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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

“For me, creating primary knowledge in Portugal is strategic”

Feedzai is headquartered in Portugal and will continue to be. The country “has a few inefficiencies” which it must resolve, says the CEO, but “it is possible” to conquer the global market from Portugal.

Victor Ferreira

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Rui Gaudêncio

Four reasons you're tired of Zoom calls - and how to fix it

Video calls have taken over the daily lives of many professionals who complain of extreme tiredness. How to minimize the expense of video meetings?

Allyson Chiu

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Paulina Firozi

‘If you want to protect democracy, ‘middleware’ is the effective solution’

Democracy is under threat from Big Tech and ‘we cannot trust to our whims,’ says Barak Richman. Solution? Use middleware and choose trusted intermediaries that filter out what you receive online. Utopic? It is the idea of Richman, Ashish Goel and Francis Fukuyama to dilute the power of monopolies and protect democracy.

Bárbara Reis

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Marco Neves Ferreira

Bezos leaves the stage and heads to the final frontier

The richest man in the world exchanges daily management for other “passions”, such as space exploration. He leaves on a high, after 27 years of management and after a year with galactic profits.