EU is to start negotiations on how to finance its plan to become more self-sufficient in semiconductors – including a €3.3B R&D package. The row over where the money comes from is about to hot up

Apps for smart electricity grids, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things promise improved energy management and greater energy efficiency, but ICT’s success could mean the sector’s own carbon footprint gets in the way

Money is set to flow for space research, new communication technologies, quantum computing and green manufacturing

Trusted legal frameworks and tech tools could finally drive widespread data sharing

Dragoș Tudorache wants to help the EU create the next wave of internet giants. ‘If we wake up soon enough, we can make up this gap’ he tells Science|Business

In what is promised as one of many initiatives to reduce dependence on US and Chinese technology, the EU public-private partnership on high performance computing gets twice as much money and an extended brief

Companies complain that they cannot find enough people with the right digital skills, but universities say it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what and where the shortages are

GAIA-X digital platform aims to create European cloud computing ecosystem connecting users with providers from around the world

New online tool tracks skills, research and policies for artificial intelligence, as part of global effort to understand and control the new technology