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Brussels (AFP) - How do you protect people using new technology when it can radically change from one day to the next?

Kazanlak (Bulgaria) (AFP) - With its huge munitions factories and endless rose fields, Kazanlak in central Bulgaria has been really living up to its "Guns and Roses" nickname since Moscow invaded Ukraine.

Barcelona (AFP) - The big beasts of the telecom industry kicked off their most important annual get-together in Barcelona on Monday, promising to lead a "tsunami of innovation" as they try to shrug off a major slump across the technology sector.

Barcelona (AFP) - The big beasts of the telecom industry will gather in Barcelona on Monday for their most important annual get-together, this year under the shadow of a severe slump across the technology sector.

TikTok said the ban is ‘misguided’ and based on ‘misconceptions’

Brussels (AFP) - The main EU governing institutions on Thursday banned their staff from installing TikTok on devices used for work amid concerns over data protection, in a move that provoked an angry response from the company.

The European Commission has banned Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from its employees' corporate phones for cybersecurity reasons, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday, the first EU institution to do so. Owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, Tiktok is under scrutiny from governments and regulators because of concerns that…

The EU is to speed up the roll-out of super-fast broadband and 5G mobile technology as fears grow that its 2030 targets could be missed.

Europe is where ChatGPT gets regulated, not invented. That’s something to regret. As unhinged as the initial results of the artificial-intelligence arms race may be, they’re also another reminder of how far the European Union lags behind the US and China when it comes to tech.