Chinese fish fossils take a bite out of mystery of origin of jaws
For human beings and 99.8 per cent of our fellow vertebrates, having jaws is an integral part of life. Just try eating a taco without them. But, like everything else in ...
Musk reverses course, again: he’s ready to buy Twitter, build ‘X’ app
Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a ...
Cypriot businesses: ‘digital skills training our biggest challenge’
The majority of Cypriot businesses said that the biggest challenges that they are now facing include the prerequisite development of digital skills of their staff (62 per cent), and the understanding ...
Musk reverses again, now ready to buy Twitter at original price -sources
Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc TWTR.N private, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, ...
Mexico declares Otomi site first ancient monument in a decade
An ancient Mexican site more than 1,000 years old has been declared the country’s first archaeological zone in a decade, antiquities institute INAH announced on Tuesday, despite several years of ...
Nobel physics prize won by sleuths of ‘spooky’ quantum science
Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their advances in quantum mechanics on the behaviour of subatomic particles, opening the door to ...
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute ...
A good night’s sleep is a tonic to remember
Scientists are probing what happens in the brain as people slumber and how they can enjoy the restorative effects of better deep sleep.
By Anthony King
Everyone suffers restless nights ...
Vodafone in talks for UK merger with Hutchison’s Three
Vodafone (VOD.L) is in talks with CK Hutchison (0001.HK) about merging their businesses in Britain to create a market leading mobile network that could accelerate the roll-out of 5G ...
Technology and the crisis of work
By Ioannis Tirkides
Technology has always been a defining force of economic organisation and of the dynamics in labour markets. By definition, all economic growth comes from two sources, the ...
Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth
Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies, as the tech giant eyes global expansion to offset ...
Cyprus startup ecosystem must embrace ‘pay it forward’ mentality
Vibrant Limassol event plays host to business and technology stakeholders from Cyprus and abroad
By Kyriacos Nicolaou
Startup founders, entrepreneurs, media personalities, technology sector stakeholders and creatives all got together ...
Tech company moves to Cyprus, brings 300 people
Major software company JetBrains on Friday announced that it relocated to Cyprus, further showcasing the growth that the island’s information technology ecosystem has experienced in recent years.
JetBrains, a ...
Elevate your Nike copping skills with sneaker proxies
Athletics is what inspired the creation of sneakers back in the 19th century. Over time, the love for these shoes transcended sport and created a culture that thrives today. Sneaker ...
Tech IPO market faces worst year since global financial crisis
Initial public offerings by US tech companies have sunk to their lowest levels since the global financial crisis of 2008, as stock market volatility, soaring inflation, and interest rate hikes have ...
Europe braces for mobile network blackouts
Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.
Russia’s decision ...
Apple drops plan to boost iPhone production as demand falters
Apple Inc is dropping plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialize, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people ...
App launched to allow public to report problems on the road
An app to alert the authorities of problems in the road, called Fix Cyprus, was launched on Tuesday by the Cyprus Centre for Research and Excellence (Kios) in the presence ...
With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday made their strongest push for Big Tech to share network costs, citing the ...
NASA’s asteroid-deflecting spacecraft nears planned impact with target
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed ...
Meet Japan’s cyborg cockroach, coming to disaster area near you
If an earthquake strikes in the not too distant future and survivors are trapped under tonnes of rubble, the first responders to locate them could be swarms of cyborg cockroaches.
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Ericsson says no hardware exported to Russia, only software support
Ericsson (ERICb.ST) said on Friday it is only providing software and technical support to Russian clients and has not sold any telecommunications equipment to mobile operators there since the ...
Extra flavour and fraud prevention on the menu for Europe’s beer and wine industries
By Daniela De Lorenzo
Europe’s valuable wine and beer industries are working to retain their competitive edge with an expanded range of aromas and blockchain-based fraud prevention.
The debate ...
Cyprus based tech firm keen to train future professionals
Kyndryl Cyprus, the local subsidiary of the leading international IT infrastructure services provider, this week announced that it hosted a number of students at its Nicosia offices, giving them the ...