Surveillance

We are monitored by applications, even when we are not monitored by services. This is now the environment in which we operate - an environment that Professor Ronald Deibert identifies as "surveillance capitalism."

The digital euro is "cash" that is stored and used for payments on a smartphone, as opposed to using a credit card, bank transfer, or paper and coins. The European Central Bank (ECB) hopes to introduce the digital euro in 2026.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made 83 appointments within the General Directorate of Security, which has resulted in the replacement of police chiefs in 52 of all 81 provinces across the country.

Among the changes, the police chiefs of 24 other provinces have been transferred to the headquarters.

The boy K.K., who committed a mass murder in the elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar", stated in the High Public Prosecutor's Office that the weapon with which he committed the crime was secured.
The boy said that his father did not provide him with the first contact with a firearm, as was speculated in the media, said his father's lawyer Irina Borovi.

An Ankara court has arrested eight members of a gang that deceived hundreds of people with various promises, presenting themselves as senior officials in top institutions of the state.

Skopje's Criminal Court, on Thursday sentenced former Secretary General of the Government Dragi Rashkovski to eight years' jail in a first-instance verdict. He was found guilty of abuse of office and money laundering in the case known in North Macedonia as the "Software" case.

Meanwhile, Serbian security institutions have procured many digital surveillance tools, including the most intrusive equipment, capable of secretly penetrating and controlling users' devices and analysing huge amounts of data in detail.

"American technology should not be a bulwark of Russia's authoritarian surveillance machinery. The U.S. administration should thoroughly investigate claims that the Russian regime is using American chips in its electronic facial recognition system and do whatever is necessary to deny Putin and his cronies access American technology," Wyden told Reuters.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A brain wave reader that can detect lies. Miniaturized cameras that sit inside vape pens and disposable coffee cups. Massive video cameras that zoom in more than a kilometer to capture faces and license plates.

Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said Tuesday.