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COVID pandemic's impact on work is 'cataclysmic,' says International Labour Market head

Monday, june 7, 2021

• 1:44 PM

The ILO chief described the COVID pandemic's impact on work as "cataclysmic" and describes the recovery as very uneven around the world.

Danish government accused of 'greenwashing' over Copenhagen's artificial Lynetteholm island

Friday, june 4, 2021

• 12:47 AM

The project to build the island in Copenhagen, which will be home to 35,000 people, has been slammed as "greenwashing" by climate campaigners.

Why might AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines cause blood clots? Scientists claim they have the answer

Thursday, may 27, 2021

• 2:02 PM

A group of scientists in Germany claims they have cracked the code as to why AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are causing blood clots.

Amazon Flex, Bolt and Ola score zero in fairness ranking for failing to offer minimum wage

• 7:00 AM

Courier service Amazon Flex and cab companies Ola and Bolt scored zero out of 10 for fairness to their workers. How did others fare?

Elon Musk wants Bitcoin to become environmentally friendly. Can he convince the crypto's devotees?

• 5:30 AM

9 min

Bitcoin's annual carbon footprint is the same as a small European country such as Norway or Ukraine. But can Elon Musk turn it around?

Google's new AI skincare tool may not work on patients with darker skin tones

Wednesday, may 26, 2021

• 1:15 PM

Google’s new tool can spot 288 different skin conditions. But some experts fear it's based on data that lacks darker skin types.

Ransomware hackers who targeted the New Zealand health system have released patient data

• 9:57 AM

The group responsible for the ransomware attack released patient details to local media who passed the data on to the police.

Sale of Charlie Bit My Finger as an NFT could be the end of the 2007 internet classic

• 12:40 AM

The 2007 video made two adorable brothers famous. Now that it's been sold as an NFT for over €600,000, it could disappear for good.

Manned missions to Mars have taken a step closer thanks to hibernating zebrafish

Tuesday, may 25, 2021

• 2:40 PM

7 min

Zebrafish are remarkably similar to humans, especially when it comes to sleep. Could they help us travel deeper into space?

Is this the collapse of Bitcoin? Miners are looking for the exits as China's crypto clampdown bites

Monday, may 24, 2021

• 1:20 PM

Bitcoin has slumped to pre-February levels after investors became spooked by China's crypto crackdown. How much damage is it likely to suffer?

Hyundai are raising the stakes by introducing hydrogen-powered trucks to Europe

• 10:57 AM

8 min

Asian manufacturers are turning the heat up on European auto companies with the arrival of hydrogen-powered trucks on the continent.

Virgin Galactic makes its first New Mexico test flight to edge of space

Sunday, may 23, 2021

• 5:03 PM

British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the successful tests bring it closer to commercial flights for tourists, which could begin next year.

China has become the second country to drive a rover on Mars' surface

Saturday, may 22, 2021

• 7:37 PM

China's Mars Rover, Zhurong left its module for the first time for a successful drive around on the surface of the Red Planet.

Biochemist Karikó honoured in her Hungarian home town for COVID work

• 2:38 PM

Karikó, who is the vice-president of BioNTech, became best known for her work with mRNA technology that is used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines.

A beginner's guide to Bitcoin: Everything you need to know about it and how it works

Friday, may 21, 2021

• 3:10 PM

7 min

Bitcoin is constantly making headlines but unless you're a crypto investor, you're unlikely to know what the fuss is about. So, what is it?

One giant leap: ESA wants satellites around the Moon to make manned missions easier

• 1:36 PM

More than a dozen European firms have been contracted by the European Space Agency to draw up proposals for a shared lunar telecoms and navigation service.

Meet the robot builders set to revolutionise the construction industry

• 11:25 AM

With the construction industry anticipating a skills shortage in the next ten years, the sector is turning to robots, automation and 3D printing to deliver the homes and offices of the future.

The IRS wants to close the 'tax gap'. That means cracking down on cryptocurrencies

• 12:10 AM

A new report could have major implications for US crypto users as authorities seek to modernise outdated tax infrastructure.

Twitter is removing its photo crop algorithm that prefers white people and women

Thursday, may 20, 2021

• 5:35 PM

A team of researchers found the social media giant’s auto-cropping tool most strongly discriminated in favour of white women.

