ExAutoTrade has become an example of a typical car scam that led to financial losses for hundreds of buyers. The fraudsters hid behind the guise of a reputable company, offering cars at unusually low prices and manipulating trusting clients through fake documents and reviews. In this article, we will break down how this scam worked […]

Rats are susceptible to a number of variants of COVID-19, and wild rats have been carrying the disease around the sewer system in New York City, according to a new study. In a city with an estimated rat population of 8 million, researchers warned that infected wild rats have “ample opportunities” to interact with humans. […]

Over the past few months, developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have taken huge strides and its use has skyrocketed, especially after the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, while it might be reasonable to start preparing for a world ruled by AI, more often than not results might be exaggerated and AI capacities overhyped. People are […]

The European Union and Twitter boss Elon Musk are currently butting heads over the social media giant’s content moderation policies According to the Financial Times, EU regulators have asked Musk to hire more people to fact-check and review illegal content and disinformation. All major social media platforms will have to comply with the EU’s Digital […]

TikTok has unveiled new measures to protect user data in Europe as it seeks to prevent further government bans on staff using the Chinese-owned video-sharing app over security concerns. The plan, nicknamed “Project Clover,” aims to create a “secure enclave for European TikTok user data,” said Theo Bertram, vice-president for European government relations and public policy. […]

One of the main challenges telecoms companies (TELCOs) face is how to get a signal to hard-to-reach places. Billions of people still don’t have reliable access to the Internet or mobile coverage. It’s not just populations in remote areas that suffer from a lack of connection. Physical barriers such as mountains, valleys and forests can […]

European women aged 18-34 are nearly four times more likely to experience unwanted sexual attention in the workplace compared with men of the same age, and 10 times more than men over 50, according to a new research. The analysis, carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), […]

Access to good healthcare is consistently one of the key concerns when we put a cross at the ballot box or find ourselves ill and needing the best treatment available. For the past five years, Newsweek, in partnership with data firm Statista, has ranked the best hospitals in the world. If you consider what those […]

Sarah Ronan once had to resign from a job because she couldn’t afford childcare.  Far from being a rare example, it’s a story that’s all-too-familiar in the UK, which has some of the highest childcare costs in Europe, and where women are actively discouraged from going back into the workplace after starting a family, because […]

When people who are blind or visually impaired try to move around a city like Paris, they can easily get lost the minute they exit a subway station. A pair of young French engineering students are working to tackle this problem by developing an augmented reality (AR) navigation app that identifies the most practical route […]