2026-01-21 08:39:09

The #EU is preparing to remove high-risk device brands from #telecom networks.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-plans-cybersecurity-overhaul-to-block-foreign-high-risk-suppliers/

2026-01-20 19:44:36

Not the first study ti discover the hype::
The findings pour more cold water on the hyperbole surrounding AI and the benefits it supposedly brings to business, although the report cautions that "clearly, we're in the early stages of the #AI era."
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/pwc_ai_ceo_survey/

2026-01-19 09:18:42

They knew saving money in crypto was riskier, but they were careful to keep their digital keys safe. But somehow #hackers got into their cloud storage account, where they kept information about their crypto wallets and how to access them. #security
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93w30gl5jno

2026-01-17 08:38:07

#Google's answer to Windows Recall is Gemini #AI Personal Intelligence. It accesses your Gmail, photos, search history, Youtube history, and more to provide you "truly personal AI assistant". Sure. Someone or something should protect people who become victims of this scheme.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/15/google-upgrade-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-be-very-careful/

2026-01-16 09:24:35

The World Economic Forum's report warns that "as #AI agents become more widely adopted, they are poised to transform how digital systems are designed and developed." Unfortunately, they are also poised to introduce a whole lot of #security headaches.
https://www.fortra.com/blog/wef-ai-overtakes-ransomware-fastest-growing-cyber-risk

2026-01-12 08:28:14

#opensource strategy for #EU ::
The consultation, which will run from January 6 to February 3, is an early move toward a formal strategy on "European Open Digital Ecosystems," which would treat open source as core infrastructure rather than a nice-to-have.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/eu_open_source_consultation

2026-01-10 09:23:30

For one week or longer overseas travel, EU residents on average liked to stay in 2024 in the following EU countries. #travel #Europe
https://klaava.com/where-europeans-like-to-travel-for-one-week-holiday-in-the-eu-region/

2026-01-09 08:49:31

Here's the thing nobody wants to admit: the current implementation of passkeys and mandatory OTPs is a disaster that's making the internet worse, not better. #security #passskey
https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-passkey-otp-nightmare-how-security-became-user-hostile

2026-01-08 15:26:00

While residents’ concern about masstourism in some countries in #Europe is real, where do Europeans themselves #travel when they want to enjoy a week-long break? .https://klaava.com/where-europeans-like-to-travel-for-one-week-holiday-in-the-eu-region/

2026-01-07 17:08:46

Statues guarding a castle in Copenhagen.

2026-01-07 16:53:30

Google’s disregard for the #privacy of the general public led to a push for open source, community-driven alternatives to #Google #Maps. The biggest contender, now used by Google’s direct competitors and open source projects alike is #OpenStreetMap.
https://tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alternatives-foss

2026-01-04 08:39:21

#EU is now planning a system to rank data centres based on their environmental performance and the four indicators. The idea is to encourage operators to improve efficiency while suggesting that the forthcoming 2026 Cloud and AI Development Act should reward the best-performing new data centre projects. #datacenter
https://www.euractiv.com/news/greening-up-europes-data-centres-is-a-major-policy-challenge-for-2026/

2025-12-31 08:07:51

What can we expect from the #privacy landscape in 2026? Some industry experts give us their views.
https://betanews.com/2025/12/30/maturing-id-wallets-investment-for-compliance-and-confidential-ai-privacy-predictions-for-2026/

2025-12-29 11:10:42

Trends that are gradually changing how and where we travel. Here is our take on #travel #trends for 2026.
https://klaava.com/travel-trends-2026-road-trips-calm-and-quiet-ai-assistants-and-popular-culture/

2025-12-28 08:36:54

Selmi and his colleagues now look into about 1,000 cases of suspected government #spyware attacks per year. Around half of those cases turn into actual investigations, and only around 5% of them, around 25, result in a confirmed case of spyware infection. #security #media
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/meet-the-team-that-investigates-when-journalists-and-activists-get-hacked-with-government-spyware/

2025-12-26 14:41:00

If we look at the millions of tourists who will travel somewhere they haven’t visited before, we can discover trends that are gradually changing how and where we travel. Here is our take on #travel #trends for #2026 .https://klaava.com/travel-trends-2026-road-trips-calm-and-quiet-ai-assistants-and-popular-culture/

2025-12-26 09:20:44

The fragmentation of #streaming services - viewers have to pay for multiple services to get the popular shows - has made piracy relevant again. Many pirates have legitimate paid subscriptions, but they turn to unauthorized sources to complement what they can’t or don’t want to pay for. #piracy
https://torrentfreak.com/stranger-things-is-the-most-pirated-tv-show-of-2025/

2025-12-24 08:24:00

I downloaded a #phone app with a “zero-processing” feature that claimed to take photos without any software alterations. When comparing the photos my phone #camera takes automatically to the photos taken with this app, the results were shocking. #photography .https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/smartphones-photos-filters-pictures-software

2025-12-22 08:37:03

Europol’s Innovation Lab has imagined a not-so-distant future in which criminals could hijack autonomous vehicles, drones, and humanoid robots to sow chaos — and how law enforcement will have to step up as a result. #robot #security
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-robot-crime-wave

2025-12-19 08:50:40

Once #AI systems become properly trusted enough to suggest what to buy, #Visa feels it is only a small step for them to handle payment as well. In fact, Visa predicts that by year end 2026, millions of consumers will be using AI agents to complete purchases on their behalf, rather than manually entering payment details or clicking through checkout flows.
--- Really, Visa? Many online transactions require confirmation with a bank that issued the card. ---
https://betanews.com/2025/12/18/visa-says-ai-agents-will-complete-shopping-purchases-for-you-in-2026/