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September 1, 2026

Nadace Vodafone

Half of parents post photos that let a child be located

Foundation data: 47 % of parents show off photos of their children, 51 % share information that makes a child locatable and 27 % post unsuitable or naked pictures. The RODIcheck tool, built with experts and the Czech police, analyses an uploaded photo and flags what makes it risky.

Source: Nadace Vodafone

Editor's note. The tool is free and was built with the Czech police. Where the 47, 51 and 27 percent come from is not stated. Nor is what happens to a photo a parent uploads.

AURES Holdings

1,356 used Chinese cars sold, 57 percent more than last year

Between January and July 1,356 used cars of Chinese makes changed hands in the country, 57 % more year on year. Three in four carried the MG badge (1,015 units), BYD 73 and Jaecoo 67. For scale: 125,068 used Škodas sold in the same period, 26 % of the whole second-hand market.

Source: AURES Holdings

Editor's note. The used-car figures were published by someone trading in that market. Whether they cover the whole market or only cars from its own lots is not distinguished.

Index prosperity

Czechia moves from fourteenth to seventh in the EU on digitalisation and infrastructure

In the digitalisation and infrastructure pillar the country rose from fourteenth to seventh among the EU's twenty-seven, between Estonia and Hungary. Public transport and progress in e-government drove the gain. Broadband coverage remains the worst in the whole union.

Source: Index prosperity

Editor's note. The ranking does not hide that Czechia comes last in the union on fast internet coverage — worth noting for figures from an interested party. Who funds the index and how it weights its indicators is nowhere to be seen.

August 31, 2026

Linka okamžité psychické podpory

A nationwide mental health support line opens for people aged fifteen and up

The immediate psychological support line started operating today across the country. It offers professional help by phone to people from the age of fifteen who need it now and do not want to wait weeks for an appointment — in anxiety, personal crisis, burnout, overload or problems with addiction.

Source: Linka okamžité psychické podpory

Editor's note. The line announced itself. Who pays for it, who stands behind it professionally, when it is open and what a call costs — the reader learns none of it.

Air Bank

A fraudulent QR code looks exactly like a real one. You only find out after scanning

A QR code does not show where it leads until you scan it — and that is what quishing rests on: a fake code redirects to an imitation of your bank, a payment gateway, a courier or a public office and tries to extract login details.

Source: Air Bank

Editor's note. The advice on not losing money while paying comes from a bank. How many people here have actually been caught by quishing, it does not say.

Seyfor

Companies deploy AI and hang themselves on a single model, an IT supplier warns

The release argues that the main risk in adopting artificial intelligence is not the technology but dependence on a single model vendor.

Source: Seyfor

Editor's note. The warning against depending on a single AI vendor comes from a vendor that sells integration. It rests on no data and no survey.

Skanska

The underpass beneath 5. května at Pankrác reopens after refurbishment

The Prague 4 district and Skanska opened the refurbished underpass beneath 5. května street near Pankrác; it links the area towards Sdružení street and is meant to ease children's route to school. The work was paid for by the developer building nearby.

Source: Skanska

Editor's note. The underpass was refurbished by the developer building nearby. Neither the cost nor who looks after it from now on is stated.

August 28, 2026

J&T Banka

A third of owners of large Czech companies are considering a sale within five years

31 % of the entrepreneurs surveyed are thinking about leaving the business and selling the company within five years; among those who started out between 1996 and 2005 it is 35 %. The survey covered over a hundred Czech companies with average annual turnover above 500 million koruna.

Source: J&T Banka

Editor's note. The wave of company sales is announced by a bank that sits on such deals as both adviser and financier. Who was asked and about what is not given; this is the first edition, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Wavin Czechia

Three quarters of towns feel climate change, eleven percent have a water plan

A survey of 300 local authorities in spring 2026: 73 % of towns and villages feel the effects of climate change strongly or partly, but only 11 % have a finished water management strategy and 84 % admit they have no comprehensive plan. Against the 2023 measurement, preparedness has not materially improved.

Source: Wavin Czechia

Editor's note. Who paid to find out that towns lack water management systems? The firm that makes them. How the 300 authorities were picked and what they were asked is nowhere to be found.

Check Point Software Technologies

The data breach at British airports is reported by a firm that sells protection against it

Manchester Airports Group, operator of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands, is dealing with a cyber incident; according to the release the attackers obtained data on roughly 8.7 million customers.

Source: Check Point Software Technologies

Editor's note. It is not the victim talking about the breach but a company selling protection against such attacks. The airport operator itself has so far said nothing. One more thing: the release's headline counts „nearly 9 million“, its own text 8.7.