Digital identity, public services, procurement and the studios modernising government. Coverage from Continental Brief.
South Africa's largest city has made open source software central to its data analytics operations, publishing its own tools and reducing reliance on proprietary vendors.
A Treasury Department study of over 33,000 fraud reports filed between September 2023 and December 2025 reveals nearly $13 billion in losses to elaborate schemes run from Southeast Asian crime hubs, prompting federal authorities to demand stronger vigilance from financial institutions.
An EU-funded research project is piloting technologies that could let citizens and institutions share data and prove identity without surrendering control—a critical test as the EUDI Wallet deadline approaches.
With the EU Digital Identity Wallet deadline looming at year's end, a new study reveals that security concerns and lack of trust remain the biggest barriers to adoption across the continent.
Online resources about e-Estonia abound, but study visits reveal the human decisions and institutional cooperation behind the technology that no webinar can convey.
The Swiss identity technology firm has expanded its presence across multiple European digital credential ecosystems, positioning itself to serve governments and private organizations beyond the 2026 EUDI Wallet rollout.
The identity verification firm has registered as a non-qualified electronic attestations provider in Poland, positioning itself to help businesses issue and accept reusable digital credentials ahead of Europe's wallet rollout.
The immigration and secure credentialing joint venture has brought in Idemia Public Security to add biometric capabilities, signalling a push to build an integrated platform for government and cross-border identity use cases.
The propulsion systems manufacturer is using Europe's flagship supercomputer to cut simulation times and scale up computational capacity for demanding maritime engineering projects.
The new system, ranked 31st globally, will serve as the computational engine for Greece's AI Factory and support research across healthcare, climate science and other domains across the continent.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has elected Sinéad Ryan of Trinity College Dublin as Chair of its User Forum Coordination Group, with Maria Girone from CERN openlab continuing as Vice-Chair in a new co-leadership arrangement.