Digital technology
Fiber optics across Greece
After five years and two governments, the contract for the development of optical fiber to the home (FTTH) in semi-urban and rural areas of the country has finally been signed.
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An Early Warning system for Disasters and Accidents is being developed in Bulgaria
Hundreds of residents of Plovdiv and the region received messages yesterday about the earthquake, which occurred around 3:30 p.m. and had a magnitude of about 4.7 on the Richter scale. Today it became clear that the messages were not sent by the authorities in Bulgaria. Google generated them and are only for phones with the Android operating system.
Serbian Parents in Dark over Vast Education Sector Database
"Data, for which we don't know how it will serve us before we even collect it, is data that we shouldn't process," Ruzic told BIRN. "Data that we have collected in order to do some analysis, and we do not do that, or we do not make decisions on the basis of those analyses, is data that we should delete, because it is obvious that we do not need it."
Google planning quantum tech centre in Ljubljana
The US tech giant Google is planning to launch a quantum technologies centre in Ljubljana, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Igor Papič told the STA on 30 May. Doctoral students could start this autumn or next year at the latest. Several hundred engineers are expected to graduate annually.
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Bulgaria: Data of Employees in the Administration was on the "Dark Web”
Account data of administration employees was on the "dark web". And many of the administrations still provide contact emails, outside of the state ones. This is recorded in the annual report of the Ministry of e-Government on the state of information resources for last year. The document was accepted by the caretaker cabinet a week ago.
Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000
Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on March 20.
Microsoft data centers progress
Following the adoption, in April 2022, of strategic investment status by the three Microsoft data centers, the next milestone for the 1-billion-euro investment is the start of construction of the facilities that will store the data and information trafficked through the internet.
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Property sales to speed up
The Electronic Real Estate File will be piloted in the next few days, leading to much quicker property transfers, while the online system will be fully operational from November 1.
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How The Digital Revolution and Internet Are Helping Developing Nations Unlock Their Potential
The digital revolution has swept across the globe and changed the way the world interacts. It has enabled information to be accessed faster, and from anywhere.
Brnabic, Vucevic: Defence against hacker attacks successful
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday recent hacker attacks by the hacker group Anonymous had taken down only one website in Serbia - the website of the national weather service.
Brnabic noted that the website was outside the system of government-run websites but that that would have to change.