Tech & Science

The 4th annual HackTech Hackathon is set to return on November 15–16 at The Warehouse by IT Quarter in Limassol, according to an announcement released on Tuesday. AdTech Holding, a leading ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) represented Cyprus at the Science and Technology for Society (STS) Forum 2025, held in Kyoto, Japan, on October 5–6, 2025. According to an announcement released on Tuesday, ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Monday announced its participation in this year’s World Investor Week 2025, joining forces with authorities from 118 countries to promote investor protection and ...

Electronic Arts’ (EA.O) record $55 billion leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and two other firms marks a turning point in the videogame industry, as companies look ...

This year’s EU Contest for Young Scientists showcased hard science with a social edge, with young scientists presenting innovations ranging from robot turtles to quantum discoveries. By Tom Cassauwers ...

Some of the world’s biggest investors are looking beyond a boom in artificial intelligence to longer-term spending by governments tackling geopolitical, technological and demographic pressures set to reshape markets ...

When Daniel Ek founded Spotify (SPOT.N) in 2006, a viable music product was a “moon shot.” The global music industry was struggling with years of declining sales, online music piracy ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf – a highly compact stellar ember – that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...

Opera (OPRA.O) has launched Neon, an artificial intelligence-powered browser that can execute tasks and run code inside web pages, adding to the intensifying competition among technology firms to make ...

Aluminium made with renewable power and from recycling is helping luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) cut CO2 emissions in the production of its new line of electric vehicles, part of ...

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, a source familiar with ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis ...

Students from three continents join CING postgraduate courses The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) welcomed its new postgraduate students earlier this month, in what it described as an ...

The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) announced the launch of its AI-REAL Toolkit at the G20 Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Ministers’ Meeting in Cape Town on Thursday, marking what it ...

Private equity firm Zubr Capital announed this week that it is set to host its first Zubr Capital Young Hackathon in Limassol on October 23, bringing together students and early-stage entrepreneurs ...

OpenAI generated about $4.3 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2025, which is roughly 16 per cent higher than its total revenue for all of last year, The Information reported ...

Elon Musk, CEO of X, SpaceX, Tesla and Starlink, met with the leadership of the BRIDGE Summit at Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, to discuss the future of ...

Thousands of visitors attended European Researchers’ Night at the State Fair in Nicosia on September 26, 2025, according to an announcemnet by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF). The foundation described the ...

Cyprus will once again take part in GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai, marking its fourth consecutive year at the world’s leading technology exhibition. The island will be represented by 14 information ...

EU-backed researchers are working with communities in overlooked regions to create tourism strategies that promote heritage while ensuring long-term sustainability. By Sofia Sanchez Manzanaro Europe’s most popular travel destinations ...

Worldwide shipments of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets combined with display-less smart glasses are expected to grow 39.2 per cent in 2025, with volumes reaching 14.3 million units, according to new ...

PC shipments to the United States stagnated in the second quarter of 2025, falling 1.4 per cent year on year to 18.6 million units, according to the latest research from industry analysts Canalys. ...

Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse of a Cretaceous ...

At the White House this year, OpenAI outlined its lofty “Stargate” infrastructure project that would cost half a trillion dollars and be developed with partners including SoftBank (9434.T) and Oracle (...