Why it has one of the most digital governments

Ben Morris Technology of Business Editor Getty Images Ukrainians can access 130 services from the Diia portal Rounding a corner in Kyiv on 24 Feb 2022, Oleksandr Bornyakov remembers driving into a gun battle. It was day one of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russian saboteurs were fighting with Ukrainian security forces in the…

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‘We need to take bigger risks’

Ben Morris Technology of Business Editor Supercell Ilkka Paananen wants new kinds of “game experiences” For someone pushing his company to break new ground, Ilkka Paananen appears relaxed. Not wearing shoes, like everyone else in the office – it’s a Finnish thing I’m told – he tells me the mobile gaming industry needs shaking up….

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Should we be letting flies eat our food waste?

MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Reporting fromVilnius, Lithuania Energesman Fly larvae are excellent at converting food waste into protein Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone’s stomach turn. But a handful of city councils have embraced maggots – more formally…

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Space technology: Lithuania’s promising space start-ups

MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Reporting fromVilnius, Lithuania Astrolight Astrolight is developing a laser-based communications system I’m led through a series of concrete corridors at Vilnius Tech University, Lithuania; the murals give a Soviet-era vibe, and it seems an unlikely location for a high-tech lab working on a laser communication system. But that’s where you’ll find…

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