispute: Taking stock in Skopje after the disappointing referendum
Shockwaves continue from the low turnout in the referendum in Macedonia/FYROM, which had been hoped to approve June’s Prespes Agreement settling the Name Dispute between Athens and Skopje. The 37% turnout for the September...
Zero hour for Name Dispute
In the run-up to Macedonia/FYROM’s referendum on settling its three-decade-old Name Dispute with neighbouring Greece, the rival parties involved in the vote made impassioned pitches to their respective constituencies to take whatever actions they...
How will Central and Eastern Europe respond to a far more impactful (mobility) transition?
The transition to low emission mobility is key to achieving Europe’s energy and climate objectives and easily the most difficult. Whereas decarbonisation of sectors like agriculture and buildings are relatively straightforward with established financial...