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Estonia's September CPI: The Geopolitical Engine of Inflation

Estonia's consumer price index surged to 3.5% in September, ending a period of relative stability. Driven by geopolitical energy shocks and rising housing costs…

Finance Estonia Business

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 08, 2026 • 14:46

Record Revenue, First Loss: Is JetBrains Reinventing Itself?

For the first time in 26 years, JetBrains has posted a net loss despite record-breaking revenue. Far from a crisis, the CZK 315 million deficit reveals a calcul…

Business Technology JetBrains

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 08, 2026 • 08:41

Can the EU de-risk from China without China's supply chain?

With a trade deficit running at one billion euros a day, the EU faces a deep contradiction between de-risking and its dependency on Chinese green tech. While ta…

Politics Business World

Rein Kaljumäe · Oct 07, 2026 • 17:04

Is Your Burger Price a 21% Penalty for Your Address?

McDonald's is facing a class-action lawsuit over its AI pricing engine, which allegedly coordinates prices across 14,000 U.S. locations using nonpublic data. Fr…

Business Technology AI Pricing

Tony Varga · Oct 06, 2026 • 17:03

AI's $6M Security Bill Arrives After the Savings Do

While AI promises massive productivity gains, it quietly accumulates back-loaded security liabilities. From a 1,265% surge in phishing to a $670,000 'Shadow AI'…

Business Technology Artificial Intelligence

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 04, 2026 • 11:02

Sovereignty Traded Visibility for Control—at Vast Cost

Governments are spending billions to build sovereign AI infrastructure, but isolation often leads to slower breach detection and massive hardware lock-in. This …

Technology Politics Estonia

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 04, 2026 • 09:51

When Hormuz Closes, Does a Reserve Release Buy Enough Time?

The G7 has authorized a historic 100-million-barrel strategic reserve release to counter the Hormuz Strait chokepoint. By prioritizing diesel over crude, policy…

World Business Energy Crisis

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 03, 2026 • 07:29

Will four LNG routes hold where one pipeline could not?

Ukraine enters the 2026 heating season with 14.6 billion cubic metres of gas but only 12 GW of dispatchable power generation remaining. As Russian targeting shi…

World Business Estonia

Rein Kaljumäe · Oct 02, 2026 • 13:30

Temu Toy Safety: 80% of Products Fail EU Standards

Investigative analysis into Temu's toy safety reveals that 80% of tested products pose a risk. The article explores the systemic regulatory gaps and the long-te…

Estonia Business Health

Elisabeth Saar · Oct 02, 2026 • 11:15

SHA-256 Is Faster Than MD5 — So Why Is Git 3.0 Controversial?

Git 3.0 is forcing a migration from SHA-1 to SHA-256, a move driven more by government compliance than immediate security threats. This structural shift breaks …

Technology Business Git 3.0

Henrik Mägi · Oct 02, 2026 • 08:37

OpenAI Pulled Astra One Day Before DevDay

OpenAI's decision to pull GPT-6.1 Astra on the eve of DevDay 2026 exposed a critical rift between speed and safety. While the model solved laziness, it introduc…

Technology Business OpenAI Astra

Elisabeth Saar · Sep 29, 2026 • 07:30

Section 338: The 1930 Law Rewriting U.S.-Canada Trade

A $1 billion import ban signals the end of the USMCA era as the U.S. leverages the 1930 Tariff Act against Canada. This analysis breaks down why Ottawa’s conces…

Business Politics Trade War

Elisabeth Saar · Sep 29, 2026 • 06:15