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As the European Union gears up to enforce a major reboot of its digital rulebook in a matter of months, a new dedicated research unit is being spun up to suppor

The new European centre will focus on decoding algorithmic black boxes, becoming an international hub for research in the field in order to support the application of EU digital rules.

The investment into green hydrogen was the biggest investment pledge by far to be announced at the fifth South African Investment Conference (SAIC) in Sandton. The R105-billion energy investment commitment of Hive Hydrogen knocked the socks off the other top-ten pledges by coming in R45-billion higher than the next highest, which was Vodacom with a pledge of R60-billion into information and communication technology.

As the European Union gears up to enforce a major reboot of its digital rulebook in a matter of months, a new dedicated research unit is being spun up to support oversight of large platforms under the bloc’s flagship Digital Services Act

The Commission hopes to snatch up staff amid mass layoffs at the likes of Meta and Twitter. But those plans are raising potential conflict of interest concerns. 

STOA delegation virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre Scientific and technological advances lie at the heart of economic growth, and will be key to the economic recovery post-coronavirus. In line with their mission to support technological innovation, the legislators on the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) recently took part in a virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) site at Ispra, Italy – Europe’s leading research campus with a w...