Tech & Science

Europe has the science. Now it needs the scale. An EU-backed start-up summit is trying to close that gap. By Tom Cassauwers In a conference space at the edge of ...

Global smartphone market shifts towards premium devices The global smartphone market is undergoing a major structural transformation, with manufacturers increasingly abandoning low-cost, high-volume strategies in favour of premium devices as ...

European Union member states directed €79 billion towards environmental protection assets throughout 2025, according to figures from Eurostat. These investments represented 0.4 per cent of the total EU gross domestic product and 1.9 per ...

A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defense. Far below the ocean surface, some of its much larger relatives face ...

Businesses across Cyprus, as well as other regions across the world, are bracing for a sharp rise in software expenses as Microsoft prepares to implement significant price increases from July 1, 2026. ...

Energy consumption across the European Union services sector climbed to 4,971 petajoules in 2024, according to the latest data released by Eurostat. This figure marks a slight rise from the 4,886 petajoules recorded ...

South Korean content generated 12.1 billion hours of viewing on Netflix worldwide between April 2025 and March 2026, making it the most-watched content origin outside the United States, according to new analysis from ...

Soccer & Technology from the FIFA Museum, in its North American ‌debut in Vancouver, has drawn hundreds of fans to Science World to study the game’s evolution as organisers ...

The adoption of artificial intelligence tools is already leading to a reallocation of jobs within the United States labour market, according to new research published by the European Central Bank (...

Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign ‌of early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX (SPCX.O) ...

Generative AI use is spreading quickly among French mid-sized companies, but most have yet to report ​clear productivity benefits, according to a survey by ‌state-backed investment bank Bpifrance. Bpifrance said ...

The European Union saw a notable increase in the consumption of mineral fertilisers throughout 2024, according to Eurostat, as agricultural producers applied a total of 9.8 million tonnes of nitrogen and phosphorus ...

Artificial intelligence can write code, create images and suggest solutions, but it cannot dream or replace human judgement, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou told University ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has informed businesses about a new survey launched by the Digital Security Authority (DSA) to identify the needs of startups operating in ...

Robotex Cyprus 2026 returns this weekend with its largest turnout since the Covid period, as more than 700 registrations emphasise the rapid growth of educational and sports robotics across the island.  The 9...

Oracle’s (ORCL.N) total workforce declined 13 per cent, or about 21,000 employees, in fiscal 2026, as the cloud computing giant continued restructuring ​its business, partly driven by the adoption of AI ...

SK Hynix on Monday overtook Samsung Electronics to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company, marking a dramatic reversal of fortunes for a chipmaker that two decades ago ​nearly ...

Cyprus has made progress in digital public services, connectivity and business digitalisation, but still needs to make online state services easier, more inclusive and better connected, according to the European ...

The worldwide server market generated $122.6 billion in vendor revenue during the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest figures from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The result represented a 30.4 ...

Global shipments of extended reality (XR) headwear are expected to decline by 12 per cent to 6.2 million units in 2026, according to the latest forecast released by market research company Omdia, although ...

Uruk, the world’s first metropolis and the birthplace of written language, was nourished by the Euphrates River, as was Babylon, ancient ​Mesopotamia’s grandest city. The fertile plain between ...

Thousands of teenagers across Europe have tracked plastic pollution in rivers, and the data they collected is starting to make waves. By Tom Cassauwers Along a small stream in Spain, ...

Younger internet users across the European Union were the most frequent recipients of hostile or degrading online content during 2025, according to a report from Eurostat. Exposure to such content was ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX (SPCX.O) is buying the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the ...