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European agency designed to make life easier for startups sets up in Portugal

Organization proposed during the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council was formally launched during the Web Summit and will be headquartered in Lisbon.

Victor Ferreira

Fewer people at Web Summit ‘gives more time for networking’

Brazil has one of the biggest foreign delegations in the Parque das Nações and looks to Lisbon to open the door to Europe.

Victor Ferreira

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Karla Pequenino

Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says

Frances Haugen, heard in the British Parliament, said Facebook sees online security as a cost and it needs to stop the algorithms from promoting extremist and divisive content.

Agência Reuters

Facebook whistleblower accuses company of deceiving investors and choosing “profit over safety”

Frances Haugen, 37, worked for Facebook between 2019 and May this year. The data analyst spent his last few weeks collecting studies and reports hidden by the company, including studies on the platform's negative impact on young people.

Karla Pequenino

The ‘disinformation dozen’: most disinformation on vaccines in the USA comes from 12 people

The ‘disinformation dozen’ have more than eight million followers and multiple accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube, despite several warnings from investigators into social networks.

Karla Pequenino

Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space kick starts ‘aerospace innovation’

Virgin Galactic’s successful flight was fundamental in showing that commercial space flight is safe, says specialist, Miguel Gonçalves.

Daniela Carmo

Internet “blackout” left several international websites inaccessible

Newspaper websites like the Guardian or the New York Times, government websites such as gov.uk shopping websites like Amazon, and streaming websites like Twitch or Spotify were inaccessible this morning.

New Google Earth tool lets you see how the world has changed in 37 years

Timelapse added this week to Google Earth shows how climate change, deforestation and urbanization have changed the planet's surface in the past 40 years.

José Volta e Pinto

China and Russia suspected of cyber espionage in Portugal

Annual Internal Security Report 2020, presented last week, identified an increase in cyber espionage "originating from a foregin state", but did not specify the countries behind it.

Mariana Oliveira

Digital services - the coming regulation

The internet continues to be a very beneficial public space for all of us. This is why it is important that we moderate its bad side – the misinformation, the scams, the excessive polarization – and stimulate its good side.

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques

Público

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Tecnology

European agency designed to make life easier for startups sets up in Portugal

Fewer people at Web Summit ‘gives more time for networking’

Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says

Facebook whistleblower accuses company of deceiving investors and choosing “profit over safety”

The ‘disinformation dozen’: most disinformation on vaccines in the USA comes from 12 people

Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space kick starts ‘aerospace innovation’

Internet “blackout” left several international websites inaccessible

New Google Earth tool lets you see how the world has changed in 37 years

China and Russia suspected of cyber espionage in Portugal

Digital services - the coming regulation