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Robot clean-up crews tackle litter on Europe’s seabed

EU-funded researchers are developing AI-guided robot fleets to take over the dangerous, dirty work of finding and removing marine litter from the sea floor A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire breaks…

autonomous drones, European Union, Horizon Europe, marine pollution, ocean sustainability, SeaClear2.0

Big wifi Brother is watching you!

Experts caution that wifi could become an invisible mass surveillance system All those shops with free wifi networks that you walk or drive past on your way to work or elsewhere could be inadvertent surveillance zones. They have the potential to identify you, generating a complete profile of your movements. And all this without your…

Meet the robot that talks likes us

In a first, scientists have taught a robot to learn lip movements by watching humans, instead of instructions Human-looking robots will become more and more commonplace in our daily lives. It’s understandable then that scientists want to make them look as human as possible. If they look like us, why not speak like us, too?…

Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips

Researchers are developing robotic “fingertips” that could give surgeons back their sense of touch during minimally invasive and robotic operations Modern surgery has gone from long incisions to tiny cuts guided by robots and AI. In the process, however, surgeons have lost something vital: the chance to feel inside the body directly. Without palpation, it…

agricultural technology, EU Research, minimally invasive, PALPABLE, soft robotics, tactile sensors

Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computers

New technique could improve the scalability of trapped-ion quantum computers, an essential step toward making them practically useful. Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to unravel. But they’ll need to be large and stable enough to efficiently perform operations. To meet this challenge, researchers at…

integrated photonics, laser cooling, living architecture, Quantum Computing, quantum technology, trapped ions

Technology for a more transparent approach to sharing, visiting and processing data

The EU-funded RAISE project is helping researchers make their data available securely. This means sensitive data is protected, research work is recognised and more data is available for open science Today’s researchers are wary about making their data publicly accessible. Their reluctance is justified, since after all that time and effort spent, sharing this data…

data protection, Data Sharing, Open Science, RAISE, research technology, traceability

Fortinet Annual Report: 86% of organizations worldwide face cyberattacks

AI enhances protection but does not replace human expertise. Over 4.7 Million Cybersecurity Vacancies Worldwide Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today released its 2025 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, shedding light on the new and persistent challenges organizations face due to the cybersecurity skills gap. The global survey’s key…

AI security, cyberthreats, digital skills, Fortinet, professional training, tech workforce

Lumana: How AI is Redefining the Way Smart Cities See and Support Community Safety

From passive cameras to real-time urban intelligence, a new era of city operations is emerging For more than a decade, the evolution of video surveillance has been reshaping the foundations of urban management. What began as simple passive recording has matured into a real-time intelligence layer powering safer, more efficient, and more responsive cities. As Lumana CEO…

artificial intelligence, Digital Transformation, Edge Computing, Lumana, Smart Cities, video surveillance

Can you tell if an image is real?

Study explores our ability to distinguish between AI-generated images and real photos AI models such as DALL·E can produce detailed and realistic faces by learning from millions of images of real humans with their descriptions. But are these hyper-realistic images of people almost indistinguishable from real photographs? A research team led by the United Kingdom’s…

artificial intelligence, deepfake detection, face recognition, Misinformation, Swansea University, visual perception

OPENTUNITY Reaches Key Milestones: Advancing Smart Grid Innovation Across Europe

With little more than a year remaining, partners across Europe are finalizing developments and preparing pilot demonstrations that bring next-generation smart grid solutions closer to real implementation The Horizon Europe project OPENTUNITY, coordinated by ETRA I+D, has entered a decisive phase as it moves closer to its goal of creating a more reliable, flexible, and…