Dutch fossil-fuel exit plan shows EU struggle to set binding deadlines
The Dutch fossil fuel phase-out plan falls short of outlining clear deadlines, as EU countries struggle to fulfil the 2050 climate neutrality goal.
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‘Computer says no’: how Brussels is letting algorithmic social-scoring in by the backdoor
Just as European courts and regulators are beginning to expose the consequences of a system of algorithmic social scoring, Brussels, with its Digital Omnibus, is considering weakening key safeguards against such automated decision-making on citizens.
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Why the EU Commission’s plan for an AI data-centres boom is short-sighted
Water-resource conflicts already happening in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands will only worsen now that the EU Commission plans to triple data centre capacity in Europe over the next five to seven years. Little thought has been given to the oligopolistic cloud market and how it will evolve if the EU triples its data centre capacity.