The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has some impressive add-ons that make snapping photos really fun

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons.

Netflix owes Italian subscribers up to €500 after court rules its price hikes were illegal
Netflix owes Italian subscribers up to €500 after court rules its price hikes were illegal

In short: The Court of Rome has ruled that Netflix’s repeated price increases between 2017 and 2024 violated Italian consumer law and EU Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair contract terms. The ruling voids the relevant contract clauses, orders current prices…

Hackers breached the European Commission by poisoning the security tool it used to protect itself
Hackers breached the European Commission by poisoning the security tool it used to protect itself

CERT-EU has attributed a major data breach at the European Commission to cybercrime group TeamPCP, which exploited a supply chain attack on the open-source security tool Trivy to steal 92 GB of compressed data from the Commission’s AWS infrastructure. …

Europe’s cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak

CERT-EU blamed the cybercrime group TeamPCP for the recent hack on the European Commission, and said the notorious ShinyHunters gang was responsible for leaking the stolen data online.

WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones
WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones

WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually government spyware. The fake application was built by SIO, an Italian surveillance te…

Austrian food-waste startup Afreshed acquires German rival Etepetete in DACH consolidation play
Austrian food-waste startup Afreshed acquires German rival Etepetete in DACH consolidation play

German consumers throw away 4.4 million tonnes of food every year, worth roughly €6 billion. Austrian startup Afreshed just bet that the solution is consolidation, not competition, acquiring Munich-based rival Etepetete and raising a mid-seven-figure s…

From satellite ops to nordic launchpad
From satellite ops to nordic launchpad

Bjørn Ottar Elseth, an aerospace engineer and strategic advisor, has dedicated his career to connecting technology, leadership, and collaboration in ways that support meaningful industrial progress. His work is shaped by a longstanding commitment to he…

PaperShell secures €40.3M EU grant to build its first full-scale factory
PaperShell secures €40.3M EU grant to build its first full-scale factory

The Swedish deeptech company has signed a Grant Agreement with the European Commission under the EU Innovation Fund, unlocking €40.3M of a €83M project to expand its Tibro plant to 23,000 tonnes per year capacity by 2030. The material is already NATO-a…

EU-Startups Summit returns to Malta in May with 2,500 attendees, and 80+ speakers
EU-Startups Summit returns to Malta in May with 2,500 attendees, and 80+ speakers

The 12th edition of one of Europe’s longest-running startup events takes place on 7–8 May in Valletta. Alongside the usual pitch competition and investor matchmaking, this year’s programme includes a media panel featuring founders and editors from some…

Decathlon doubles warehouse output with Exotec’s climbing robots across seven European sites
Decathlon doubles warehouse output with Exotec’s climbing robots across seven European sites

The world’s largest sporting goods retailer has turned seven of its European warehouses over to robots, and the early results suggest the machines are earning their keep. Decathlon announced on Tuesday that its partnership with Exotec, a French warehou…