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Poland’s digital economy most valuable in region

The growth of the biggest digital economy in the region has been fuelled by e-commerce Marcin Obara/PAP

Poland has the largest digital economy in Central and Eastern Europe, worth an estimated EUR 44 billion in 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday.

Pioneering IT project paves the way for those with autism

Praised as one of the most innovative projects in Poland by the Ministry of Development, the program seeks to develop the skills of those with autism and guide them into employment.

I-spy: Poznań firm set to revolutionise how cities are monitored with innovative smart surveillance system

Although looking very similar to traditional CCTV, Inwebit’s Smart Security Platform (SSP) uses advanced algorithms for identifying specific events based on image and sound analysis and sensor data.

Polish software firm tops ranking of EU's fastest developing firms

Packhelp, a Polish software company, took the top spot in the "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe" ranking, which profiles the fastest growing technology companies in Central Europe.

The Gdańsk man who brought US giant Amazon to Poland

INTERVIEW: TFN’s Nick Westerby caught up with Łukasz Osowski to chat about how he created the world’s best Text to Speech (TTS) software, sold his firm to the world’s largest company, Amazon, and hear about his new project Vika Life.

PAP, GovTech Polska offer #FakeHunter open source code

The Polish Press Agency (PAP) and GovTech Polska, a Polish government technological agency, have decided to offer an open source code to their landmark #FakeHunter fake news-busting software to anyone interested.

The face jewellery that stops you being recognised by artificial intelligence

The ‘incognito’ the jewellery which has been compared to something an Egyptian Goddess would wear, is designed to combat the creeping number of facial recognition technologies being implemented globally.

Microsoft’s mixed reality ‘Minority Report’ glasses will revolutionise lab work – and Polish firm is behind the software

Holo4Labs’ mixed reality app means that users will be able to present digital data in the real world in the form of hologram-style images projected onto the lens of the glasses, not dissimilar to a VR game.

Keyed up team produce 'key of the future' to keep your home safe and secure

Attaching to your existing key the device lets you know who and when somebody has entered your home or office.

Polish programmer on team of world's most powerful rocket

Polish programmer Tomasz Czajka has worked on the control systems for SpaceX, which on Tuesday launched the world's most powerful rocket, called Falcon Heavy, the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) said on its website on Friday.

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Culture | History | Life

How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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