In a decisive geopolitical shift, the European Union has unveiled its 2025 International Digital Strategy, signalling a turn from a values-first diplomacy to a focus on security and competitiveness. As Jovan Kurbalija explains in ...
Germany's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has recorded a record number of cryptocurrency-related suspicious activity reports (SARs) in 2024 despite an overall decline in total filings. The FIU reported 8,711 crypto-linked SARs, ...
Prime Minister Petr Fiala has appointed Eva Decroix as the Czech Republic's new justice minister, replacing Pavel Bla?ek following the political storm over a$45 million Bitcoin donation. The decision comes just months before the g...
A Barcelona court has launched a criminal probe into Shirtum Europa SLU, a crypto firm accused of defrauding investors of$3.4 million through a failed NFT scheme. Several elite footballers, including World Cup winners and former B...
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a brief but significant leak of over 600 gigabytes of data, exposing information on millions of Chinese citizens. The haul, containing WeChat, Alipay, banking, and residential records, is p...
The US Social Security Administration is launching digital access to Social Security numbers in the summer of 2025 through its 'My Social Security' portal. The initiative aims to improve convenience, reduce physical card replaceme...
A recent study by Apple researchers exposed significant limitations in the capabilities of advanced AI systems and huge reasoning models (LRMs). Apple's team suggested this may point to a fundamental limit in how current AI models...
Oxford University physicists have achieved a world-first in quantum computing by setting a new record for single-qubit operation accuracy. Using a trapped calcium ion as the qubit, the researchers controlled its state using electr...
According to new government guidance, teachers in England are now officially encouraged to use AI to reduce administrative tasks. The Department for Education has released training materials that support the use of AI for low-stak...
Paul Atkins, a US Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner, has publicly backed the right to self-custody digital assets. Describing it as a core value, Atkins stressed that individual control over one's money aligns with f...
United Natural Foods, a prominent food distributor, recently experienced a cyber-attack that forced it to take some of its systems offline. The incident, discovered on Thursday, 5 June, has temporarily hindered the company's abili...
OpenAI has revealed that its annualised revenue has surged to$10 billion as of June 2025, nearly doubling since December 2024, when it stood at$5.5 billion. Therapid growth is driven by the widespread adoption of its ChatGPT AI mo...