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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/28/2025 12:42 EDT

Proton VPN rises to top UK app charts as porn age checks kick in

Proton VPN has become the UK’s most downloaded free app, as Britons rush to bypass a new law requiring users to verify their age before accessing websites hosting adult content.  Proton VPN reported a staggering 1,400% surge in UK sign-ups almost immediately after the Online Safety Act came into effect. It is now Britain’s most downloaded free app, overtaking ChatGPT, according to Apple’s App Store rankings. The Switzerland-based virtual private... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/24/2025 09:24 EDT

Swiss startup says its AI weather forecaster beats Microsoft, Google

Swiss startup Jua has launched an AI-powered weather forecaster that it says beats leading models from tech giants — potentially making it the world’s most accurate weather forecasting system. Jua claims its model — dubbed EPT-2 — is faster and more accurate than both Microsoft’s Aurora and Google DeepMind’s Graphcast. In separate, peer-reviewed studies, both of those models were shown to be more accurate than the European Centre for Medium-Range... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 07/24/2025 07:03 EDT

Vibe coding platform Lovable becomes fastest-growing software startup ever

Swedish AI startup Lovable says it has surpassed $100mn in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch. This makes it the fastest-ever software company to reach the milestone — eclipsing the historically rapid growth rates of companies such as Cursor and Wiz.  Lovable’s rise stems from the popularity of its generative AI platform. The system allows non-technical users to build apps or websites based on simple text prompts.... Read more

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The Next Web 1 place · 07/23/2025 09:22 EDT

Why traditional VC is failing deep tech — and what can fix it

Europe’s deep tech future hinges on evolving investment strategies. The reason for this is that traditional funding models cannot support the long-term financial commitments that innovation demands. There is a European paradox where, despite substantial scientific research, early commercialisation and a focus on shorter-term goals prevent the region from realising the full potential of deep tech. Although startups provide strong support, the sector still lags behind the US and Asia... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/22/2025 09:49 EDT

Spotify’s AI songs from dead artists spark fresh outrage over exploitation

Spotify has been hit with another AI controversy after publishing computer-generated songs under the names of dead musicians. An investigation by 404 Media found that Spotify is releasing AI-generated songs on the pages of deceased artists — without approval from their estates or labels.  One such track, “Together,” recently appeared on the official page of Blake Foley, a country singer who was murdered in 1989. The song sounds vaguely similar... Read more

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Rachel Gilley @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/21/2025 06:09 EDT

Why navigating ongoing uncertainty requires living in the now, near, and next

As we move into the second half of 2025, the global tech ecosystem is navigating a heady mix of unpredictability and promise. Funding into newer tech firms remains complex, with Startup Genome reporting that while the Beijing, Los Angeles and Tokyo startup landscapes are seeing YoY growth, Paris is flat and the rest of the European ecosystem is in decline. Meanwhile, the technology landscape continues to evolve at an accelerating... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/18/2025 12:07 EDT

Funding focus: Germany snaps up 90% of Europe’s record defence tech funding

Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in fusion energy this year, and now we’re honing in on Europe’s booming defence tech arena.  Europe’s defence tech startups secured $971mn in funding in the first half of this year, as VCs look to capitalise on the continent’s push to rearm amid heightened geopolitical tensions.  Funding... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/18/2025 09:34 EDT

Britain just launched its top supercomputer. Here’s how it ranks globally

The UK has just launched its most advanced supercomputer — the 11th most powerful in the world.  Isambard-AI, hosted at the University of Bristol, officially went live this week. The machine was built by Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE) using its Cray EX architecture and fitted with over 5400 NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchips.  Its raw computing power is measured at 216.5 petaflops, with a peak theoretical performance of 278.6 petaflops. For the... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/17/2025 06:59 EDT

Denmark taps Microsoft to build world’s most powerful quantum computer

Denmark is aiming to stake a bold claim in the global quantum race with plans to build the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Backed by €80mn from EIFO (Denmark’s export and investment fund) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the new initiative — dubbed QuNorth — aims to deploy the Nordic region’s first “Level 2” quantum system.   Microsoft and California-based Atom Computing will deliver the system, named Magne, after the mythological... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 07/16/2025 13:10 EDT

Norwegian investment firm joins AI gold rush to the frozen north

Norwegian industrial investment firm Aker has announced plans to build an AI “factory” in the Arctic. It’s the latest company heading to the far north to tap into abundant green energy and natural cooling for power-hungry data centres.  The facility will be located in the Norwegian coastal town of Narvik, which lies 220km within the Arctic Circle. Aker’s president and CEO, Øyvind Eriksen said that the site already had access... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 3 place · 07/16/2025 12:57 EDT

