EU funding has supported advocacy activities by NGOs for over 60 years. Yet as Rosa Sanchez Salgado explains, there is now a fierce debate taking place in Brussels over whether this funding should continue. There is currently a full-fledged fight over whether the European Commission should provide European NGOs with funding for advocacy activities. The … Read more
A transformative shift is underway in the telecommunications sector, as a new study from Juniper Research reveals that operators will ramp up their annual investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to $22 billion by 2029, up from $13 billion this year. This significant increase of 62% is primarily driven by operators’ ambitions to achieve zero-touch operations … Read more
Now in its 18th year, the Verizon Business DBIR is one of the industry’s longest standing and leading reports on the current cybersecurity landscape. This year’s report analyzes more than 22,000 security incidents with victims spanning 139 countries, examining significant growth in third-party involvement in breaches, increases in ransomware and examines the average amounts paid … Read more
Like giant bones planted in the earth, clusters of tree trunks, stripped clean of bark, are appearing along the Chesapeake Bay on the United States’ mid-Atlantic coast. They are ghost forests: the haunting remains of what were once stands of cedar and pine. Since the late 19th century, an ever-widening swath of these trees have … Read more
Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors’ opinions or evaluations. The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance climbed to 7.08% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 6.07%, and for 20-year mortgages, the average is … Read more