Digital identity, public services, procurement and the studios modernising government. Coverage from Continental Brief.
The WE BUILD Consortium and FIDO Alliance are positioning the EUDI Wallet and verifiable credentials as the foundation for secure transactions between AI agents, with Europe's regulatory approach serving as a global model.
Berlin is pushing ahead with its January 2027 digital identity wallet despite widespread concerns about technical readiness, security gaps and public awareness. Most EU member states are not on track to meet the same deadline.
The European Commission is negotiating a border security framework with the Trump administration that would grant US authorities access to sensitive biometric databases across the EU, raising serious concerns about fundamental rights protection.
Behind the EU's push to digitalise public services lies a troubling agenda that prioritises state control and market integration over individual rights and social inclusion.
Two recent elections reveal starkly different approaches to managing information during voting. While Ghana's messy but open digital environment allowed for self-correction, Tanzania's internet blackout silenced fact-checkers and enabled unchecked abuse.
The European digital rights community has been active on multiple fronts, from developing tools for activists to exposing how EU money supports the global spyware industry.
European Digital Rights has launched a collaborative working group bringing together digital rights organisations and environmental advocates to tackle the intersection of tech policy and climate justice.
The 13th edition of Europe's leading digital rights conference will convene on 30 September 2025, both in-person and online, bringing together advocates, researchers and policymakers to address threats to online freedoms.
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.