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Crypto under fire – As digital assets grow in value, high-profile crimes like the recent Paris kidnap attempt are on the rise. Credit : zimmytws, Shutterstock On a busy Parisian street this week, an armed group attempted to kidnap both the grandson and granddaughter of a well known French crypto executive. The attempted abduction in the 11th District in broad …

Online hacking, money laundering. Credit: Zephyr_p, Shutterstock Man from Cork jailed for laundering €80k in crypto through cybercrime site. After a joint investigation between Irish and US authorities, a 43-year old man from Cork was sentenced to 2 years in prison for laundering cryptocurrency and other cyber-related offenses. Cybercrime network discovered in Cork According to RTESuleman Mazhar who lived in …

Apple’s new brain control technology will soon let you control all your devices by just thinking. Credit: Canva Apple wants you to be able to control your iPhone by using your thoughts. The tech giant is planning to launch a feature this year which will let users control their iPhones, iPads, or other devices by using brain signals. I’m serious– …

A PROPERTY Expert, also known as @crismasfamilia in TikTok, has revealed a strategy that pensioners can use to begin investing in real estate.  I’m not crazy. This is the investment strategy that I came to tell you about today. “This is the investment strategy I am going to tell you today, and I’m really not crazy,” she said on one …

AI today is able to do everything from read your thoughts to converse with animals. Credit: Collagery, Shutterstock Hold onto your keyboards – the AI revolution isn’t coming. It’s Already here, And it’s Pulling off stunts that are more Black Mirror episodes than actual reality. AI today is capable of reading your mind and chatting with pets. Making magic look …

A MALLORCAN real estate agent has blamed some ‘locals’ for pushing up property prices because of foreign buyers. Maria Antonia Bermejo from the Gestpropiedad company says that supply of homes is scarce due to ‘exorbitant prices’. Interview by the Diario de Mallorca newspaper, the agent said: “We are talking about €300,000 or €400,000 for a flat covering just 80m2.” READ …

Squatters in Spain find ways to get around a new, tougher law that aims to evict the squatters despite promises of a speedy trial. A change to the Criminal Procedure Act technically allows the crimes of ‘usurpation of a home’ and ‘breaking and entering’ to be heard in short hearings within a maximum period of 15 days. The squatters evictions …

Editor’s Digest: Unlock it for Free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor of FT, chooses her favorite stories. Investigators looking into the blackout that occurred last month are trying to determine if small generators were exploited as a weak point by bad actors in order to bring down Spain’s electricity grid. The questions from Spain’s National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe) …

Donald Trump Credit: Joshua Sukoff Shutterstock In a press statement issued on Sunday (May 11 2025), the White House announced that after two days of high level negotiations in Geneva, the United States had reached a tentative trading agreement with China. Officials did not provide any concrete details and left questions about what was agreed. US-China trade deal: Significant progress …

Editor’s Digest: Unlock it for Free This weekly newsletter features the favourite stories of Roula Khalaf Editor at The Financial Times. Portugal has seen a dramatic rise in its electricity prices since it decided to temporarily reduce its imports of power from Spain. Last week, the grid collapse that caused a blackout on the Iberian Peninsula was due to a …