Nearly $1 trillion has just been wiped off the cryptocurrency market. What happened?

• 10:49 AM

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin all plunged in value following a crackdown in China. But what does that mean for investors?

The Artist in the Machine? Meet 'Ai-Da,' the AI robot debuting her work in London’s Design Museum

Wednesday, may 19, 2021

• 10:57 AM

Can a machine create art? Ai-Da is an AI powered robot artist coded to be creative who has just opened a show of self-portraits at London’s Design Museum.

Lighting the way: How scientists are imitating fireflies to advance cancer treatments

• 6:29 AM

Researchers are reproducing the same chemical reaction that causes fireflies to light up in patients in a bid to help fight off disease.

A wireless chip the size of a grain of salt could soon make devices like pacemakers obsolete

Monday, may 17, 2021

• 8:03 AM

Devices like pacemakers have kept millions alive. But smaller, wireless chips that can be injected into the body could eventually replace these lifesaving devices.

The $10 billion space telescope that will help us travel back in time

• 12:16 AM

NASA’s new telescope will probe the history of our cosmos and whether there is life out there in the universe when it's launched in October.

China makes first landing on Mars, rover to search for signs of life

Saturday, may 15, 2021

• 5:40 AM

China’s first Mars landing follows its launch last month of the main section of what will be a permanent space station and a mission that brought back rocks from the Moon.

Irish healthcare service targeted by 'significant ransomware attack'

Friday, may 14, 2021

• 8:07 AM

Ireland's Health Service Executive said on Friday that it has shut down its IT systems as a precaution.

Health workers in Switzerland are using videogames to beat COVID-19

Thursday, may 13, 2021

• 4:14 PM

Researchers at Geneva University Hospitals have developed a game to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among health workers.

Tesla says it will stop accepting Bitcoin for car payments over environmental concerns

• 4:15 AM

"We are concerned about rapid increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said.

How is the global chip shortage threatening to change everyone’s lives?

Wednesday, may 12, 2021

• 5:20 PM

11 min

Here is everything you need to know about the global chip shortage and how it threatens to impact everyone's daily lives.

E-commerce giant Amazon wins appeal over Luxembourg tax rebates

• 4:23 PM

The ruling is a blow to the European Union's attempt to curb corporate tax avoidance but the bloc could still appeal the decision.

Turkey has detained dozens it says are involved in an alleged €1.9 billion cryptocurrency fraud

Friday, april 23, 2021

• 11:50 AM

The move comes a week after Turkey banned the use of cryptocurrencies as payment for goods and services in the country.

Garden pod provides answer to home working needs

Sunday, april 18, 2021

• 2:34 PM

An architectural firm in London has created a space that is intended to meet the needs of people who have to work from home during the pandemic.

Yuri Gagarin: Still a hero after 60 years

Sunday, april 11, 2021

• 2:36 PM

60 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space, Russia still hails the man who became a national hero.

Europe signs €86 million deal to bring space trash home

Thursday, november 26, 2020

• 2:56 PM

The European Space Agency said on Thursday that the deal with ClearSpace SA will lead to the "first active debris removal mission in 2025".

'A win for global human rights' as EU agrees on tighter rules for surveillance tech exports

Monday, november 9, 2020

• 9:09 PM

Under the new rules, European companies will have to apply for government licenses to export certain products and they'll have to meet criteria that have been beefed up to include requirements to consider whether the sale poses a risk to human rights.

Cutting edge robotic surgery helps combat COVID-19 in Dubai

Thursday, october 22, 2020

• 8:34 AM

Robots have been employed by surgeons in Dubai. Ai technology is used for machine learning. Robots can digest large amounts of information by watching previous operations. Using intricate algorithms the robot recognises any irregularities and informs the

American firm offers billions for UK computer chip giant ARM

Monday, september 14, 2020

• 8:08 AM

UK-based computer chip designer ARM Holdings is being sold to the American graphics chip company Nvidia for 33 billion euros. Arm is responsible for developing the processors in most of the world's mobile phones.

Splinter-net? Is the internet fracturing along geopolitical lines?

