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Lisbon's Code For All Lands 19th on Time's Global Ranking of the Best Edtech Companies

Code For All, a Lisbon startup that retrains people for tech careers, has been ranked 19th in the world and 4th in Europe on Time magazine's list of the 500 best education-technology firms — the only Portuguese company to make the cut, scoring 87.7 behind leaders Duolingo, Cogna and Unext.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

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ANACOM Floats Compensation of Up to €5,750 for Botched Internet-Provider Switches

Under a proposal now in public consultation, consumers who lose service when switching internet or phone provider could claim €23 a day, up to €5,750 per switch, with the incoming operator made responsible for the whole process. The rules are not yet in force.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

Fixed-wing reconnaissance drones on display at a NATO exercise in Portugal

Russia Says It Downed a Rare Portuguese Tekever Drone, Days After the Maker Won a €467 Million UK Army Contract

Russian forces claim to have brought down a Tekever AR3, a reconnaissance drone made by the Portuguese defence-tech firm Tekever and supplied to Ukraine — even as the company lands a British Army contract worth up to €467 million.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

The EU's AI Act Reaches Its Enforcement Phase, and Portugal Turns to a Late-Chosen ANACOM to Police the New Rules

The EU's AI Act Reaches Its Enforcement Phase, and Portugal Turns to a Late-Chosen ANACOM to Police the New Rules

The EU's AI Act moves into its enforcement phase on 2 August, with fines reaching €35 million or 7% of global turnover. In Portugal the regulator is a late-chosen ANACOM, now racing to build the teams to police transparency rules, general-purpose models and high-risk AI.

The Portugal Brief 03 Aug 2026

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Portugal Presses Ahead With a Joint Iberian Bid to Host One of Europe's AI Gigafactories

Portugal says it still intends to bid, jointly with Spain, for one of seven EU-funded AI gigafactories, aiming at the large-scale lot. Lisbon has earmarked around €200 million for computing capacity, led by the Banco Português de Fomento, with the facility to be built on Portuguese soil.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

Rows of servers glowing with blue indicator lights inside a data centre

Azambuja Council Withholds Fast-Track Status From Neoen's €2 Billion Data-Centre Plan

Azambuja's council issued an unfavourable opinion on granting PIN (Project of National Interest) status to Neoen's EUR2 billion Azambuja DC data centre, citing missing environmental studies and infrastructure strain. The label is not a building permit, but losing local backing lengthens the road for

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

A white quadcopter drone with a camera gimbal hovering in flight in front of a dense green pine forest

The University of Leiria Builds an AI-and-Drone Sentinel to Catch Wildfires at the First Spark

Researchers at the University of Leiria and the West have unveiled DBoidS, an FCT-funded system pairing self-charging drones with AI and a 'digital twin' to watch high-risk forest around the clock and flag ignitions early. It is being tested with the GNR.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

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