When you ask François Bitouzet, Managing Director of Viva Tech, where Europe stands in the global technology race, he refuses to play along with the prevailing pessimism. “We are better...
When President Donald Trump called the Artemis II crew, the signal took several seconds to reach them. At 250,000 miles out—farther from Earth than any human beings have gone in history—there was a delay,...
The European Commission’s 2025 Work Programme, titled “Moving Forward Together: A Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union,” outlines key priorities that will shape policies impacting consumers across the continent. As consumer advocates,...
Red Tape Loss The opportunity costs to consumers of EU overregulation Introduction Innovation drives progress by solving everyday challenges like inflation, resource use, and the cost of living. Technological advances...
Reflections from ‘new Europe’ The EU’s single market, competitiveness and innovation potential in tech Executive Summary Competitiveness, innovation and Single Market are currently the main buzzwords for the European Union’s...
The Consumer Choice Center has launched a new and improved version of its Sharing Economy Index, ranking 60 cities around the world by their openness to innovation in the sector....
Municipal Broadband – What is it? Municipal broadband is broadband Internet access owned by public entities. Services are often provided either fully or partially by local governments to residents within...
The latest legal challenges to Uber are yet another example of policymakers giving sharing economy platforms an unnecessarily hard time despite the flexibility and independence they offer both workers and...
Introduction Since the arrival of Bitcoin in 2008, the world’s first decentralized cryptographical digital currency, the crypto domain has been catapulted from sets of obscure programming passion projects to a...
