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Starting small and flourishing: the digitalisation of SMEs | Josianne Cutajar The question remains: how can we make Europe fit for the Digital Decade? 2 May 2021, 9:30am Did you know that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form 99% of all businesses in the European Union? Undeniably, Europe’s economy and societies depend heavily on SMEs. It is no different for Malta. Such enterprises not only integrate technological solutions but, time and over again, have proven to be fertile ground for the development of new and innovative technology. This is why SMEs must be at the heart of Europe...

Date: 29/04/2021 When the dust finally starts settling from the COVID-19 crisis, von der Leyen will have to refocus on her original agenda. Will she deliver? Fast-forward five months, Commission President von der Leyen will deliver her second State of the Union address. In effect, it will be her mid-mandate speech and chance to turn the corner from her disappointing management of the pandemic. New waves of the virus might still hit, but by then, vaccinations levels will likely offer Europeans and EU institutions the long-sought reprieve to focus on recovery and the future. At its inception...

Seeking "driving seat" for EU, Breton to meet chipmaker execs By Michel Rose and Douglas Busvine Reuters PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) -European industry chief Thierry Breton will hold discussions with the chief executive of chipmaker Intel and a top executive of Taiwanese competitor TMSC on April 30, as the EU seeks to shield itself from shocks in the global supply chain. Breton will meet Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger in Brussels next Friday and will also hold a video conference with Maria Marced, President of TMSC Europe, on the same day, the European Commissioner said. "Increasing our autonomy does not...

Paul van Gerven 12:08 Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will meet with European Union officials next week, Reuters reports. The meeting will likely be about Gelsinger’s announcement, last month, to build another fab in Europe. He implied that it will be a greenfield investment, ie not an expansion of existing fabs in Ireland and Israel. Credit: Intel A week before Intel’s announcement, the European Commission presented the Digital Compass, a set of avenues, visions and targets shaping the bloc’s ambition towards “digital sovereignty” by 2030. One important pillar of the package is for Europe ...

Why EU needs to be wary that AI will increase racial profiling Amnesty found that 78 percent of people on the UK's Gangs Matrix in 2017 were black, despite only 29 percent of 'gang-related' crimes being committed by black people (Photo: Tony Gonzalez) Brussels/Cardiff, Today, 07:01 Whether it be 'predictive' algorithmic systems used in the Netherlands to profile Eastern Europeans and Roma for 'pick-pocketing', or secretive lists of suspected criminals such as the UK's Gang Matrix, there is a growing reliance on criminal risk-scoring technologies by police forces across Europe. Police say thes...