Tech & Science

EU-funded researchers are developing strategies to protect people from rising temperatures, focusing on vulnerable groups and clearer climate-health communication. By Vittoria D’Alessio The environmental impact of climate change – shifting ...

A group of finance industry bodies is calling for a rethink on looming regulatory standards that they say will make it difficult for banks to participate in crypto markets. The ...

More than three quarters of people in Cyprus used internet-connected devices in 2024, outpacing the EU average, official data showed on Thursday. Eurostat said 76.9 per cent of Cypriots aged 16–74 used such ...

Meta has signed a deal with generative AI lab Midjourney to license the startup’s “aesthetic technology” for the social media company’s future models and products. The technical collaboration ...

Scientists have found a series of stone tools on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island they say may be evidence of humans living 1.5 million years ago on islands between Asia and Australia, ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time ...

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions ...

Archaeologists in Peru’s Amazon region have uncovered two rare, 1,000-year-old ceremonial stone club heads along with roughly 200 ancient structures and a unique zigzag frieze. The discoveries were made at ...

Tyrannosaurus subdued prey with raw power, using bone-crushing bite force. But other meat-eating dinosaurs that rivaled T. rex in size used different approaches. Giganotosaurus relied more on slashing and ripping ...

Firefly Aerospace (FLY.O) is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the US rocket maker expands its satellite launch services globally, a Japanese company operating ...

When “The Wizard of Oz at Sphere” opens off the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 28, audiences will experience the 1939 film classic in a way its creators probably never thought possible. ...

A report detailing the extent of the damage and the funds required to restore the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) farm in Lofou has already been submitted to the university’...

A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from ...

The Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (CoE) this week announced the launch of Space BIC, a specialised business incubation centre to support space-based entrepreneurship in Cyprus. According to the announcement, the ...

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company’s homegrown operating system. As part ...

Cyprus is making impactful progress in developing a high-performance computing, chip and quantum cluster, following a recent meeting between Chief Scientist Demetris Skourides and Phystech Technologies founder and CEO Yuri ...

Cyprus offers stability and opportunity for the relocated sports media platform Sports media platform Tribuna.com co-founder Dmitry Navosha has shared his story with the Cyprus Mail in an in-depth ...

Czech and Estonian researchers are joining forces to build a cross-border cybersecurity hub that will strengthen Europe’s digital defences in the face of growing cyber threats. By Michaela Nesvarova ...

As shipping strives to decarbonise, a new wave of EU-funded innovation is proving that methanol-fuelled vessels could offer a scalable, low-emission alternative to diesel on the high seas. By Tom ...

Amazon.com-backed (AMZN.O) Anthropic said this week that it will offer its Claude AI model to the US government for $1, joining a growing list of artificial intelligence startups proposing ...

Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Chrome browser this week, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the ...

EU-funded researchers are exploring how dolphin arteries stay healthy with age in the hope of unlocking new ways to improve cardiovascular health in humans. By Jessica Berthereau While studying the ...

A Cyprus-headquartered gaming platform has moved quickly to take advantage of Epic Games’ courtroom victory over Google, launching its own Android store to offer developers and players a new distribution ...

Headquartered in Cyprus, Nexters is best known for Hero Wars, the popular RPG launched in 2016 that has enjoyed steady growth and a remarkable run in the charts. Since 2019, the title ...