Natalie Bezděková
In the spring, Rohlik Group founder Tomáš Čupr said he would take a break from looking for new investments for some time. But now he has announced that he will raise CZK 4 billion and plans to expand to 15 new cities across Europe. Rohlik Group, the leader in the online grocery market in Central and Eastern Europe, will raise €160 million fro...
Security experts warn that a new downloader called Agent.RWL has become widespread in the Czech Republic in recent weeks. A few months ago, no one had heard of it, but according to antivirus company Eset, it is now the biggest threat to the Windows operating system. This malware is spreading unusually fast and is currently responsible for one...
The manufacturer of power supplies for wireless headphones and smartwatches has made significant progress. The company has developed a new compound that could significantly extend the life of electronic devices. But initial enthusiasm is dampened by a Czech expert. TDK, known to older generations as a maker of cassette tapes and VHS tapes, no...
Energo-Pro profits from the production of electricity from water and made a gross profit of CZK 2.7 billion in the first quarter. This profit is expected to be three times higher for the full year. The company is benefiting from growing demand for green energy and expansion abroad. Czech entrepreneur Jaromír Tesar expects another successful year...
While the common trend in supermarkets is to speed up the checkout process, one store in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, has taken the opposite approach. They have introduced a so-called super-slow checkout, where there is no room for rush and stress. This checkout is designed especially for the elderly and people with health problems. Everyone ha...
Fast food chain McDonald's has postponed its plans to introduce AI-based automated service for McDrive. The system, which has been tested since 2019 in partnership with IBM, wasn't perfect and sometimes gave drivers incorrect orders. Frustrated customers filmed some of the situations on mobile phones and posted the videos on social media, the...
Shareholders of US carmaker Tesla on Thursday approved a record $44.9 billion (about one trillion kronor) pay package for CEO Elon Musk, the AP reported. The decision came after a deal struck in 2018 was overturned by a Delaware court earlier this year. The exact number of votes was not immediately announced. According to the AP, approval of ...
Sledujteto.cz, eDisk.cz, Datoid.cz and Datoid.sk are servers that have been blacklisted and are now blocked in the Czech Republic due to the court's preliminary injunction. These servers were popular alternatives to Ulož.to, which users abused to distribute copyrighted content. Similar data servers are often misused to illegally distribute music...
In the last two months, the unwanted visitor Qbot, which has been causing security experts a lot of concern for the last year, has reappeared. According to cybersecurity company Check Point, it is now one of the most widespread malicious codes in the Czech Republic, targeting computers running the Windows operating system. Qbot, which first a...
