Editorial standards

Sources

Every statement of fact names its source: a company statement, a public document, an on-the-record interview, our own testing or our reader surveys. Statements from companies are labelled as such and checked against independent evidence where possible.

We use anonymous sources only when the information is important, cannot be obtained on the record and the source would face harm if named. An editor must know the source’s identity, and we explain to readers why anonymity was granted.

Verification

Every story is read by a second editor before publication. Figures are checked against their source. Where we publish data we have collected ourselves, we state the sample, the period and the method next to the numbers. Figures marked “illustrative” are not measurements and are labelled wherever they appear.

Live coverage

Live updates are timestamped in Central European Time and published newest first. Each entry names its reporter and its source. Updates are not edited silently after publication: if an entry is wrong, we post a correction in the feed and say which entry it corrects.

Corrections

We correct errors quickly and in public. Every correction is listed on ourcorrections page. Send corrections to the newsroom through ourcontact page.

Independence and conflicts of interest

We do not accept payment, gifts, free services or travel from companies we cover. Journalists do not own shares in companies on their beat. Any relationship between EuroTechBrief or a journalist and the subject of a story is disclosed in that story.

Finance coverage

We report on funding and the business of technology, but we do not give investment advice. Nothing on EuroTechBrief is a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

Use of AI tools

Our journalists may use software tools, including AI tools, for research, transcription and data analysis. A named journalist is responsible for every published sentence, and no story is published without human review.