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More and more people are using AI. This also increases the demands on data centres - and their electricity requirements. In the EU alone, this is increasing by 60%. However, the power networks in Europe are often over 40 years old.

Employers are calling on their employees to use AI more in their day-to-day work, but are creating too few training opportunities. Employees are generally willing to learn, some are also afraid that AI could harm them on the job.

In future, EU consumers will have a legal right to have household and everyday appliances repaired. 

The Travel Impact Model (TIM) used by Google Flight and other providers is being revised in order to map the climate impact of air travel more accurately and transparently.

The latest rail strike has cost the German economy a billion euros. The hotel industry is also affected and is reporting a rapid increase in cancellations.

To be fit for the future, the hospitality industry needs to stay on the ball. What should political decision-makers in particular know and consider?

More and more companies are offering their employees the opportunity to workation. To ensure that this is legally compliant and binding, guidelines or additional agreements should be drawn up. After all, the demand for mobile working abroad is increasing. 

One in three Germans (34.4%) remember their online passwords. But what happens if you forget it? What does a secure password look like and how do you remember it?

How can climate-damaging CO2 not only be captured, but also used to produce plastic or petrol? Researchers in Jena, Germany, are working on this question - and taking a risk.

How can the trend in global CO2 emissions be reversed? Decarbonisation is the magic word. Will it work? And what would it cost?