Friday, september 11, 2020

• 1:00 PM

"There is a larger and disturbing trend where governments directly interfere with the internet, attempting to score short-term political points, without regard for the long-term damage," Konstantinos Komaitis, of the Internet Society, told Euronews.

What's the future for healthcare in the COVID-19 era? A live European Health Parliament debate

Tuesday, september 8, 2020

• 10:52 AM

What's the future for healthcare in the COVID-19 era? Watch the live debate from the European Health Parliament virtual plenary.

Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft with European Commission

Wednesday, july 22, 2020

• 2:32 PM

The workplace messaging service has accused Microsoft of the "illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance".

Destination Mars: the UAE's Hope Probe prepares for launch

Tuesday, july 14, 2020

• 8:39 AM

11 min

The UAE's Mars mission is preparing for launch. After 7 months the Hope Probe will enter into orbit around #Mars and will be the first mission to another planet from any Arab nation.

Astronomers marvel at rare annular eclipse in Dubai

Tuesday, june 30, 2020

• 1:06 PM

Astronomers marvel at a rare spectacle that will not appear for another 14 years. For over 2 hours the Moon blocked the Earth's direct view of the Sun.

EU Commission must block Google's acquisition of Fitbit, says data protection NGO

Wednesday, june 17, 2020

• 7:19 PM

4 min

Privacy International, the European Consumer Organisation and some US lawmakers have raised concerns about Google's access to sensitive health data if it acquires Fitbit.

Facebook apps used in at least a third of child grooming cases, says UK children's charity

Friday, may 29, 2020

• 10:38 AM

4 min

In more than half of child grooming cases in England and Wales where police recorded information about how the child was groomed, a Facebook-owned app was used.

French lawmakers adopt bill on removing hate content online

Wednesday, may 13, 2020

• 8:29 PM

The law allows for fines of up to €1.25 million but critics say it would curtail the democratic right to freedom of expression.

Elon Musk's Starlink internet-from-space satellites leave astronomers 'frustrated'

Thursday, april 23, 2020

• 4:48 PM

"I'm a bit afraid of our future view of the night sky when there are 10,000 of them in orbit," said German amateur astrophotographer Marcel Nowaczyk.

Preventing the contamination of other planets

Wednesday, march 25, 2020

• 10:57 AM

Decontamination is a requirement for travel to outer space by international space law.

UAE Mars probe could help battle climate change on Earth

Friday, march 20, 2020

• 2:58 PM

While orbiting Mars, the Emirati ‘Hope’ probe will collect data that may help us understand planet Earth’s changing climate.

Space Station crew greet New Year across multiple time zones

Friday, january 17, 2020

• 4:55 PM

While much of the world was celebrating Christmas and the New Year, it was business as usual on board the International Space Station. But it wasn't all work and no play.

Ask our Astronaut | What do astronauts living at the International Space Station fear most?

Thursday, january 16, 2020

• 4:51 PM

Astronauts are trained for emergencies that can occur in outer space but the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano and NASA's Drew Morgan say they know their job is dangerous.

Ask Our Astronaut | What's next in space exploration?

Thursday, january 9, 2020

• 6:26 PM

Our space correspondent Luca Parmitano answers a question on space exploration and whether we should focus more on the Moon or Mars.

Ask Our Astronaut: In space, how do you experience time?

Thursday, december 19, 2019

• 6:54 PM

In this episode of Ask Our Astronaut, the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano tells us more about time perception in the International Space Station.

Astronauts conduct health experiment and spacewalk at International Space Station

Monday, december 16, 2019

• 5:56 PM

Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano has sent the latest instalment of Space Chronicles, a series in which he documents his experiences on the International Space Station (ISS) over a six-month period.

Ask Our Astronaut | Do astronauts get any privacy in space or are they constantly being watched?

Thursday, december 5, 2019

• 4:45 PM

In this episode, Luca's NASA astronaut colleague Andrew Morgan tells us more about intimacy in the International Space Station.

Ask Our Astronaut | How does farming work in space?

Thursday, november 28, 2019

• 3:25 PM

In Ask Our Astronaut, Luca Parmitano answers public questions. In the second episode, Luca gives us unique insights about the survival of plants in space.