Ubiquitous computing

Containers full of passports were stolen from a Hellenic Post delivery truck by an unidentified group in the Athens neighborhood of Kallithea on Monday afternoon.

The incident occurred at approximately 1.45 p.m. when the group broke into delivery truck after the driver pulled over for a few minutes.

The passport containers were equipped with a GPS tracking system.

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Ljubljana – An agreement on the production of Slovenia’s new biometric identity cards was signed on Monday. The new ID cards will cost 29 euro and contain multiple identity markers and security features. It is expected that Slovenia will start issuing them in March next year.

With a bank card citizens of Sofia can pay for the subway trip from today. All 16 metro stations are equipped with bank card readers, regardless of whether they are debit or credit, CGM reported.

Payment will be contactless, after the third boarding in public transport, the system reports up to BGN 4, which is the price of the daily ticket for all vehicles in Sofia.

Patra-based startup Think Silicon has been bought out by Nasdaq-listed Applied Materials, in what is Greece's biggest acquisition in the deep-tech sector. Sources say the price exceeds 20 million euros, pending the official statement.

Cardholders for non-contact payments Mastercard and Maestro will now be able to cover up to leva 50 bills without entering a transaction approval PIN. The increase of the current limit of BGN 20 will come into force on April 12, the operator of these cards announced.

Thousands of people in Sweden have been implanting microchips in their hands as part of a new biohacking trend in the country that aims to make people's daily lives easier.

Sales of electrical and electronic appliances posted a considerable increase of 7.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, according to data from the GfK TEMAX survey on the Greek market.

The decision on Tuesday by the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) to allow commuters in the Greek capital to use their old October passes until November 15, is expected to lead to new revenue losses.