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Energy and Green Technologies

Oil Companies Make €7.5 Billion in Excess Profits in Europe During the First Half of 2026

An analysis by Transport & Environment found that eight oil companies made €7.5 billion in excess profits attributed to the European Union during the first six months of 2026. The organization is calling for a permanent tax on these profits and for funding measures that reduce drivers’ exposure to fluctuations in fossil-fuel prices.

2026-08-17

Cybersecurity

CEVA Logistics Breach Exposes Pokémon Center Customer Data in the UK and Germany and Cancels Some Orders

Pokémon Center informed customers in the United Kingdom and Germany that a cyberattack on logistics company CEVA Logistics exposed their names, addresses, and order details. The incident also caused shipping delays and the cancellation of some orders, while the company confirmed that payment card data was not affected.

2026-08-17

Startups

Arab Therapy Raises $2 Million in Pre-Series A Round to Expand in Saudi Arabia and the Region

Digital mental health platform Arab Therapy, which provides services in Arabic, has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Manara Ventures, with participation from Anara Impact Fund and Value Makers Studio. The company will use the funding to expand in Saudi Arabia and the region and develop its AI-powered platform.

2026-08-15

Medical Technologies

Senseonics Completes Transfer of Eversense 365 Sales to Internal Management and Plans Fully Implantable Sensor

Senseonics has completed the transfer of marketing and sales operations for the Eversense 365 continuous glucose monitor from Ascensia Diabetes Care to its internal teams in the United States and Europe, coinciding with record revenue of $14.5 million in the second quarter. The company is developing a fully implantable version of the sensor capable of communicating directly with a phone for one year.

2026-08-13

Electric Cars

Kia Sells More Than 8,000 EV2 Vehicles During Its First Three Full Months

Kia recorded sales of 8,567 EV2 vehicles in the first half of 2026, with more than 8,000 units sold between May and July after the small electric vehicle went on sale. The model emerged as Kia’s second-best-selling electric vehicle in Europe during June.

2026-08-13

Electric Cars

Report: Porsche Could End Taycan Production by 2030 Despite Earlier Statements That It Would Continue

WirtschaftsWoche says Porsche’s works council has reached a preliminary agreement with management to gradually end Taycan production by 2030, but the agreement has not yet been documented and the company has not confirmed the report. This comes weeks after CEO Michael Leiters said the company was not planning to discontinue the model in the short term.

2026-08-13

Robotics and Automation

Karlsruhe Institute Robot Dismantles Failed Products While Preserving Salvageable Parts

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a robotic system that predicts product failures and then changes its dismantling method to protect important parts. The system aims to support repair and reuse within a circular economy as global reliance on industrial robots expands.

2026-08-10

Robotics and Automation

Could Brain Waves Become a New Key to Training Physical AI?

Encord, in collaboration with Zander Labs, is testing the use of brain-wave data alongside video and sensor data to create richer training data for robots. The experiment reflects a broader problem: the scarcity of real-world data and the high cost of producing it compared with training traditional artificial intelligence models.

2026-07-26

Cybersecurity

Google Expands Android Scam Protection to Samsung Devices and Adds Messaging Support in More Than 20 Countries

Google announced the expansion of its Scam Detection feature for scam calls to the Samsung Galaxy S26 series in the United States, along with enhanced detection of scam messages through an on-device Gemini model. The updates include support for more than 20 countries and several languages, while keeping call processing on the device and leaving the feature disabled by default.

2026-02-25

Cybersecurity

How Can a “Sleeper Agent” Be Hidden Inside a Language Model and Awakened When a Specific Trigger Appears?

A Hugging Face article presents an experiment in which a team transformed a Qwen3.6-27B model into an agent capable of behaving normally and then carrying out a malicious task upon detecting a specific semantic trigger. The experiment shows that isolation and behavioral safeguards reduce the risk, but they do not replace code review and the construction of secure runtime environments.

2026-01-14

Artificial intelligence

Jensen Huang Presents NVIDIA’s Plan to Build Europe’s AI Ecosystem

During GTC Paris, NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang reviewed the expansion of AI infrastructure in Europe, from Blackwell systems and sovereign models to quantum computing and robotics. The announcements included an industrial AI cloud in Germany, expanded technology centers, and the availability of CUDA-Q on the Gefion supercomputer.

2025-06-11