Tech News Europol arrests 51 people and dismantles platform used for cybercrime Europol arrests 51 people connected to Ghost, a platform used by cybercriminals for large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. 19/09/2024
Money Over 130 countries now exploring digital currencies as interest soars Central banks worldwide are now looking into digital currencies, according to a new study from a US think tank. 17/09/2024
Tech News There are 2,000 possible cyber-attacks per second, UK telecoms say The UK’s largest telecommunications provider says there are roughly 2,000 potential cyber-attacks every second recorded through its platforms. 16/09/2024
Tech News China bribes Czech academics for favourable studies, report says The Czech national intelligence agency says China bribes its academics to write favourable reports about them through fake LinkedIn profiles. 16/09/2024
Tech News TikTok fights back against US law forcing sale of platform Attorneys for ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, will argue in front of US lawmakers on Monday that the law forcing its sale is unconstitutional. 14/09/2024
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. 11/09/2024
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. 10/09/2024
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. 06/09/2024
Tech News 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. 05/09/2024
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. 04/09/2024
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. 03/09/2024
Tech News 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. 01/09/2024
Tech News 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. 28/08/2024
Tech News 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. 26/08/2024
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. 23/08/2024
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. 22/08/2024
Tech News 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. 21/08/2024
Tech News 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. 14/08/2024
Tech News 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. 12/08/2024
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. 09/08/2024