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Ursula von der Leyen, incoming president of the European Commission, left, speaks during news conference at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty

As Europe races into the AI era, its policymakers are laying new pipes for the continent’s digital future. The European Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) promises to rewire the EU’s telecom

Annual Global App Economy Conference Shares Top SME Tech Policy Priorities with EU Leaders Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twenty-two founders and tech startup leaders representing 19 ACT member

A handful of startups in the U.S., Europe and Asia are helping the seafood industry fight plastic pollution by creating equipment made from fungi. Efforts are currently focused on replacing plastic

Bulgaria’s Ekaterina Zaharieva has been nominated to become the European Commission’s first-ever commissioner for startups, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced today, while also nominating Finland’s Henna Virkkunen and France’s Stéphane

Annual Global App Economy Conference Shares Top SME Tech Policy Priorities with EU Leaders Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twenty-two founders and tech startup leaders representing 19 ACT member

The EU executive has announced “an unprecedented simplification effort” to cut regulations and boost innovation in an attempt to reverse Europe’s economic decline and better compete with China and the US. In

The swift expansion of artificial intelligence has triggered an environmental crisis, with data centers accounting for 1-2% of global electricity consumption and AI’s computational requirements doubling every three to four months. Europe

Nigeria and the European Union signed a science and technology cooperation agreement in Abuja, according to official statements. The agreement was signed by Gautier Mignot, head of the EU delegation to Nigeria