EU to restrict exports to Hong Kong over security law
The European Union has agreed to limit exports to Hong Kong of equipment that could be used for surveillance and repression after Beijing imposed a controversial new security law
European banks team up to offer alternative to Visa, Mastercard
European banks have teamed up to deliver by 2022 a new unified payment system that will offer consumers cards and digital wallets that could offer a serious alternative to Visa and Mastercard
Italy’s 5G stumbles after a shining start
Italy's 5G project, launched to great fanfare in October 2018 with frequencies going for top dollar at auction, has since fallen victim to sky-high costs and red tape
Facial recognition: IT and police in delicate dance
Facial recognition has helped simplify our lives but the global anti-racism protests have prompted some privacy and rights groups to voice concerns over the technology is being used police forces
Generation Z: creative and committed, against the virus
For post-millennials, known as Generation Z, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to delay life plans as they come up with inventive ways to help their communities fight the virus
Virus apps expose tension between privacy and need for data
As more governments turn to tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus, tension between the need for public health information and privacy rights has been thrust into the spotlight
Virus tracing apps: Which countries are doing what
As countries emerge from coronavirus lockdowns, they are relying on phone apps to track a person's movements and who they come into contact with - a vital tool for limiting contagion risks
Multinationals in the time of virus: who wins, who loses?
The coronavirus pandemic, set to provoke a severe global recession this year, is hitting multinational companies disproportionately. But what sectors might succeed during the pandemic?
EU looks to apps as way of easing virus lockdown
As the EU's economy reels from virus lockdowns, Brussels has unveiled a proposed roadmap to ease restrictions, relying in large part on smartphone tracking apps
Germany bets on S. Korean model in virus fightback
In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea