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Bloomio, a blockchain based equity crowdfunding platform that allows investors to fund promising startups in return for tokenized shares, today...

A group of scientists backed by the EU's Horizon 2020 report that they have harnessed the power of photons to...

France has led a European charge to start taxing tech giants like Google and Facebook on the revenue they earn...

Europe considers small and medium enterprises - commonly referred to as SMEs - as the backbone of its economy. Considering...

A message posted on Chilling Effects indicates the site may list takedown requests following the EU's 'right to be forgotten' court ruling

All cars sold in the EU from October 2015 will call emergency services if they're involved in an accident. But how much control should citizens have over this system?

Following examples set by other European countries, the Irish Government & Police is increasingly asking Google to delete users' data..

The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Apple, after it received unofficial complaints that the company's contracts for selling iPad & iPhone are uncompetitive.

Danish start-up CanvasDropr launches presentation.ie, a second screen web application designed make business and education presentations more engaging.

European start-up CanvasDropr wanted to provide a better level of service to its users, so it got rid of its old feedback button. And so should you.

Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany have independently confirmed today that all Facebook facial recognition data of European Union citizens has been deleted by the social network.

As more governments request access to Twitter's data the company warns that such requests are having "a serious chilling effect on free expression."

Google has asked international governments to be more open with how they use legal means to get access to users' information. The call comes as Google releases its latest Transparency Report, which shows a steady increase in governments' requests for users' data.

Facebook is giving users more control over their security settings with the launch of a privacy dashboard on the site's iconic blue bar.

Google's Vint Cerf thanks those that signed its petition for Internet freedom but warns that more will be needed in the future.

Google's recently released Google Maps app for iOS may be in breach of European data protection law, according to a German data protection firm.

A bloc of US, EU, and African states have refused to sign a UN treaty which they fear would have given the organisation more control over the management of the Internet

Russia will not table a proposal that would see the UN's ITU take over more control over the Internet. The country is currently redrafting it, with the new document to be presented soon.

Tim Berners-Lee has warned that attempts to “bypass” existing Internet management systems would be a “disruptive threat to the stability of the [Internet].”