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European Union finance ministers have agreed a defacto ban on the launch in the region of so-called global ‘stablecoins’ such as Facebook’s planned Libra digital currency until the bloc has a common approach to regulation that can mitigate the risks posed by the technology. In a joint statement the European Council and Commission write that…

AI and automation will change employment and our economies – but we have time to ensure that evolution proceeds in the best direction Source: wired

For Europe, the ability to exercise meaningful enforcement and oversight of data protection rules is a question of strategic sovereignty Source: wired

Sales of hefty and heavily-polluting SUVs have doubled in the last decade – outweighing the progress made from electric vehicles. Can cleaner SUVs offer a way out? Source: wired