Britainâs first police investigation into a âvirtual rapeâ has little chance of leading to a prosecution, according to legal experts. The victim of the alleged assault was a girl aged under 16. According to a report this week in the Mail Online, the child was wearing a VR headset and playing a video game when a group of adult men âsexually attackedâ her avatar. Although there was no physical injury,... Read more âș
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Dutch startup Nuwa claims to have invented the âworldâs most advanced penâ that digitises notes written by hand. Nuwa plans to launch the device this March. The Groningen-based company today announced a fresh cash injection of âŹ1.5mn to boost the development of the product, which uses an inbuilt camera system, motion sensors, and algorithms to capture text written on paper. âJust write, and Nuwa Pen digitises,â Marc Tuinier, Nuwaâs CEO,... Read more âș
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Britain is set to test facial verification tech that removes the need for passports, but experts have dashed hopes of a full launch this year. The project was unveiled this week by Phil Douglas, the director-general of the UKâs Border Force. Douglas told the Times that he aims to install new e-gates at airports that create an âintelligent border.â By integrating enhanced facial verification, the system would make physical travel... Read more âș
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With more and more EVs on the road, the need for battery recycling and reuse has emerged as a necessity to further enhance the sustainability of these vehicles. But thereâs another component whose potential for a second life could be a game changer: the electric motor. Extending the use phase of electric motors is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, they contain valuable raw materials such as copper and rare earth... Read more âș
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Although the EU introduced the equal pay for equal work principle in 1957, the gender pay gap stubbornly persists â 67 years later. Women in the block earn on average 12.7% less than their male counterparts. Unsurprisingly, the gender pay gap more than doubles in the tech sector. According to a report by compensation platform Ravio, the European median reaches 26% with variations across countries. For example, it stands at... Read more âș
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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast â the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In todayâs episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about brain-computer interfaces, autonomous cars in the UK, cybersecurity safewords, Benfordâs law â and many things in between. In the interview section, weâre featuring a conversation with... Read more âș
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A world record of 210 successful orbital launches was set in 2023, but Europe has slipped further behind the global leaders. The continent contributed just three of the yearâs launches â its lowest total since 2004. Itâs a figure that pales in comparison to several individual nations. The US alone had 109 successful orbital launches â the most a single country has ever completed. The previous record holder was the... Read more âș
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Following an order by the Dutch government, ASML â the worldâs leading manufacturer of high-end chipmaking equipment â will curb shipments of two of its machines to China. Specifically, the government has partially revoked the export licence of the NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems, the company said in a statement. Much like its other products, the two lithography machines use light to print blueprints of patterns. The Veldhoven-based company has... Read more âș
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This year was challenging for the financial technology, or fintech, sector. Interest rates rose and funding fell, continuing the shift in focus from growth to profitability.  But what does 2024 have in store? Will AI revolutionise the industry? Will funding pick up? What sectors will thrive? Whatâs the outlook for the Dutch market?  We spoke to five experts on what to look out for in 2024.  Few new startups but... Read more âș
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It has been a rough year for climate tech. While it fared slightly better than other sectors, total venture and private equity investment in planet-saving technologies fell 40% this year, down to a five-year low. Itâs not all doom and gloom, however. For one, the EU enacted the Green Deal Industrial Plan, which makes over âŹ1trn available for everything from EVs and carbon capture plants to battery storage and green... Read more âș
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Mikko Hyppönen has spent decades on the frontlines of the fight against malware. The 54-year-old has vanquished some of the worldâs most destructive computer worms, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnedOWfPKT0âł data-mce-href=âhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnedOWfPKT0âł>an style=âfont-weight: 400;â data-mce-style=âfont-weight: 400;â>tracked down the creators of the first-ever PC virus, and sold his own software since he was a teenager in Helsinki. an>p> tyle=âfont-weight: 400;â data-mce-style=âfont-weight: 400;â>In. Read more âș
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Recent technological advances are transforming the medtech sector. European companies and research institutions are working on solutions aimed at improving our knowledge and response to genetics, diseases that impact millions of people, and public health emergencies. How will this momentum continue in 2024? And which technologies will further push medtech innovation forward? Yes, AI From predicting genetic diseases to improving cancer treatments and making variant-proof vaccines, AI has already proved... Read more âș
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As the world becomes increasingly globalised, maintaining compliance while embracing global mobility will be the key to retaining talent as we move into 2024. This is according to Hanna Asmussen, CEO and co-founder of Localyze, a global mobility platform for companies and employees. In 2023, there was a continued interest in flexible working. Recent research from #WorkAnywhere has shown that remote workers in Europe and beyond are more satisfied with... Read more âș
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Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023. The watershed moment arrived at the end of the previous year, with the November 30 release of ChatGPT. Just two months later, the OpenAI system was reaching an estimated 100 million active users. According to analysts at investment bank UBS, the headline-grabbing chatbot had become the fastest-growing consumer app of all time. Over the remaining course of 2023, the hype train went into overdrive.... Read more âș
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In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, weâre featuring two interviews with notable European VC players: Kinga Stanislawska, founder of European Women in VC and co-founder Experior VC. We talked about the state of diversity in European VC, the issues weâre facing, and the potential ways to solve them. Sten Tamkivi, partner at Plural Platform. We discussed his vision of the European VC landscape, as well as some predictions... Read more âș
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undeniably witnessed a meteoric rise in recent years, revolutionising industries, transforming economies, and reshaping the way we live and work. Emergn has found that an overwhelming 94% of new digital products and services will be at least partly AI developed by 2028. As we stand on the cusp of an AI-driven future, the prospects seem boundless, with promises of increased efficiency, innovation, and improved quality of... Read more âș
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AI cannot be named on a patent as the inventor of a new idea or product, said the UKâs top court in a ruling that raises existential questions about our relationship with ever-more intelligent machines. Handing down the judgment on Wednesday, Lord Kitchin said: âWe conclude that an âinventorâ must be a natural person. Only a person can devise an invention.â The case was first heard back in 2018 by... Read more âș
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Down rounds, corrections, and adjustments. These are just a few of the gloomy terms you have likely heard a lot of in European tech in 2023. It has been a year of bleak headlines in tech â and European startups, scaleups, and giants didnât escape the trend. Job cuts have been a common theme and valuations have been slashed. We saw Hopin, the digital events startup that was once a... Read more âș
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Guest post by Singapore Tourism Board As the tourism industry continues its post-pandemic recovery in an increasingly uncertain travel market, a question that has dawned upon us is â whatâs next? Naturally, many of us are looking towards technology for more opportunities. In 2023, we saw the generative AI boom and further growth of emerging technologies like extended reality (XR) and 5G. While these advances are already shaping the travel... Read more âș
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Virgile Raingeard is the co-founder and CEO of Europeâs leading compensation benchmarking platform Figures, founded in 2020 and based in France. 1. The end to âcompetitive salaryâ on job adverts Pay transparency has been the talk of the town this year following the new EU directive adopted by the Council in April, which will force companies to tell job seekers the expected salary (or salary range) for positions they advertise.... Read more âș
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