Businesses turn to smaller software tools to cut IT costs
Businesses across Europe are reworking IT budgets as they look to cut operating costs and get more from the software they already pay for, according to a new study by ...
Where Agentic AI fits in HR according to Jeff Smith BlackRock Alum
Harnessing AI sits at the top of the 2026 priority list in Gartner’s survey of 426 CHROs across 23 industries, and the technology in question is no longer a chatbot. Agentic AI ...
The future is ours to build
By Theodoros Loukaidis, Director General of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation
We often speak about young people as the leaders of tomorrow. Truth is, many of them are already ...
Technology
Cyprus fintech sector remains top cyber target despite botnet crackdown
A major international crackdown on botnet infrastructure has failed to reduce cyber risks facing businesses in Cyprus, according to new data released by cybersecurity company Qrator Labs for the second ...
Agriculture
Cyprus lags EU in precision farming as digital adoption grows
Cyprus had one of the lowest levels of precision farming adoption in the EU in 2023, with only about 1 per cent of farms using such technology, according toa report from Eurostat.
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Technology
How Anthropic IPO could reset private market valuations
The anticipated IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI could be among the most consequential market events of a generation by setting a benchmark valuation for AI-native firms.
Alexey Garyunov, general partner ...
Cyprus puts humans in charge of its AI future
Cyprus wants to become a trusted regional artificial intelligence hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, using technology to improve people’s lives and strengthen the economy without allowing it to weaken ...
AI boom drives Intel and AMD to secure long-term server chip contracts
US chipmaking giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are signing longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers for data-centre processors as prices surge, two people familiar with the talks said.
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Technology
Cyprus studio Top App Games hits $50 million in net revenue with hit game Ludus
Cyprus-based mobile game developer Top App Games Ltd announced on Thursday that its strategy RPG Ludus: Merge Arena has passed $50 million in net revenue since launch, with $66 million in gross ...
Cyprus seeks closer ties on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
Cyprus is seeking to deepen cooperation on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital resilience, following a working meeting between Communications Commissioner Marios Pieris and Chief Scientist for Research, Innovation and Technology ...
TechIsland unveils €2m wildfire defence programme
TechIsland has presented the first-year results of its €2 million Wildfire Initiative, showing how an emergency appeal launched after the devastating fires of 2025 has developed into a long-term programme spanning prevention, ...
SafeIsland puts wildfire alerts in the hands of Cyprus residents
SafeIsland CY, a new free mobile app for iOS and Android, is now available to the public, helping people in Cyprus report wildfire signs, receive nearby alerts and access key ...
Geosfire brings round-the-clock satellite fire detection to Cyprus
A satellite-based system using machine learning to detect wildfires across Cyprus 24 hours a day has been presented in Limassol, seeking to give first responders earlier and more reliable warnings of ...
CFOs express increased optimism for AI impact on business outcomes
The finance bosses at many of Britain’s biggest companies are more optimistic about the impact of artificial intelligence on their businesses and a bit less worried about risks from ...
ICT
Cyprus startups urged to prioritise cybersecurity before expansion
Cyprus-based fintech and iGaming companies expanding abroad are underestimating cyber risks, according to Andrey Leskin, CTO at Qrator Labs, who warned that firms entering high-growth regions may face targeted digital ...
Major tech firms face new regulatory scrutiny for financial services
Large technology firms are increasingly encroaching on traditional banking, prompting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to demand a comprehensive overhaul of how these conglomerates are policed to ensure global financial ...
Global PC market hit by rising costs and delayed demand
Global shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations declined by 3.6 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2026 as rising memory and storage costs disrupted the PC market, according ...
Spending on AI infrastructure hits IBM software sales
IBM said it had “faltered” in keeping pace with a shift in corporate spending from software to data-center infrastructure and would take a big earnings hit in the second quarter, ...
Intel deploys ASML’s $400 million next-gen machine for flagship chip production
Intel has decided to use a high-end machine from ASML to manufacture some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips, ASML has announced, a move that will help the chipmaker ...
The test that finds the hearing loss doctors cannot detect
Hidden hearing loss affects millions, but has no diagnosis or treatment options. EU-funded researchers have developed tools that could change both.
By Michael Allen
Imagine struggling to follow conversations in ...
Global smartphone shipments fall as memory crisis reshapes market
Global smartphone shipments fell by 4 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026 as an ongoing memory crisis disrupted supply chains and pushed up component costs, according to the latest ...
Ancient quasars add to a ‘major unsolved problem’ in astrophysics
A quasar — among the universe’s most luminous and energetic objects — is a supermassive black hole caught in the act of guzzling matter at the heart of a galaxy. Scientists ...
Satellites help chart a future for Europe’s disappearing farmland birds
Farmland birds have declined dramatically across Europe, signalling wider ecological problems. Researchers are using satellite data and AI to identify where conservation efforts could have the greatest impact.
By Michael ...
Guatemalan zoo breeds rare lizards in bid to save endangered species
Conservationists in Guatemala are breeding a new generation of Guatemalan beaded lizards, one of the world’s most endangered lizards, in the hopes of rebuilding wild populations decimated by habitat ...
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