Author: staff
By Jonathan Benton with AFP Published on 27 October 2026 – 14:52 GMT+1•Updated 15:07 Artificial intelligence poses an “unprecedented” threat as foreign governments turn it loose to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure, Australia’s cyber security agency warned on Tuesday 27 October. It comes at a time when governments around the world are struggling to deal with the scale of the threat posed by AI as it is used in new ways to discover and exploit digital vulnerabilities, such as last week’s PHP security flaw which saw governments shut down their websites to protect themselves from cyberattacks. The Australian Signals Directorate, which used…
Demand for tourist accommodation in Europe is predicted to grow by a third in the next 10 years, with intra-continental visitation also set to rise, according to research published by Accor. In its new report, “The Changing Face of Europe’s Tourism Map to 2036”, the hospitality group says that Europe will “remain the powerhouse of the global travel industry over the next decade”. Based on data commissioned from Tourism Economics, the report found that accommodation nights will increase by 32% between 2026 and 2036, adding 1.6 billion overnight stays annually. Hotel accommodation is expected to grow even faster at 33%,…
Published on 27 October 2026 – 10:18 GMT+1•Updated 11:29 American rapper Macklemore has begun his Free Palestine tour in Dublin after Ed Sheeran’s controversial decision to drop him from his Loop Tour last month. The Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, kicked off the tour last night in Dublin at the 3Arena. The sold-out tour was announced days after being dropped for saying “Free Palestine” on stage and referring to Israel’s military action in Gaza as a genocide. He promised “many incredible surprise guests” on the bill for the show, and he did not disappoint, with Hozier and…
BRUSSELS — The EU was split Tuesday over whether to offer “associate membership” status to Canada, with several countries refusing to sign off on a statement containing that phrase just 48 hours before a summit between the two sides in Montreal. After EU capitals could not agree on the language in the statement in talks between ambassadors Monday, they used the so-called silence procedure on Tuesday. That meant a new text would be adopted automatically without a formal meeting or vote, if no countries objected by midday. But Germany, which is leading the push to have the term “associate member” fully…
Published on 27 October 2026 – 14:07 GMT+1 Mercedes-Benz became the third major German carmaker to lower its full-year outlook on Tuesday, citing challenging market conditions in China and rising material costs. The company now expects its core profit for 2026 to remain flat at around €5.8 billion, despite previously forecasting an increase of at least 15%. It also lowered its expected profit margin for its core car business to between 2% and 3%, down from its earlier forecast of 3% to 5%. The carmaker reported preliminary third-quarter core profit of €1.77 billion, with a profit margin of 2.5% in…
By Jonathan Benton with AP Published on 27 October 2026 – 12:19 GMT+1 A prominent European data protection group said it was filing five legal complaints in Europe against American startup Scale AI over the way its training platform Outlier tracks its workers, infringing on their rights. It comes as AI companies face increasing scrutiny in Europe, with the EU’s AI Office opening investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic this month. In the US, meanwhile, President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the six largest American AI firms allowing them to regulate themselves, a sign of growing divisions over how to govern the technology…
What does it feel like to be in outer space? And how does the experience affect your outlook on Earth matters and humanity? Just two of the questions Euronews Culture put to former International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield and the record breaking Artemis II pilot Victor Glover during their appearance at the Starmus Festival where Glover and his NASA crewmates were awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. In an extraordinary conversation, the two astronauts explore how their real-life adventures compare with space travel in pop culture and discuss if the ‘New Space Race’ is creating divisive competition…
Contacted by POLITICO, officials from Lecornu’s office, the technology ministry and the interior ministry did not deny the move nor the letter’s existence. The government feared that the scenes of violence seen on Oct. 17 could repeat or escalate on the following weekend — a concern that did not materialize, as far fewer incidents were recorded on Oct. 24. “What they wanted, above all, was to block the communication channels that allow gangs to meet up and organize,” said the employee of a telecommunications provider, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. The move, however, would have also prevented peaceful…
Four construction workers were killed and a fifth injured when a sudden tornado struck a building site in Antalya, southern Turkey, late on Monday. The violent winds hurled two accommodation containers into the air and brought down a tower crane. Two workers died at the scene and two others in hospital, according to the governor’s office. The falling crane caused no casualties. Governor Hulusi Şahin described the tornado, which struck the Kepez district, as “an exceptionally localised phenomenon”. No similar weather was reported elsewhere in the city. The same weather system brought torrential downpours to Istanbul, flooding streets in Pendik…
Published on 27 October 2026 – 13:36 GMT+1 Dutch company BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi), which makes machines used to assemble and package semiconductors, saw its stock climb more than 10% to over €160 per share by early afternoon on Tuesday. The jump came after Applied Materials, one of the world’s biggest makers of chipmaking equipment, announced late on Monday that it would increase its holding in Besi to about 20%, from the 9% it has owned since April 2025. In a statement, Applied said it had signed an accelerated share purchase agreement to buy the additional stock, with delivery depending…