
Protect innovation, not greed
Emmanuel Macron was the first EU leader to pledge to offer surplus COVID vaccine supplies ahead of last week’s G7 summit and the French president got plenty of laudatory media coverage

4 lessons on designing responsible, ethical tech: Microsoft case study
Despite their best intentions, there’s often a gap in businesses between the desire to act ethically and following through on those good intentions

In Georgia, a New Crisis That No One Needs
When it should be dealing with issues of global importance, Georgia’s government seems intent on shredding the country’s democratic credentials and waging an acrimonious political civil war on its domestic opponents

Ticket to ride: Vaccine passports divide world
As European Union leaders debated the idea Thursday (25 February) amid claims that it could be divisive and discriminatory, on the global scale, the idea of vaccine passports, which would allow people who have been inoculated the freedom to travel, is gaining traction

European industry more competitive if digital transition investment made now: Vestager
European Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday (25 February) that European industry would be “even more competitive in a digital future” if it starts investing “now” in people, technology and the right regulatory frameworks
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Airlines implore EU countries to implement ‘vaccine passports’
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on EU leaders to introduce controversial “vaccine passports” to restart the ailing air travel sector
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Building a Climate-Resilient Future - A new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The European Commission adopted a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, setting out the pathway to prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change
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Immunizing the World: Can We Do It?
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Global governance on immunization against COVID 19 has failed quite badly so far. The West will experience a blowback
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
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The price of EU indecision
Thursday, February 25, 2021
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This is what a human-centred approach to AI technology could look like
Thursday, February 25, 2021
There’s a pervasive concern today that people are becoming obsolete. The cause and the culprit? Technology
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10 new European Partnerships between the European Union
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
EU to set up new European Partnerships and invest nearly €10 billion for the green and digital transition
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MEP vies to target rogue traders in Digital Services Act
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Online sellers of dangerous and counterfeit goods could be further targeted under the European Parliament’s Internal Market committee report on the Digital Services Act
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New 5G goals to feature in upcoming EU ‘Digital Decade’ targets
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The European Commission will lay out a series of new objectives in the field of 5G communications as part of its ‘Digital Decade’ plans, following a series of delays to the EU’s next-generation telecoms rollout
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Why the Europeans Don’t Have a Russia Policy
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The leaders of the EU’s institutions and member governments need Germany to shape a strategic policy toward Russia. But Chancellor Angela Merkel is not prepared to take on this task
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A Post-Mortem on Product Management
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Product management as we’ve known it up ‘til now – as a limited function or role – is effectively dead
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