Goodbye to pirated Windows and Office: a country sets fines of up to 1 billion in local currency, and PC users should pay attention

Vietnam cracks down on pirated Windows and Office with steep fines and criminal penalties that PC users should know about.

Norway sends a drone 6,000 meters deep to map hidden structures buried in the Arctic for thousands of years, and what it carries is wild

Solar thermal roof tiles with up to 90% efficiency are gaining momentum in Poland as government subsidies boost adoption.

Japanese engineers built an electric motor with no magnets, just a plastic rotor, and it actually spun

Japanese engineers built a magnet-free electric motor with a plastic rotor, opening a surprising path for future machines.

Mota-Engil signs a 207-million-euro contract to build Portugal’s first lithium battery factory in Sines, and China is behind it

Mota-Engil lands a €207 million contract to build Portugal’s first lithium battery gigafactory backed by China.

Russia used 43 cheap FPV drones to chip away support columns and drop a two-lane road bridge in Ukraine, and the lesson is alarming

Russia used 43 FPV drones to bring down a Ukrainian bridge, revealing how cheap swarms are reshaping modern warfare.

Google just got the green light to lay a submarine fiber-optic cable linking Chile and Australia across the Pacific, and the reason matters

Google's Pacific fiber-optic cable wins approval, bringing Chile closer to becoming a digital gateway to Australia and Asia.

The FBI helped take down a SIM-swap hacker gang that laundered digital assets on a massive scale, and four arrests followed

FBI-backed operation leads to four arrests in Poland over a SIM-swap ring tied to crypto theft and money laundering.

A Portuguese town starts delivering medicine by drone within a two-kilometer radius and half-kilo payloads, and it could expand fast

Portugal tests pharmacy drone deliveries, bringing medicines to workers in minutes during a new urban pilot program.

China is sending electric buses into Latin American cities, and the fleet could turn transit into an industrial showcase

China expands Nicaragua's bus fleet with new Yutong microbuses, reshaping public transit and regional mobility.

Goodbye to the USB stick: why the little drive is quietly disappearing and the better alternatives replacing it

USB flash drives are fading as SSDs, cloud storage, and SD cards deliver faster speeds and greater flexibility.

China proposes a nuclear-powered floating island, and the idea could turn maritime transport into a moving energy system

China unveils a nuclear-powered floating port that could generate fuel, charge ships, and reshape global maritime logistics.

The G7 draws a red line: by 2030, China should not supply more than 60% of the rare earth elements fueling the green transition

The G7 wants to curb China's grip on rare earths by 2030, reshaping supply chains for EVs, wind power, and clean technology.