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Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager aims to create a ‘transatlantic space for trustworthy AI’, giving companies a single set of rules to follow. But some fear the EU and the US are still too far apart in their approach to see eye-to-eye on the technology

It now falls to Romania as next holder of the EU Presidency to try resolve sticking point bedevilling negotiations, and allay concerns the next EU research programme will be delayed

University heads disagree with Romanian MEP’s proposal that geographic evaluation criteria in the EU 2021 – 2027 research programme could fix EU’s research innovation divide. Excellence is what counts, they say

Robert Kahn, one of the inventors of the Internet, has a plan for how it can evolve further – and be both open and secure at the same time

President Trump’s move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has fired the starting gun on an innovation war, in which the US aims to protect advanced technologies from Chinese incursions. Europe risks being caught in the cross fire

The wireless industry appeals to the European Commission to promote a more coordinated approach to fast internet networks

Leaders from 28 member states will discuss proposals to set up university networks, remove obstacles to mobility in education, and form a European Education Area in which ‘learning, studying and doing research is not hampered by borders’