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AI use by EU enterprises rose to 20% in 2025
In Eurostat’s survey, 20% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees reported using AI in 2025, up from 13.5% in 2024.
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Eurostat: 52.7% of EU enterprises used paid cloud services
In Eurostat’s 2025 survey, 52.7% of EU enterprises reported paid cloud use, up 7.4 percentage points from 2023.
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EU ICT specialist employment rose 59% in a decade
Eurostat data show that the number of employed ICT specialists in the EU rose 59.4% from 2015 to 2025, while total employment increased 9.8%.
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78% of EU internet users shopped online in 2025
Eurostat said 78% of EU internet users bought goods or services online in the previous 12 months in 2025, compared with 62% in 2015.
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ITU: 74% of the world was online in 2025
The ITU estimated that about 6 billion people used the internet in 2025, equal to 74% of the world population. Its revised 2024 estimate is 5.8 billion.
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NIST study benchmarked a quantum algorithm on three aluminum clusters
NIST researchers’ 2025 BenchQC study examined a variational quantum algorithm on three small aluminum clusters: Al⁻, Al₂ and Al₃⁻.
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International patent applications rose 0.7% in 2025
WIPO reported about 275,900 international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2025, a 0.7% increase from the prior year.
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Copernicus: Europe had record heat and widespread flooding in 2024
Europe’s warmest year on record was 2024. Flooding killed at least 335 people and affected an estimated 413,000.
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Eurostat: sea carried 67% of EU freight performance
By tonne-kilometres, maritime transport accounted for 67% of EU freight performance. Road’s share was 25.7%.
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Eurostat: EU inland waterway freight rose 4.5% in 2024
Freight performance grew 4.5% year over year, its first rise after two annual declines.
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Eurostat: EU rail passenger-kilometres rose 5.8% in 2024
Main undertakings reached 443 billion passenger-kilometres, up from 419 billion in 2023. The series began in 2004.
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Eurostat: EU railway accident deaths fell 10.8% in 2024
Accident deaths fell from 841 in 2023 to 750. Unauthorised people on tracks accounted for 65.6%.
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