Tech 3 November 2026, 15:12

Europe on alert after supermarket freezers hit by cyber-attacks in nine countries

Supermarkets have reported problems from Estonia and Sweden to Portugal and Italy and many retainers have been forced to discard food.

Read the full story at BBC News, World (opens in a new tab)

This summary is the opening of the publisher's own description, trimmed. We have not added to it. The full report, and the credit for it, belong to BBC News, World. See something wrong? Tell us.

More: World tech

Crime 21 hours ago

Setback for Google as EU court adviser warns AI chatbot may breach copyright rules

Google faced a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to Europe's highest court said its Gemini chatbot's use of publishers' articles to respond to queries from internet users may breach copyright rules.

Read at Daily Maverick (opens in a new tab)

Tech 1 day ago

Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack

An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

Read at BBC News, World (opens in a new tab)

Business 1 day ago

The battle for AI dominance: open-weight versus closed-weight models

‘The old story of delivering 95% of the quality for 5% of the price is a very hard one to beat. And that is what the Chinese models are essentially banking on’ – Dr Michael Power.

Read at Moneyweb (opens in a new tab)

All World tech