The European Commission on June 3 unveiled its Technological Sovereignty Package, targeting the EU's dependence on foreign suppliers in cloud…
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Britain Bets £2 Billion on Quantum Supremacy as Oxford Startup Raises Europe’s Largest Ever Private Quantum Round
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), founded in 2017 by Dr Peter Leek as a University of Oxford spinout, has closed a…
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Nigeria’s BPO Moment Has Arrived and the Race to Build a Global Talent Pipeline Is Already Underway
Nigeria is emerging as a prime destination for business process outsourcing (BPO), leveraging its youthful population, English proficiency, and GMT+1…
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Spain’s Privacy Ruling Threatens to Gut the EU’s Digital Identity Wallet Before It Even Launches
The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) has warned that a ruling by Spain's data protection authority, the AEPD, could severely…
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India Pursues Dual Diplomatic Push With Germany and South Africa in Single Day of High-Stakes Talks
On June 2, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Thuringia Minister-President Mario Voigt and his delegation in New…
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Nigeria’s 200 Trillion Cubic Feet Gas Secret Is Pulling Microsoft, Google and Amazon Into a $1 Billion African AI Race
Nigeria's vast natural gas reserves — over 200 trillion cubic feet, Africa's largest — could position the country as a…
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How a $9.8 Trillion Transatlantic Data Deal Could Be Struck Down for the Third Time
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework, adopted in 2023 and underpinning an estimated $9.8 trillion transatlantic economic relationship, faces mounting legal…
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Finland Bets €28.3 Million on ICEYE as the Satellite Maker Eyes a €5 Billion Valuation and One Rocket Launch Per Week
Finland's Business Finland has awarded ICEYE a €28.3 million R&D continuation grant to advance next-generation synthetic aperture radar technology and…
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Europe Bets on Chips Act 2.0 to Break Free From Foreign Semiconductor Dependence
The European Commission is preparing Chips Act 2.0, a successor to its original semiconductor legislation, with a sharper focus on…
Read MoreIreland’s Data Centre Boom Is Costing Its Poorest Households Hundreds While Driving Record Fossil Fuel Dependence
Ireland's rapid data centre expansion is pushing up household electricity bills and increasing fossil fuel dependence, according to a report…
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