1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (357+ words) The State Information System Authority (RIA) is to roll out the new Smart-ID+ authentication service next month. Smart-ID+ will improve on the existing Smart-ID authentication app, to make logins safer and to help prevent fraud and social engineering, including by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (343+ words) Under a new deal with a Baltic media collective, Microsoft will begin paying member Estonian news outlets for content used in its AI-powered search engine Bing. The agreement, signed with the Baltic Press Publishers' Collective Management Organization (BPCMO), covers members…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (458+ words) An iconic and still functioning TV mast on Saaremaa recently turned 60. On December 28, 1965, the residents of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa finally got TV coverage with transmission from the mast, in Orissaare, on the east of the island, carrying ETV and two…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (548+ words) Estonia's network of communications cables is mostly secure, but experts warn major damage could have serious consequences " and solutions like sensors may not prevent it. After first detaining it on December 31, Finnish authorities impounded the cargo ship Fitburg on January…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (674+ words) English-language Wikipedia is being edited to present Estonian history in a more Soviet-friendly light, Estonian journalists and Wikimedia volunteers say, and it is difficult to compete with Russia's propaganda resources. Digimeedia journalist Roland Liive found that the birthplaces of hundreds…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) Finnish authorities have released video footage of a special forces operation in which officers descend from helicopters onto a ship suspected of damaging communication cables between Estonia and Finland. In the early hours of December 31, communication was lost in two…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) Finnish authorities have released video footage of a special forces operation in which officers descend from helicopters onto a ship suspected of damaging communication cables between Estonia and Finland. In the early hours of December 31, communication was lost in two…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1200+ words) The system developed by Elisa's Finnish parent company to prevent spoofing (international calls made using fake domestic numbers), is now also being used by Estonia's three largest telecommunications companies. However, the overall number of fraudulent calls has not decreased. When…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (547+ words) Estonian phone numbers generally begin with 5, which is why people who are wary of scams are often suspicious when they receive a call from a number beginning with 8. In reality, however, these numbers are becoming increasingly common among Estonian users…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (530+ words) The recent wave of scam calls in Estonia has caused disruption to several institutions as people either do not answer calls from unknown numbers or, if they do, vent their anger down the phone at callers who they believe to…...