Last June the Commission published the results of the 2020 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which monitors Europe’s overall digital performance and tracks the progress of EU countries with regard to their digital competitiveness. This year’s DESI report shows that there is progress in all Member States and in all key areas measured […]
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Artificial intelligence: threats and opportunities
Artificial intelligence (AI) affects our lives more and more. Learn about the opportunities and threats for security, democracy, businesses and jobs. Europe’s growth and wealth are closely connected to how it will make use of data and connected technologies. AI can make a big difference to our lives – for better or worse – and […]
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New plan to support green and digital transition and EU recovery
The European Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. Based on excellence, competitive, open and talent-driven, the new European Research Area will improve Europe’s research and innovation landscape, accelerate the EU’s transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership, support its recovery from the societal and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, and […]
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Commission sets out new ambitious mission to lead on supercomputing
The Commission takes further steps in the Digital Decade agenda to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, as announced by President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union on Wednesday. The Commission has proposed a new Regulation for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking to maintain and advance Europe’s leading role in supercomputing and quantum computing. It […]
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Commission starts testing interoperability gateway service for national contact tracing and warning apps
To exploit fully the potential of mobile proximity contact tracing and warning apps to break the chain of coronavirus infections and save lives, the Commission is setting up an interoperability gateway service linking national apps across the EU. Today, an important milestone has been reached as a group of Member States starts testing the infrastructure. The […]
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Artificial Intelligence: Joint quest for future defence applications
The Artificial Intelligence has significantly growth due to deep-learning techniques with insight implications in the defence world. The European Defence Agency aims to develop a Research & Development program alongside its Member States in this sector in important ways, from creating a common set of AI references and terminology to delimit logical areas for their […]
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A European project that will create the Google Earth of the brain
The objective of the EU-funded project HBP SGA3 is developing a 3D atlas of the human brain, the most complex organ in the body, and ultimately simulating it to help improve research on and treatment of conditions like epilepsy and cancer. The scientists have recently presented the most comprehensive digital map of the brain’s cellular […]
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EU and Airbus Member States take action to ensure full compliance in the WTO aircraft dispute
The governments of France and Spain agreed with Airbus SE to modify the terms of the Repayable Launch Investment granted by them for development of the A350 aircraft to reflect market conditions. This means that the European Union and the Member States concerned – France, Spain and Germany, also known as the “Airbus Member States” […]
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Taking a step towards a fully-fledged 5G broadcasting environment
Thanks to the rising demand for premium content like live sports events and various services such as video on demand and mobile TV, the media and entertainment industry is focusing on how to reduce production costs while increasing efficiency. The EU-funded VIRTUOSA (Scalable Software Defined Network Architectures for Cooperative Live Media Production exploiting Virtualised Production […]
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