ESA spaceplane project revives bankrupt firm’s hypersonic engine

A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by 2031.  The proposed engine for the plane is based on so-called pre-cooler technology, developed over decades by UK aerospace firm Reaction Engines, which went bust in November.  Many of Reaction Engines’ top engineers found a new home at British aerospace and... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/16/2025 08:35 EDT

How WeTransfer reignited fears about training AI on user data

Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer is under fire after users spotted sweeping updates to its terms of service that appeared to let the company train AI models on their uploaded files. The company has now removed the controversial language, but users remain outraged. Here’s what’s going on — and why it matters. What did WeTransfer change? WeTransfer users discovered this week that the service had updated its policy with a clause... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/16/2025 05:00 EDT

This cargo ship is turning its CO2 emissions into green cement

A giant cargo ship is trapping carbon from its exhaust and turning it into cement for use in onshore construction. The technology, developed by UK startup Seabound, is billed as the world’s first commercial carbon capture system for boats. It’s installed on the UBC Cork, a cement carrier owned by Germany’s Hartmann Group. “These are the systems we intend to scale across hundreds, and eventually thousands, of vessels,” Alisha Frediksson,... Read more

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Antoine Rostand @ The Next Web 3 place · 07/16/2025 02:00 EDT

Why I want the EU to pause the AI Act — as a climate advocate

“There is no stop the clock. There is no grace period. There is no pause.” So said Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, in response to calls for a pause on the EU’s AI Act. These landmark rules on artificial intelligence will, then, be rolled out according to the timeline specified in the legislation. The EC will ignore calls from 46 CEOs across the continent to halt the... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web · 07/16/2025 01:00 EDT

Exclusive: German startup takes on ‘solar-only’ rivals with energy-as-a-service model

German startup Enerkii has launched an energy-as-a-service model that aims to cut power bills in half for industrial customers — and decarbonise them in the process. The model uses an in-house operating system (OS) to calculate the optimal solar energy configuration for any company in around 15 minutes. Then it provides the hardware stack to set it up — solar panels, battery storage, EV charging, and, soon, heat pumps.  Henrik... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web · 07/15/2025 17:51 EDT

Whisper emerges from stealth with ‘God Mode’ to tackle cybercrime

Dutch startup Whisper has emerged from stealth with a cybersecurity platform that promises to detect online threats before they strike. It plans to do this with what it calls a “God Mode” view of the internet. At the heart of Whisper’s approach is a massive, real-time map of global internet infrastructure. The map is built from more than 45 billion data points sourced from 18 different systems, such as domain... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/15/2025 02:00 EDT

Exclusive: Investors bet $10M that Laka’s ‘collective insurance’ can fix bike coverage

London-based insurtech startup Laka has raised $10.4mn in Series B funding as it eyes profitability at the end of next year. Laka offers “collective” insurance for bikes and e-scooters, pooling claims across a community of riders. Instead of fixed, upfront premiums, customers pay a variable monthly fee based on the total number of claims across the entire user base. The fee is capped at a maximum amount based on the... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/14/2025 08:29 EDT

Funding focus: Fusion startups shatter investment records in push for clean energy

Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we’re honing in on Europe’s budding fusion energy sector.  European fusion energy startups raised a record €290mn in the first half of this year as VCs bet big on a technology with the potential to supply virtually limitless clean power. Funding in... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/11/2025 08:33 EDT

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, finds new study

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men, even when both have identical qualifications. The research was led by Ivan Yamshchikov, a professor of AI and robotics at the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) in Germany. Yamshchikov, who also founded Pleias — a French–German startup building ethically trained language models for regulated industries — worked... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 07/10/2025 13:20 EDT

‘Magical thinking’ to believe UK’s AI boom won’t derail climate goals, report warns

A new report from the University of Cambridge has warned that the UK’s push to lead in AI risks derailing its climate targets — unless urgent action is taken. According to the University’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, the unchecked growth of AI could drive a 25-fold increase in the global tech sector’s energy use by 2040, putting massive strain on power grids and accelerating carbon emissions.  Even the... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 07/10/2025 09:53 EDT

UK and France unite behind €1.5B plan to boost Europe’s rival to Starlink

The UK government reportedly plans to invest €163mn in French satellite firm Eutelsat as Europe pushes to back a local alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink. The investment, first reported by Reuters, follows the lead of the French state, which is set to inject €717mn into Eutelsat as part of a €1.35bn funding package to prop up the indebted satellite communications provider. The UK contribution would bring Eutelsat’s recapitalisation to around... Read more

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