At least 14 people in Serbia have been targeted with spyware since early 2026, including student activists and opposition politicians. The scandal reveals a credibility gap: the EU demands accountability from candidate countries while ignoring widespread surveillance abuse within its own borders.
LMU Munich is probing a cyberattack that compromised sensitive enrollment data belonging to over 52,000 students, potentially including financial and health insurance information.
New volumes on Peter Thiel and Elon Musk reveal how tech billionaires are bankrolling political movements and building infrastructure that concentrates power in their hands, raising urgent questions about resistance and democratic renewal.
A quarter century after the September 11 attacks, nine leading privacy and civil liberties scholars reflect on how War on Terror policies have reshaped American rights, oversight, and executive authority.
Oleksii Lytvynenko, 44, received a four-year sentence for his work as a hacker and developer in the Conti ransomware operation, which compromised over 1,000 organisations globally before collapsing in 2022.
A flurry of deals across emerging Europe includes a major acquisition by a European legal AI platform, a €135 million fund close backing CEE companies, and a record-breaking funding round for French AI firm Mistral.
The tech giant is launching its DigiTruck programme in Île-de-France this autumn, aiming to equip underserved communities with practical digital competencies through solar-powered mobile classrooms.
From renamed lakes to AI governance, Canada is struggling to chart an independent course in technology policy as American state power and billionaire-led initiatives reshape the country's digital landscape.