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Mobility

First aircraft faults, then Starliner. What's going on at Boeing?

Boeing has been criticised after a series of technical issues. Aviation experts say fixing the company’s profit-first culture could help them to avoid future problems.

Space

What we know about Polaris Dawn, SpaceX's riskiest manned mission yet

A new SpaceX mission will take its crew through a radiation belt to a higher orbit to perform a test spacewalk in new space suits.

Tech News

X won’t use EU tweets to train Grok AI model, Irish regulators say

Irish court proceedings have been dropped against the social media platform X, regulators said.

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Pro-Russian operation 'ongoing' on X and Meta despite probe - report

A Russian operation continues to spread disinformation on X and Facebook with a new report looking into how their posts target EU countries.

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Space

Europe's Vega rocket readies for lift off for the last time

The Vega small-satellite launcher is taking off for its swansong mission on Thursday morning.

Mobility

Flying on a plane is safer now than ever before, study finds

A recent study has found that flights are safer than they’ve ever been.

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How 'almost indetectable' drones are being used in the war in Ukraine

New jam-proof drones are being used in the war in Ukraine. Here’s the latest on how they work and how they may be used in the future.

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Plans for Google data centre in Dublin rejected over energy concerns

The South Dublin County Council rejected Google’s new data centre because it’s not clear how much energy it will take away from the national grid.

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Uber fined €290 million for transferring EU driver data to the US

Uber has to pay the Dutch data protection agency €290 million for transferring European taxi drivers’ data to servers in the United States.

Mobility

World's first facial recognition airport scheduled to arrive in 2025

Travellers might no longer need to present their boarding passes to board flights at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport as soon as next year.

Tech News

UK no longer investigating Apple and Google app stores

The UK is waiting for new competition legislation to possibly relaunch their investigations into Apple and Google’s app stores for restricting consumer choice.

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How Europe's leading solar power grid is 'vulnerable' to cyberattacks

A recent study by a cybersecurity firm confirmed that the Dutch solar energy grid is vulnerable to multiple types of attacks on its system.

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Austria plans to give police more powers to monitor social media

The new counterterrorism measures, which include stronger monitoring of "messenger services," come in the wake of a thwarted attack at a Taylor Swift concert.

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Musk accused of illegally accessing data in nine EU legal challenges

The complaints come less than a week after the Irish authorities mounted a similar legal challenge against Musk over a data settings change.

Tech News

UN committee approves first cybercrime treaty despite opposition

The treaty faces widespread opposition from human rights groups and a coalition of tech companies.

Space

NASA astronauts at ISS could stay in space until 2025

The two astronauts took off in June on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft for its first crewed test flight.

Tech News

UK regulator warns social media platforms about risks of violence

A UK regulator warned online service providers about the risk of their platforms being used to stir up hatred and incite violence.

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Algorithm used in Catalan prisons has ‘deficiencies,' audit finds

A recent audit of a Spanish algorithm used by the criminal justice system found “substantial deficiencies” in the reliability of its decisions on how likely prisoners are to reoffend.

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Petition urges lawmakers to save Europe’s video games from deletion

A petition is calling for the EU’s video game license publishers to preserve video games when support ends.

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Here’s how technology has been used to get ahead in the Olympics

The so-called “Dronegate” scandal plaguing the Canadian women’s football team is the latest use of technology being used to gain an advantage at the Olympic Games.

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