TAG: Software
Fraud-busters swoop on Greek contracts involving €2.5B of EU recovery funds
ATHENS — Authorities are investigating allegations of fraud linked to the way €2.5 billion in EU funds has been awarded to just 10 companies in Greece, POLITICO can reveal. The offices of the country’s three telecommunications firms — Cosmote, Vodafone an...
6 months ago
Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race
HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...
5 months ago
Apple’s payments offer ends EU antitrust probe
BRUSSELS – Apple settled a European Union investigation into its Apple Pay service, ending one antitrust case as it battles EU regulators on other fronts. "I do not consider it a peace deal," Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told a press confer...
2 months ago
Germany’s rude economic awakening
BERLIN — Germany is finally emerging from the first stage of economic grief: denial.After years of turning a blind eye to what the rest of the world could plainly see, Germans are slowly coming to terms with the reality that they are in deep trouble as th...
3 weeks ago
Mystery creator of Bitcoin identified, new HBO documentary claims
LONDON — A new HBO documentary claims to have cracked the true identity of the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. If its findings are widely accepted, the disclosure could send shockwaves through world financial markets and even the U.S. p...
1 week ago