Tech
UAE leads fight against online child exploitation though AI innovation
Innovative technological solutions needed to tackle growth in online child exploration that has overwhelmed law enforcement agencies.
US-Russian crew arrives at International Space Station for eight-month mission
US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts dock at ISS for 242-day mission featuring 40 experiments and two spacewalks. Colleagues welcomed Expedition 74 crew with a homemade cake.
India approves domestic rare earth magnet scheme
India has authorised final approval for a programme to establish an integrated manufacturing base for sintered rare earth permanent magnets.
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Mexico to build $327mn supercomputer as it races to close AI gap
Mexico has unveiled plans to construct what it claims will be Latin America's most powerful supercomputer, a project the government says will help the country capitalise on rapidly evolving AI uses.
Saudi Ninja delivery app founder says quick commerce platform plans stock market listing
Delivery app Ninja founder says Saudi quick commerce leader plans stock exchange listing in the coming years. Platform holds largest market share in digital groceries sector.
Latvia’s TestDevLab sold to global technology company Xoriant
Deal to give access to Xoriant sales network and multinational client base, allowing TestDevLab to scale far beyond what was possible as an independent Baltic company.
Turkey seizes fintech Paybull in illegal betting prosecution
Owners accused of catering to illegal betting schemes for money laundering purposes.
Russia’s T-Technologies reports record revenue and launches share buyback after strong 3Q25 results
Russia’s T-Technologies reported record financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended on September 30, as the Russian technology group crossed RUB1tn ($11bn) in revenue for the first time and announced a new share buyback.
Google stakes its AI future on Taiwan
Google has inaugurated its largest artificial intelligence infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside the United States, in Taipei, underscoring Taiwan’s growing importance in the global tech ecosystem.
Turkey seizes fintech IQ Money in illegal betting prosecution
Twenty six suspects detained. Deposit insurance fund TMSF asked to take over yet another company.
Polish med-tech company Synektik lifts quarterly earnings on stronger medical equipment sales
Warsaw-listed Synektik said medical equipment, IT solutions and service work drove performance in August and September.
Lithuania set to roll out a nationwide network of 44 cybersecurity operations centres
Officials say the scheme will help strengthen cybersecurity across the public sector by improving detection, logging and response to attacks.
Russia’s Big Brother SORM mass surveillance system
It’s a modern-day Big Brother. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) operates the vast and largely opaque SORM surveillance infrastructure in Russia spies on the entire Russian population that grants intelligence officers unfettered access.
Softswiss founder Ivan Montik builds global iGaming platform on Belarusian tech talent
Ivan Montik grew up in Minsk at a time when the republic was embracing a tech revolution. Belarus remains a repressive state but the IT sector there flourished. Now Softswiss is expanding into Latin America and Africa after it left its home market.
China deploys an army of humanoid robots to car factories
It looks exactly like a scene out of the Hollywood movie iRobot, depicting the Isacc Asimov classic sci-fi novel: a warehouse filled with gleaming white robots standing in a precise military grid, moving in unison when ordered.
Turkey seizes another crypto exchange over money laundering allegations
Observers struggling to keep up with number of arrests made and companies taken over by officials under wave of prosecutions triggered by government.
Russian Wildberries makes a move in Africa with Ethiopian partnership
Russia’s largest e-commerce major Wildberries announced a partnership with Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), one of Ethiopia’s premier investment groups, according to the company’s press-release.
Tajikistan launches national messenger app ORIZ in “important step towards digital independence”
Country follows in footsteps of Russia and Kazakhstan.
Poland's biggest lender PKO BP targets 1mn new clients via Allegro e-commerce deal
PKO BP, Poland's largest bank by assets, aims to gain 1mn new customers within three years through a new strategic partnership with e-commerce giant Allegro.
Kazakh farmers put Starlink on horses and dogs to herd livestock
High-tech twist on nomadic tradition as farmers use artificial intelligence, drones and Starlink satellite internet to monitor and herd their animals on the steppe.