It’s a widely held belief that the European venture capital scene is poor relation to the US. Given how important such finance is to the continent’s technology startups, this has long been a sore point. However,a new report(embedded below) from German VC firmEarlybirdstates that the opposite is now true. The report argues that European venture capital has reached an “inflection point” and that it now offers better real performance than the US for the first time....

This video was bought to you bySitePenandViadeo. Uber(formerly known as UberCab), the disruptive private driver car booking service that is only available in San Francisco currently will be launching, not only across US cities, but also in Europe we discovered in this interview with co-founderTravis Kalanick. Uber is making waves in Silicon Valley as the must-have on demand black car service that works simply and efficiently through theiPhoneor theAndroidapp by setting your pick-up location....

The Tech5 talent search is back again. We scoured, measured, and assessed scaleups from all corners of the continent to bring you the top 100 for 2021. Based on performance, growth, and potential, these companies have proven they have what it takes to join the exclusive Tech5 community. And just what does that mean? The Tech5 community is a network of top European founders designed to help them connect, get access to bespoke events, and gain media exposure....

“Europe gets geeks” seemed to be the core message at the heart of the European Commission’s first everDigital Agenda Assemblythis week. This wide-ranging event was designed to help thrash out information and communication technologies’ role in Europe’s future. Taking place in the unusual location of a vintage vehicle museum in the centre of Brussels, the two-day event comprised speeches, panel debates and a number of workshop events where attendees had a chance to actively help shape the Europe’s digital policies....

The European Commission plans to ban the use of AI for social credit scoring, exploitation of the vulnerable, and subliminal manipulation, as part of new proposals for regulatingartificial intelligencein the EU. Police use of real-time biometric identification systems — such as facial recognition — will also be “prohibited in principle,” albeit with a rathervague list of exemptions. Judges can approve their use for finding victims of specific crimes, preventing terrorist attacks, and locating suspects or perpetrators of certain offenses....