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Eastern EU's competitiveness hinges on institutions

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EASTERN EUROPE

Eastern EU countries are facing long-term development challenges related to institutional capacity and the quality of governance, in addition to more immediate concerns about…

Antitrust tests of 'big tech' will get tougher

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INT

The move comes as regulators scrutinise the competition implications of large tech companies' ability to lock in customers by bundling their products, creating dependencies. The…

Facebook seeks new users and markets as troubles mount

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INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's troubles and business response.

GenAI will transform workplace tasks across industries

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INT

Using machine learning algorithms, these tools leverage vast online datasets to create new and unique outputs, such as images, text, videos or code, that appear to mimic human…

Growth of AI faces stiff challenges in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

As AI systems become increasingly central to the global economy, this poor performance risks further damaging the economic prospects of a region that has long struggled to achieve…

Explainable AI systems will develop slowly

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INT

However, high-profile failures have intensified pressure on the developers and institutional users of such systems to improve transparency to foster public trust.

EU's Digital Markets Act could transform tech industry

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EU

The DMA establishes a series of prohibitions and obligations for the largest technology companies and empowers the European Commission to investigate anticompetitive practices and…

Crises and 'pivot' will boost US intelligence agencies

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UNITED STATES

The US intelligence community in a year after purported reforms.

Digital gig workers rise up EU policy agenda

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EU

One controversial feature of these conditions is payment-related speculation in the contractual terms of labour platforms. Such practices are especially sensitive in the case of…

Policies will improve conditions for Japan's start-ups

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JAPAN

The Cabinet Office will issue specific plans by year-end, but discussions already indicate several new policies, including public-private financing using the government pension…