Andrada Fiscutean

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Andrada Fiscutean has been covering science and technology for more than seven years. She is also news editor for PRO FM radio in Bucharest, Romania.

Andrada Fiscutean has nothing to disclose. She does not hold investments in the technology companies she covers.

Latest from Andrada Fiscutean

World's best headphones? The Cold War story behind these high-end products

A small company's headphones, said by some to be the best in the world, can trace their roots back to the Soviet era.

March 1, 2021 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

Hail an autonomous taxi: Yandex rolls out 'Europe's first' self-driving cabs in Russia

Yandex, known as the Russian Google, will use feedback from taxi passengers to up its game in autonomous cars.

August 30, 2018 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

Inside Yandex self-driving car: Here's what it's like to ride on Moscow's crazy roads

Yandex, Russia's Google, is optimizing its self-driving tech for bad weather and human drivers who bend the rules.

June 6, 2018 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

Fitbit has just set up its largest European R&D center

Software engineers and designers working in Bucharest will now be contributing to all the company's products.

September 15, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

Forget Silicon Valley: Building a startup in Romania may make more sense

Low-financed startups could find a home in the eastern European country, where overheads and salaries are a quarter of those in San Francisco.

July 12, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

How this small wearable could help doctors spot Parkinson's earlier

The low-cost ENTy wearable, which has been tested on over 500 patients so far, seems to have a future helping diagnose people with balance issues.

September 15, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

How these communist-era Apple II clones helped shape central Europe's IT sector

In the days of communism, many Romanian and Bulgarian children, who now are among the countries' leading technologists, learned to code on replicas of Apple II and ZX Spectrum machines.

February 12, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

How one outsourcing hotspot is remaking itself as startup nation

Coming from a region with few investors, startup founders in Romania have employed several hacks to approach the global market.

December 21, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

Skilled devs, low costs: No surprise this second city has a booming startup scene

With a good startup infrastructure and a strong supply of software skills, Cluj-Napoca in Romania is building itself a reputation as an emerging Eastern European tech hub.

November 25, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation

The rise of Lithuania as a force in IT: Why Google and Nasdaq are investing here

The tech sector thrives in this Baltic state, and education in the STEM field is at the core of its growth.

June 4, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation