MyData and Guardtime The MyData movement is evolving to present a credible, economically viable vision for the data economy. …

Following parliamentary elections on March 3rd, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas and his Keskerakond party (ALDE) are in negotiations with Isamaa (EPP) and euro-skeptic EKRE to form a new governing coalition. The potential coalition has announced they will continue Estonia’s Western-orientation and EU and NATO membership. However, this statement needs to…

I attended the OECD’s “Going Digital” summit these past two days (programme here http://www.oecd.org/going-digital/summit/). The context was the completion of 2,5 years’ work since the OECD ministerial in Cancun in which the OECD has “gone digital” — conducting a broad, cross-topic review of digitalisation: http://www.oecd.org/going-digital/. The result is impressive: First…

On my way back from the EPP Congress in Helsinki, where Manfred Weber was just elected Spitzenkandidat, beating Alex Stubb with a resounding majority of about 80 percent of the vote. I was there as a speaker at a panel debate on digitisation with digital Commissioner Maria Gabriel and two…

Sel nädalal avalikustas Riigireformi SA esimese osa oma soovitustest kuidas Eesti riiki paremini juhtida. Täna hommikul kutsus Jaak Jõerüüt üles mitte lähenema riigireformi ettepanekutele ad hominem argumentidega. Aga ma siiski alustaks ad hominem kiitusega: Mülle sümpatiseerib nii Riigireformi SA eesmärk kui selle tegutsemisviis. Pea 30 kodanikujulgusega ettevõtjat on oma tihedatest…

Juncker’s State of the Union: A sober call for European sovereignty EU Commission President Jeaun-Claude Juncker just delivered his State of the EU speech in which he called for a “strong and united Europe”. Appealing to the geopolitical situation, he said that “the time for European sovereignty has come.” The…

This past week I spoke at the DLD Europe conference on a panel on the subject of new alliances for Europe, along with Jan Oetjen, Andreas Liebl and Sten Saluveer. …

The coming onslaught of deep fakes seems to have pretty much the whole world worried: “Terrifying”, “Nicolas Cage”… (For a thorough academic review, check this July article). Now, color me naive, but it doesn’t seem like that hard a problem to solve: The vast majority of film and video are…

The GDPR is in force… now what? Time to think about cyber security On Friday morning, at midnight Brussels time, the GDPR comes into force. Are our personal data truly better protected now? …