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Defence News Europe - The Epirus Leonidas shield against drone swarms is listed in TIME Best Inventions 2026, dated Ocotber 15th, 2026. This acknowledgment underscores the impact of Leonidas’ high-power HPM technology as the Defence manufacturer continues to advance adaptable solutions for defeating dark drones and swarms. US defense tech company Epirus developed the Leonidas platform, which uses powerful pulses of microwave energy that can be beamed up from a driverless batt

Imagine a small Portuguese importer preparing to release a shipment. The supplier is waiting for confirmation, the transporter has a collection slot, and the customer expects delivery before the weekend. The transfer is authorised, but the banking service becomes inaccessible. The problem is no longer abstract cloud infrastructure. It is an invoice, and a chain of decisions that cannot be postponed. The cloud disruption affecting banking customers in Britain on 20 October 202

Tech News World - The invention that pulls drinking water out of thin air in arid regions was discovered by 2025 Nobel Prize winner, chemist Omar Yaghi, and it led to the creation of Startup Atoco, that is headquartered in the United States. Atoco was named one of the World´s Best Inventions of 2026 by TIME magazine on October 15, 2026. Atoco is a Climate Tech startup manufacturing atmospheric water generators based on nano-engineered reticular materials that work even in the

Tech Startup News Europe - Portuguese Battery swapping Startup Pollen is listed in the TIME Best Inventions 2026, on October 15th 2026. Pollen, that is an Energy Tech startup headquartered in Lisbon and founded in 2024, is named among the world´s Top 10 Best Inventions of 2026 in the Transportation sector by TIME magazine. Here is what is Portuguese Tech startup Pollen that is named in the TIME magazine list of the Top 10 Best Inventions in the world in the Transportation sec

Tech News Europe - Portugal will fund up to 50 million euros for the European Tech Champions Initiative 2.0 (ETCI). Europe is expanding its flagship ETCI initiative, as the EIB Group, the governments of all EU-27 countries, and major institutional investors are teaming up to mobilise up to €80 billion for investment into highly innovative companies that are scaling up to become global leaders. ETCI is part of the EIB Group’s broader efforts to mobilize capital at scale.

Defence News Europe - Portuguese Drone startup Beyond Vision raises 28 million euros in a Series A funding round led by Índico Capital Partners and Lince Capital, with follow-on investment from ActiveCap, a shareholder since 2024. This investment will help Beyond Vision to scale industrial production, accelerate development in AI and swarm capabilities, and expand their international presence in the Defense and critical infrastructure sectors.

For a small company, the most dangerous cyberattack may arrive as an ordinary invoice. It has the right supplier’s name, the right purchase order and an apparently reasonable request to update bank details. The accounts clerk makes the transfer, production continues, and the fraud is discovered only when the real supplier asks why payment has not arrived. No factory needs to be hacked for this to happen. Trust between two businesses is enough. This is the part of financial cr

Defence & Space News Europe - Portugal Defence is now operating two new ICEYE satellites within the Atlantic Constellation to strengthen the country´s sovereign capacity. The two Finnish satellites, that were acquired by Public Private Partnership CTI, were launched by SpaceX on October 20th from Cape Canaveral in the United States. Portugal´s Aerospace Technology and Innovation Center (CTI Aeroespacial ) was founded to elevate Portugal's position in the aerospace industry an

Tech News - On Tuesday, September 8, Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic and posted a warning on X that, according to NBC, reached more than 100 million people overnight. After three years of pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, he wrote that both companies were racing toward self-improving superintelligence without acting responsibly, and that the people building AI earnestly believe it "could kill us all" by the end of the decade. Within a day he was sitting on NBC

Tech News Europe - The argument over artificial intelligence investment is usually conducted in the language of ambition. How much computing capacity can a country attract? How many companies can it persuade to locate there? How quickly can it turn digital infrastructure into a national advantage? These questions matter, but they are not enough. The more useful question for Portugal is whether each proposed investment can remain financially and operationally viable when the c

Investment News Europe - Here is the ranking of the Top 10 European countries attracting the most foreign investment by number of projects, what are the Top 10 countries of origin of FDI projects in Portugal in 2025, and how can Portugal turn resilience into long-term competitiveness, according to the EY Portugal Attractiveness Survey 2026 October 2026. Portugal attracted 186 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in 2025, ranking 9th country to attract the most FDI project

Tech News Europe - Here are the Top AI Startups in Europe in 2026 according to Sifted. European AI startups have raised 29.6 billion euros so far in 2026, more than double the whole of 2025, and Europe’s strengths increasingly lie further up the stack. Vertical applications make up 51 of this year’s Top 100 AI Startups in Europe, compared with 41 in 2025, while the number of European startups applying AI in the physical world has grown from 11 to 14.

SEO News - What to do when your Website Traffic from Google Search has dropped? Website traffic from Google Search dropped by 40.2% year-on-year when comparing July 2025 and 2026, according to the report ¨9 Strategies to Boost Acquisition, Engagement, and Loyalty¨ by Chartbeat. The report also states that Pageviews from Google Discover dropped by 34.3%. Here is why your Google Search website traffic has dropped in 2026 and how to recover lost website traffic:

Defence & Space News Europe - Portugal Defence now has a tactical mobile satellite network created by MEO that combines 4G, 5G and satellite communications to ensure that the army will be able to maintain connections in the field when conventional networks are unavailable. Portugal´s new tactical mobile satellite network, called a "tactical bubble," can be installed quickly and ensures a coverage of more than ten kilometers in open terrain. The tactical bubble network was des

News Economy Europe - The IMF’s latest comments from Bangkok highlight a paradox that business leaders can no longer ignore. Artificial intelligence investment is supporting global growth, yet it is also expected to disrupt employment patterns significantly. For Portugal, the issue is not only macroeconomic. It is operational and deeply relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises. Portugal’s business landscape is rich in SMEs that work with tight margins, limited hiring fl

Tech News - Voices calling for global collaborative regulatory control over AI: “I have major issues with the people and the companies behind AI,” says Ioannis Ioannou, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at London Business School. “It's a huge concentration of power.” Ekaterina Abramova, of the London Business School, is particularly concerned about AI making consequential decisions in the military. Do we really want to trust agentic systems with lethal auto

Defence & Cybersecurity News - For a business waiting for imported components, maritime security can sound remote until delivery dates move and stock runs short. Portugal’s Atlantic location offers geographic opportunities, but distance does not insulate an economy from disruption elsewhere on shipping routes. On 8 October, the UAE Federal National Council joined the discussion of a proposed maritime-security resolution at the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Startup News Europe - Here are the facts and figures of Portugal´s Startup Ecosystem in 2026, including Portugal´s Top 10 Startups in 2026 and Top Startup Sectors, according to the StartupBlink Startup Ecosystem Report 2026. Portugal obtained the Most Attractive Startup Ecosystem in Southern Europe award at the Startup Ecosystem Awards 2026. Portugal has 998 startups, representing 2% of all startups in Western Europe. This equals to approximately 10 startups per 100,000 peopl