Tech News Little progress on suppression of pro-Palestine content, NGOs claim One year after the escalation between Israel and Hamas, some NGOs claim little progress has been made to stop the suppression of pro-Palestine content. 07/10/2024
Tech News These European data centre activists are taking the fight to Big Tech Pockets of data centre activists are fighting back against the expansion of mega computer centres in Europe amid an artificial intelligence (AI) boom. 02/10/2024
Space SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after launching rescue mission to ISS The Falcon 9 is temporarily grounded after an anomaly was detected following the launch of a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. 01/10/2024
Space A new star could explode any day now. Here's what you need to know Astronomers are waiting for T Coronae Borealis, a nova 3,000 light-years away, to explode for the first time in almost 80 years. 01/10/2024
Tech News New AI models more likely to guess than admit they don't know answers According to a new study, the more advanced an AI large language model (LLM) becomes, the less likely it is to admit it can't answer a query. 01/10/2024
Tech News Are EU countries prepared for an attack on underwater Internet cables? In the first of a two-part series, we take a look at the world’s critical internet infrastructure and what could happen if an attack were mounted. 21/09/2024
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