Sixty teenagers from 21 countries competed in Youth Hacking 4 Freedom 2026, with six winning projects including a scientific graphing calculator, a decentralised search engine and a food-waste reduction tool. The competition, organised by the Free Software Foundation Europe, rewards software that respects user control and freedom, FSFE reports.
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Sixty teenagers from 21 countries competed in the 2026 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom contest, producing six open-source projects including a scientific calculator, a decentralised search engine and a food-waste tool. Spain’s Juan Ramón took the top prize of €4,096 for NumOS, a free firmware for a
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The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and Greece’s GRNET inaugurate DAEDALUS, a new supercomputer in Lavrion, Attica, ranked among the world’s top 50. The deployment strengthens Europe’s high-performance computing capabilities for digital sovereignty and AI innovation. (EUROHPC JU) EuroHPC JU and GRNET Inaugurate DAEDALUS, , ranked among the World&
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A cyberattack last week targeted refrigeration systems in French supermarkets, including Intermarché and Carrefour, forcing retailers to discard spoiled food. The incident prompted EU-level coordination and highlighted vulnerabilities in operational technology across Europe's food supply chain. France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu personally managed the response.
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Estonian cybersecurity firm CybExer Technologies will lead a ten-company European consortium developing cybersecurity tests for satellite communications under a contract with the European Space Agency. The project, part of ESA’s Low-LEO activities linked to the EU’s IRIS² secure network, assesses vulnerabilities in the full satellite communications
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European satellite company Open Cosmos secures €300 million to scale its satellite manufacturing and expand connectivity and Earth observation services. The funding will support OpenConstellation, ConnectedCosmos and DataCosmos platforms, with operations across the UK, Spain, Portugal and Greece. (TECH.EU) Open Cosmos secures €300M to expand satellite intelligence and connectivityEuropean
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The European Commission opens bidding for seven AI data centres, four smaller and three larger, with public funding capped at €2 billion per project. Consortia must secure national backing from Germany, Greece, Portugal, Italy or Spain for larger hubs, or Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France and Poland for smaller ones. The
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Greece has the second-highest adoption of Starlink satellite internet among EU member states, according to local media. The development highlights Greece's growing reliance on non-EU broadband solutions, eKathimerini reports. (E-KATHIMERINI) Greece ranks second in EU in the use of Starlink | eKathimerini.comElon Musk’s Starlink
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Greece's IRIS Payments, operated by DIAS S.A. under Bank of Greece oversight, has achieved universal domestic instant payment acceptance (first in Europe) and now connects to EuroPA, the pan-European network expanding to 18 countries and 176 million users by year-end. EuroPA was founded in December
