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France steps up Ghosn probe into misuse of funds at Renault

French prosecutors have stepped up their investigation into alleged misuse of funds at Renault by former boss Carlos Ghosn. A judge had  been assigned...

China prepares to launch new satellite, role not revealed

China’s space program is expected to soon launch its Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The official acknowledgement of a mission...

Spain moves forward with new digital tax on tech giants despite US warning

Spain’s government approved the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions. The move has angered United States’ authorities and brought...

US House speaker Pelosi warns allies against working with Huawei

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi warned NATO allies against allowing Chinese tech giant Huawei into their 5G networks. During her visit to Brussels,...

Zuckerberg calls on Europe to better regulate social networks

During meetings with European officials in Brussels, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg urged the EU to better regulate political advertisements on social media and take...

Zuckerberg welcomes new framework for digital tax

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg backed the OECD moves, saying he accepts he may have to pay more taxes under the proposed digital tax reforms. The...

Boeing vows to rebuild public trust

Boeing says it is working to rebuild trust in its brand, even as it struggles to bring its 737 Max back into service. The plane...

UK to hold social media companies responsible for harmful content

The UK government has announced it will appoint media watchdog Ofcom as an online regulator that will have power to hold social media companies...

EU and Google go to court over €2.4bn fine

Google on Wednesday sought to overturn a €2.4 billion EU antitrust fine at the EU's General Court. The EU’s antitrust office, headed by competition Commissioner...

US orders Facebook, Amazon and others to reveal details of years of acquisitions

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has ordered Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook to provide detailed information on their acquisitions of...

Lawyers say Ghosn used Nissan-Mitsubishi venture to inflate pay

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay and to cover a personal tax debt,...

Facebook demands Clearview stop scraping images for facial recognition tech

Facebook has warned US-based tech company Clearview AI to stop using data scraped from its social networks for its facial recognition database. “Scraping people’s information...

Boeing finds new software flaw on grounded 737 MAX jet

Flight testers have found another flaw in the software of Boeing's grounded 737 MAX plane. Boeing as well as the top US aviation regulator...

US, Chinese officials to meet to discuss further Huawei restrictions

High level US officials agreed to meet later this month to discuss further restrictions on tech exports to China and the telecoms company Huawei. Media...

Google admits it accidentally sent users’ private videos to strangers

Google alerted some of its Google Photo users that the tech giant accidentally sent their private videos to strangers. The company said the reason...

Google, Tinder under investigation in Ireland over data processing

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched investigations into the way Google and Tinder process user data. The regulator said it decided to look into how...

Huawei says it will set up manufacturing bases in Europe

Abraham Liu, Huawei´s top executive for Europe said the company would set up manufacturing hubs on the continent. "Huawei is more committed to Europe than...

YouTube warns it will ban misleading election-related content

YouTube announced it would remove election-related videos that are “manipulated or doctored” to mislead voters, and that the measures are part of an effort...

The idiocy of regulating mobile phone chargers

Yes, the European Parliament is pushing for a standardized connector for all smartphones. For any phone that comes into the market today there's essentially...

UK-US relations ‘not at risk’ over Huawei decision

United States’ secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that the relationship between the US and the United Kingdom "is not at risk" over UK’s...

UK allows limited 5G role for Huawei, bans ZTE

The UK will let Huawei play a limited role in building the country’s 5G mobile phone networks, denying he United States’ efforts to ban...

UK to make Huawei 5G decision today amid intensifying US pressure

London is expected to grant the Chinese tech giant Huawei some access to its 5G network, according to media reports. UK prime minister Boris...

Tesla’s market value hits $100bn

Tesla reached a $100 billion market cap for the first time on 22 January. The market value reached more than $107 billion, up by...

Bangladesh’s future will hinge on being a global trade and technology leader

While attending the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, New Europe’s Federico Grandesso spoke with Bangladeshi MP and business man Salman F. Rahman, about...

Artificial intelligence needs to be regulated, says new Google CEO

Alphabet and Google chief Sundar Pichai called for a global regulation of artificial intelligence at a conference in Brussels. "There is no question in my...

Germany’s interior minister opposes Huawei exclusion

Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer warned that if Huawei is excluded from the country’s 5G rollout project, it could be stalled for as long as...

Google parent Alphabet becomes $1 trillion company

Google’s parent company, the online giant Alphabet Inc., achieved a $1 trillion market value on 16 January. Shares in Alphabet rose 0.76% for the day...

Former Google executive raises concerns about tech giant's human rights policies

Ross LaJeunesse, a former Google executive has expressed his concerns about the human rights policies that the firm follows as it moves to expand...

Johnson says Huawei critics should suggest alternatives

British PM Boris Johnson said that opponents of Chinese tech company Huawei should suggest alternatives. The comment comes as US officials arrived in Britain to...

Commissioner urges EU to build up its digital sector

The European Union’s Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, said that, in order to not fall behind on its rivals, Europe needs to...

UK Security Service ‘not worried’ about Huawei impact on intelligence sharing

Andrew Parker, the chief of the UK Security Service - MI5, said in an interview that he had 'no reason to think' the intelligence...

Facebook, eBay to crack down on fake reviews

Britain’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority, said that, after it had warned them, Facebook and eBay pledged to remove accounts, pages and...

Google sued for infringing patents

The American consumer electronics company Sonos is suing Google for patent infringement. The company announced it filed a lawsuit on 7 January. It says Google...

Poland prepares for 5G launch

Poland's mobile operator Play Communications announced it is planning to launch a 5G network in the northern city of Gdynia. “What we are announcing today...

Ryanair prepared for further 737 MAX delays

Ryanair is prepared for further delays to the delivery of its Boeing 737 Max airliners, its chief executive Michael O’Leary said in an interview. O’Leary...

Google to end controversial Dutch, Irish tax scheme

Google’s parent company Alphabet will stop using an intellectual property licensing scheme, known as the “Double Irish, Dutch sandwich”, which allowed it to delay...

US-Greece strategic dialogue inaugurated

In an atmosphere of already close bilateral relations, the US and Greece inaugurated their “Strategic Dialogue” in Washington on December 13.  US Secretary of...

Concordia Europe Summit: Joe Biden tries to contain Trump’s transatlantic shockwaves

Concordia’s June 6-7 inaugural Europe Summit in Athens covered a wide array of issues from the ongoing refugee crisis, Eurozone disputes, the UN’s Sustainable...

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