Tech & Science

Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive “less personalized ads,” the tech giant has announced, in an effort to allay ...

Netflix (NFLX.O) said this week its ad-supported tier had reached 70 million monthly active users globally, nearly doubling from about six months earlier as customers seek more affordable options. The ...

Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world’s top memory chip maker, fell earlier this week to their lowest level in more than four years amid worries about the impact ...

Cyprus recorded a record-breaking €3.2 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) for 2023, according to Invest Cyprus, the agency tasked with driving investments to the island. This figure was reported during the ...

The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms META.O €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters. “The ...

British news publisher the Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer post to X, citing “disturbing content” on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories. The left-leaning ...

Energy technology firm EnergyIntel recently hosted Chief Scientist and Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) president Demetris Skourides, according to an announcement released on Wednesday. Skourides visited the company’s headquarters ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Tuesday released a public invitation to professional trainers who want to participate in EULEP’s Train-the-Trainers (TtT) sessions. EULEP refers to ...

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s ...

There is a disconnect between the perceived and actual cyber readiness among global enterprises, according to a survey by IT services firm Kyndryl. The survey, titled ‘Cyber Gauge 2024: Navigating the ...

Scientists in Argentina have discovered excellently preserved fossil remains of the oldest-known tadpole, the larval stage of a large frog species that lived alongside dinosaurs about 161 million years ago during ...

Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead. Entombed in an ...

Physical Intelligence, a startup that is developing foundational software for robots, has announced that it has raised $400 million in early-stage funding from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, venture capital firms ...

South Korea has ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) to pay 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) in fines after finding it had collected sensitive user data and given it to advertisers ...

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed ...

Nintendo this week cut its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2025 by 10 per cent to 360 billion yen ($2.36 billion), as its ageing Switch console loses steam. The latest forecast ...

The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of measures ...

Cyprus-based TheSoul Publishing has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Mediacube, a certified partner of YouTube and Meta that provides fintech solutions to nearly ten thousand creators across 132 ...

Networking has always acted as a catalyst for growing and developing businesses, but networking methods and quality have evolved over the past decades. The changing of the times has practically ...

By Austin Kay As the world races to meet net-zero targets, emissions from all industrial sectors must be reduced more urgently than ever. Agriculture is an important area of focus ...

The European Union will invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion)next year to support the region’s deep tech research sector, as Europe aims to try and keep up with world leaders ...

Nigeria based fintech Moniepoint has raised $110 million in new funding from investors including Google to scale up digital payments and banking solutions across Africa, the company said in an announcement. ...

In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the 6th to 11th ...

Shares of online ad sellers surged earlier this week as strong earnings from Google-parent Alphabet, Reddit and Snap signaled solid spending from brands ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. ...