Italy

Italy Probes AI Music Startup Suno Over Unfair Terms

Italy's competition authority, AGCM, has launched an investigation into the artificial intelligence music generator Suno regarding its terms of service. The probe focuses on potential imbalances in contractual rights and obligations, particularly concerning copyright and the company's ability to make unilateral changes. This action expands Suno's legal challenges beyond existing copyright lawsuits in other regions [Music Ally](https://musically.com/2026/10/07/italys-competition-watchdog-probes-suno-over-unfair-terms/).

Letizia Giugliano14 October 2026

Entertainment

Dignity, remembrance and responsibility: the WMF 2026 Opening Ceremony kicks off the biggest edition ever

With speeches by Alessandra Cuevas, Nader Aljorf and Alicia Hanf, the three-day WMF – We Make Future, The Largest Event on Innovation: AI Tech and Digital, got underway at BolognaFiere. An opening ceremony dedicated to the human value of innovation and the collective building of a better future.…

Contributor25 June 2026

Life

It looks like water but is actually ‘distilled carbonara’

Chef Valerio Braschi has created distilled carbonara: a shot of liquid as clear as water but with all the flavour of Rome’s best-loved pasta dish.

Giovanni Sapere12 April 2021

Medicine

Covid: when will we get back to normal? ISS sets the date

The ISS study “Return to normal: COVID-19 vaccination under mitigation measures” has indicated the date by which we will reach a “zero-Covid” level in Italy

Giovanni Sapere2 April 2021

Events

Fashion goes digital with Pow-Wow Fashion Tech Week 2021

From May 18 to 20, Pow-Wow Fashion Tech Week 2021, the first Italian event dedicated to fashion and technology, will take place.

Giovanni Sapere23 March 2021

Patents

Clou Box: the patent to recycle used condoms

Giovanni Farinella has filed a patent for Clou Box, a portable and very discreet dispenser used to collect and recycle used condoms.

Giovanni Sapere2 March 2021

Entertainment

Immersive “virtual tour” in the Uffizi Galleries of Florence

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has launched a multimedia project to allow visitors to “dive” into a virtual tour of the Museum without leaving home

Giovanni Sapere11 January 2021

Electricity

In Sicily will rise the largest floating wind farm in the world

Off the coast of Sicily, will be built the largest floating wind farm in the world: 190 turbines will be anchored for a total of 2900 megawatts installed

Giovanni Sapere10 December 2020

Life

3D Printers: the ice cream that you can “print” from the PC

A team of researchers has patented a special 3D printer that allows to print ice cream: it can produce one flavor at a time starting from 100% natural ingredients.

Giovanni Sapere30 September 2020

Environment

In Piegaro there is the first “talking forest” connected to the IOT

Piegaro is the birthplace of the first talking forest where trees communicate with each other thanks to special IOT sensors powered by photovoltaic panels.

Giovanni Sapere10 July 2020

Web

“Adopt a cow” remotely: online is boom of requests

A cooperative in the province of Belluno has launched the online service “Adopt a cow”: you pay a fixed contribution and every month you receive butter and cheese at home.

Giovanni Sapere26 May 2020

Medicine

It’s Italian the “inflatable helmet” against Coronavirus

The company Dimar di Medolla is one of the few companies in the world able to produce a special inflatable helmet able to protect healthcare personnel from the Coronavirus.

Giovanni Sapere24 March 2020

Coronavirus, server down: internet, Whatsapp e Facebook KO in Italy

The huge flow of information and content constantly updated on Coronavirus has overloaded servers throughout Italy: Internet, Facebook and WhatsApp are down in many regions.

Giovanni Sapere13 March 2020

Medicine

Coronavirus: a drug for rheumatoid arthritis could stop the virus

At Cotugno Hospital in Naples, a team of doctors administered a drug for rheumatoid arthritis to a group of patients suffering from Coronavirus: the treatment proved effective in two cases.

Giovanni Sapere10 March 2020

Coronavirus: schools closed? Lessons in Augmented Reality are starting

In Italy schools are closed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus: some Institutes have started e-learning programs with real “lessons” in Augmented Reality.

Giovanni Sapere6 March 2020

Health

Coronavirus: from Tuscany come the new anti-contage masks

The President of the Region of Tuscany Enrico Rossi announced the invention of new special masks to limit the spread of Coronavirus

Giovanni Sapere5 March 2020

Medicine

VOSTARS is born: the new generation visor that allows the surgeon to operate in augmented reality

The project, which involves 12 European partners, develops a new surgical navigator that uses an innovative visor as a medical surgeon’s aid The world’s first augmented reality surgery was a great success. To announce it, the Policlinico Sant’Orsola in Bologna where the surgeon saw virtual elements…

Ilaria Cuomo18 February 2020

Electricity

The first patent to recycle electric car batteries is Italian

COBAT and CNR have filed a patent for an innovative technology that will enable the recycling of lithium-ion batteries in electric cars at sustainable costs.

Giovanni Sapere31 January 2020