We have all seen the gloomy headlines over the past week. VC funding for European tech startups will have dropped by a whopping $45bn in 2023. However, some sectors, such as build world climate tech are faring⊠less horribly than others. Specifically, a new report by sustainability investor A/O released today has found that despite the global downturn, climate tech is attracting as much as 70% of built world VC... Read more âș
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In a hiring freeze that CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski attributes to the rise of AI, Swedish fintech unicorn Klarna is no longer recruiting staff beyond its engineering department. âThere will be a shrinking of the company,â Siemiatkowski told the Telegraph. âWeâre not currently hiring at all, apart from engineers.â The chief exec of the buy now, pay later app said that the productivity gains from using tools like ChatGPT meant the... Read more âș
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With COP28 underway in Dubai making it again glaringly obvious just how little lawmakers are prepared to bend for the sake of future generations of Earthlings, the release of the first âgreen filterâ generative AI search chatbot could not have been more timely. Berlin-based Ecosia, the worldâs largest not-for-profit search engine, hopes the launch of its new product will assist users in making better choices for the planet, and further... Read more âș
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Renewable energies like wind and solar are clean, abundant, and cheap â but notoriously unpredictable. Thatâs why so much time and money has been pumped into scaling energy storage solutions: we need to keep the lights on even when the wind isnât blowing or the sun isnât shining. While lithium-ion batteries have received the bulk of this investment, thereâs another kid on the block that could be cheaper and greener.... Read more âș
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The eastern bluebird isnât simply beautiful to look at. Its feathers also feature a unique structure that could revolutionise sustainable applications such as batteries and water filtration. Specifically, the brilliant blue of the birdâs wings isnât the result of colour pigmentation. Instead, itâs due to a network of channels with a diameter of a few hundred nanometres, traversing the feathers. This network structure inspired researchers at ETH Zurich to replicate... Read more âș
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The European Space Agencyâs Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled for its debut launch in mid-2024, its director Josef Aschbacher announced yesterday. The news follows a successful hot-fire test on November 23 at Europeâs spaceport in French Guiana. The term âhot-fireâ refers to the fact that the engine is fired with its propellants, producing actual combustion and exhaust. The only difference from an actual launch is that the boosters are not... Read more âș
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TikTok has promised to invest âŹ12bn as part of an ongoing push to appease European regulators, who have raised suspicions that the appâs user data is being monitored by the Chinese government. In response to repeated allegations of this nature, the short-form video app launched Project Clover in March. While it might sound like a secret military sting operation, the programme is pretty mundane. Essentially, Project Clover aims to build... Read more âș
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A year has passed since OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world and popularised terms like foundational model, LLM, and GenAI. However, the promised benefits of generative AI technology are still much more likely to be derived by those who speak English, over other languages. There are over 7,000 languages in the world. Yet, most large language models (LLMs) work far more effectively in English. Naturally, this threatens to amplify language... Read more âș
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From bringing ancient ruins to life through augmented reality (AR) to 3D-printing centuries-old artefacts, cultural heritage startups are transforming the landscape of heritage preservation and education. By leveraging technology to foster a deeper connection with our past, this breed of companies help safeguard some of the most defining elements of human history. TNW spoke with three innovative startups in the space to find out how theyâre using tech to bridge... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Tharaka Romesh. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Next.js is a flexible React framework that plays an exciting role in todayâs fast-paced web development world. Its importance in the evolving landscape of web development cannot be overstated. Thanks to... Read more âș
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Starting early next year, commuters in London will be able to hail the capitalâs iconic black cabs via Uber, the American ride-hailing giant has announced.  Londonâs black taxi drivers â famous for their uncanny knowledge of the cityâs thousands of streets â have long been at odds with Uber, who they say threatens their livelihoods. Frustrated drivers even blocked London streets in 2014 in protest against the tech companyâs famously... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Luis Minvielle. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Developers who finally land a job doing what they love â coding â frequently face a brain-teaser: Coding for a living is fantastic, indeed, but is it as endearing when youâre... Read more âș
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Google DeepMind researchers have trained a deep learning model to predict the structure of over 2.2 million crystalline materials â 45 times more than the number discovered in the entire history of science. Of the two million-plus new materials, some 381,000 are thought to be stable, meaning they wouldnât decompose â an essential characteristic for engineering purposes. These new materials have the potential to supercharge the development of key future... Read more âș
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My ancient Samsung Galaxy is ready for retirement. Cracks expand across the screen, photos are hazy blurs, and the battery barely survives a day. Itâs time to buy a replacement. The initial contenders for my cash were the usual mix: Androids and iPhones with old names, incremental upgrades, and eye-watering price tags. While mulling over the options, a serendipitous email arrived in my inbox. A budding phonemaker called Murena was... Read more âș
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A European spacecraft has revealed the secrets of a star system that has puzzled researchers for years. The rare six sextuplet of planets was found thanks to data collected by Cheops â the CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite. Cheops is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study known exoplanets, which are any planets beyond our solar system. Its latest discovery emerged from confusion surrounding a star called HD110067. The star lies... Read more âș
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In todayâs job market, where highly skilled workers are scarce and specialized skills are in high demand, employers are facing the challenge of filling job positions. This situation has sparked intense competition â often referred to as the âwar for talentâ â among companies to attract and keep the best employees. To stand out in this battle for new talent, organizations have to appeal to job seekers. One way of... Read more âș
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The worldâs first transatlantic flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been attacked as âgreenwashingâ by critics. The Tuesday trip from London to New York on a Vrigin Atlantic 787 has been celebrated by airlines and politicians as a âmilestoneâ in the journey to net zero. Scientists and climate campaigners, however, have poured scorn on these claims. Opinions are divided over the potential of SAFs, which derive from various... Read more âș
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Hailing from South Africa, I like to think of myself as a bit of a barbecue virtuoso. Come rain or shine, most weekends Iâll be out in my backyard, tongs in hand, manning the grill like a meat-addicted maniac (guilty as charged). So when someone suggested I try the worldâs first plant-based ribs, adorned with edible vegan bones, you can imagine I was more than a little sceptical.  The âribsâ... Read more âș
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Tesla sued the Swedish Transport Agency and the countryâs postal service yesterday in an attempt to squash the biggest strike the American carmaker has ever faced anywhere in the world. Just hours after the lawsuits were filed, a court in Norrköping, where one of Teslaâs service centers is based, ruled in favour of Elon Muskâs car company â the latest twist in the month-long union action. But first, a bit... Read more âș
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European tech is starting to bounce back â and AI is turbocharging the recovery. The continent is now home to more highly skilled professionals in the field than the US, according to new research by Atomico, a VC firm headquartered in the UK. This overtaking follows a decade of rapid progress. Over the past 10 years, the number of people working in artificial intelligence across Europe has increased by a... Read more âș
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