Europe wants sovereign AI infrastructure, more cloud capacity and substantially greater computing power. Yet the global data-centre race may ultimately be decided by something far less digital: electricity. Germany is rapidly expanding renewable generation but remains...
Society & Politics
Editor’s Note: A jacket is not a privacy strategy
Facial recognition is moving out of the control room and into everyday life. If cameras, artificial intelligence and biometric identification converge in devices that look like ordinary glasses, the change will not simply be technological. It will alter the balance...
Flock under pressure: how America’s largest LPR network became a test case for connected surveillance
In just a few years, Flock Safety has built one of the largest connected automatic licence plate recognition networks in the United States. Police departments use the platform to search for vehicles across jurisdictional boundaries and accelerate investigations. But...
Editor’s note: Organised crime has become a service industry
Operation Jackal IV is significant not simply because of the number of arrests it produced, but because of what it reveals about the structure of contemporary organised crime. Technical infrastructure, social engineering and money laundering are increasingly...
Interpol operation targets West African organised crime networks
Fifty-eight arrests, 263 identified suspects and investigations spanning six continents: Interpol’s Operation Jackal IV has targeted West African organised crime networks involved in financial fraud, money laundering and Crime-as-a-Service. The cases illustrate how...
dm integrates Wero into German online shop
German drugstore chain dm is among the first major retailers in the country to introduce the European payment solution Wero in e-commerce. Payments are processed directly between bank accounts via SEPA Instant Credit Transfers, without the need for a credit card. The...
Museum Heists Are Turning More Violent: Europol Warns of a New Generation of Offenders
Explosives in Assen, axes in Paris and a multimillion-euro raid at the Louvre: Europol does not see the spectacular museum thefts of recent years as isolated incidents. A new report points to a wider shift in cultural property crime across Europe. Offenders are...
When Liberalism Comes Under General Suspicion
Editor’s comment: Germany’s political debate is becoming increasingly prone to a dangerous shortcut: those who argue for a smaller state, less redistribution and more market freedom can quickly find themselves placed under ideological suspicion. The controversy...
Aerial scouts are reshaping perimeter protection
Drones add a capability that conventional site security has so far lacked: they can not only detect suspicious activity, but also track it across large areas. Security service provider autosecure demonstrates how unmanned aircraft can be integrated with sensors,...
Building Management Systems Emerge as a Blind Spot in AI Data Centre Security
TrendAI identifies thousands of publicly accessible control systems near US data centres – with implications for Europe’s AI infrastructure As artificial intelligence drives a new wave of data centre construction, cybersecurity strategies are increasingly focused on...
