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Can Tesla save the electric car future? US$5 billion to challenge the petrol engine lock-in

The Tesla Motors Nevada car battery plant plan raises broader questions as to the future of cars and electricity.

Obama’s climate change treaty to circumvent Congress in time for 2015 UN climate talks

The U.S. is reportedly planning to forge a politically binding climate change agreement to cut world carbon emissions.

EU Court Google judgement: not so much a landmark decision

The EU Court Google judgement on data protection is one of those decisions stating the obvious, yet still causing a stir.

The 3 true reasons behind the European ‘broadband lottery’

Appalling broadband price differences have long been the reality for anyone moving home across Europe, even between places as close as the UK and Belgium. So have been the differences in broadband quality, speed and coverage. This ‘geographic lottery’ for broadband has been confirmed by the European Commission in their latest study.

Another review of the European Commission Relevant Markets Recommendation – from economic regulation to dogma?

In 2003, European Commission believed there were 18 relevant telecoms product markets susceptible for ex ante regulation across Europe. In 2007, the number went down to 7. We are now to be left with only 4 relevant markets. Is this a true reflection of a gradual shift to a fully competitive market for electronic communications

EU framework on climate and energy: renewable is king

The European Commission has outlined its goals for a competitive and low-carbon future EU economy in a proposal of the new EU framework on climate and energy for 2030, with renewable energy playing a key role in the future of European energy production.

Corporate Social Responsibility: it works, but do we know to measure how?

Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is meant to function as a self-regulating mechanism of companies that ensures their compliance with the spirit of ethical standards and, not to a lesser degree, endears them to their customers; but is really that simple and how do we measure its effect on what people are buying?

End of open Internet in the United States?

In what is being labelled a major setback for free speech and open internet, a Washington DC appeals court has ruled that the country’s telecoms regulator cannot force internet service providers to treat the traffic on their network as equal, regardless of the source, platform or content.

Facebook sued for mining private messages – is online privacy really dead?

Facebook has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over claims it monitors its users' private messages, selling the data collected to advertisers.

Google accused of unlawfully tracking users, wants to avoid UK courts

Google is arguing that a lawsuit over its British users’ privacy should be handled in US courts.