Tired of endless traffic jams, hefty bills, and the weight of climate guilt, city dwellers across Europe are ditching their cars for cargo bikes â and never looking back. Hereâs why I became one of them. Once the vehicle of choice for a select group of urban eco-geeks, cargo bikes are now rolling into the mainstream, helped in part by the rise of electric assist. In many places, e-cargo bikes... Read more âș
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RISC-V, the upstart chip architecture, has stepped further into the market for processors. Semiconductor giant Qualcomm today announced that itâs building a RISC-V-based wearables platform for Wear OS, Googleâs operating system for smartwatches. The system will expand Qualcommâs lineup of Snapdragon Wear processors, which power the bulk of Wear OS products. According to Qualcomm, the new solution will reduce the time to market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) when launching... Read more âș
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Sometimes, despite the best of plans and intentions, businesses donât make it. Unfortunately, this is true also for those who hope to change the world for the better. Earlier today, Swedish electric lorry startup Volta Trucks announced it had filed for bankruptcy, following the failure of its battery supplier this summer. The security of the supply chain can make or break a hardware company â or market. We have seen... Read more âș
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While promoting fitness, community and often charitable causes, large running events can have a significant environmental impact. Adding to the waste generation from water stations and temporary race infrastructure are the carbon emissions from the transportation of participants and spectators. For major international marathons, this includes thousands of people flying in â often from all across the globe. And the popularity of running as a sport is showing no signs... Read more âș
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The British governmentâs aim to turn the UK into a global leader in the development of generative AI is âunrealistic,â researchers at the University of Cambridge argue. According to the associated report, the country lacks both the necessary capital investment and computing power to build generative AI fast enough to compete with tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI. âThe UK has no companies big enough to invest meaningfully... Read more âș
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TikTok said on Sunday that it had taken action against disinformation, following EU demands after Hamasâ attack on Israel. On Thursday, Thierry Breton, the blocâs chief of the internal market, gave the platform a 24-hour deadline to introduce measures that counter the spread of hate speech and misinformation related to the conflict. âTikTok has a particular obligation to protect children & teenagers from violent content & terrorist propaganda â as... Read more âș
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Google has agreed to pay German publishers âŹ3.2mn per year for publishing their content on its News search engine. The compensation is part of an interim agreement between the tech giant and Corint Media, pending a decision by the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), which will determine the final (and potentially higher) amount. Corint Media is a European corporation that represents the rights of over 500 German and international... Read more âș
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In the third quarter of 2023, European startups raised $16.4bn (âŹ15.6bn) in VC funding â a 28% increase quarter over quarter. The findings are based on an analysis by Crunchbase, which also unveiled that the fresh capital has mostly favoured late-stage rounds. In contrast, funding for seed and early-stage companies hit its lowest points since Q3 2022. Specifically, late-stage funding doubled quarter over quarter, reaching $10.5bn (âŹ10bn) in total. Notably,... Read more âș
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After a lengthy process of regulatory scrutiny, the biggest deal in gaming history finally has the all-clear. Today, the final hold-out in the saga, the UKâs CMA, said it had approved Microsoftâs acquisition of Activision Blizzard, after the parties had made âgamechangingâ amendments to the terms. The antitrust watchdog stated it had been swayed by Activisionâs agreement to sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment. What this effectively means is... Read more âș
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Chatbots have an alarming propensity to generate false information, but present it as accurate. This phenomenon, known as AI hallucinations, has various adverse effects. At best, it restricts the benefits of artificial intelligence. At worst, it can cause real-world harm to people. As generative AI enters the mainstream, the alarm bells are ringing louder. In response, a team of European researchers has been vigorously experimenting with remedies. Last week, the... Read more âș
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From transportation to heavy industries, clean hydrogen has emerged as a key element in the transition to climate neutrality â and the EU wants to ensure that the fossil-fuel alternative joins its arsenal. In a speech to representatives of hydrogenâs entire value chain, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen set out how the blocâs strategy is driving private investment. âEurope is now attracting more investment in clean hydrogen than the... Read more âș
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Germanyâs federal anti-discrimination agency (FADA) said Wednesday it was quitting X, formerly known as Twitter, due to an âenormous riseâ in hate speech. âDue to the enormous rise in anti-trans and queer rhetoric, racism, misogyny, and antisemitism, we no longer believe X is an acceptable environment for the profile of a public body,â said the government agency on Wednesday, in its final post on the increasingly controversial social network. FADA... Read more âș
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Amid the global race for semiconductor chips, Taiwanese suppliers are considering investing in Europe, the Financial Times reports. âWe are planning investments in Germany, and the European market is going to be ours,â Vincent Liu, president and chief executive of LCY Group, told the newspaper. The company supplies cleaning agents and solvents to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) â the worldâs biggest contract chipmaker. Alongside LCY Group, three more chemicals... Read more âș
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Amid the debate over the dangers of widespread AI development, an important concern may have been overlooked: the huge amount of energy required to train these large language models. A new study published this week suggests that the AI industry could consume as much energy as a country like Argentina, Netherlands, or Sweden by 2027. Whatâs more, the research estimates that if Google alone switched its whole search business to... Read more âș
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A Croatian energy company has discovered an underwater lake of superheated water that could supply the countryâs far north with clean geothermal electricity. The find was the result of a two-year study by state-run power company Bukotermal that sought to find suitable sites for the exploitation of the energy source, generated by heat from the Earthâs core.  The research verified the presence of a geothermal water source at Lunjkovec â... Read more âș
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Home to over 5,300 high tech companies, Cambridge is among the worldâs leading university-based ecosystems. Ranked as the third most important science hub globally in 2022, the city counts 23 unicorns and its university-backed startups have raised over ÂŁ3bn in research investment. Now, Cambridges aims to more than double its unicorns by 2035 under a new scheme led by a partnership of local universities, government bodies, and industry players including... Read more âș
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A new EU mission has sent some suitably space-age tech into the cosmos. On a Vega rocket that launched from the European spaceport in French Guyana on Monday, the union sent six satellites and nine experiments into orbit for testing. The programme aims to boost the EUâs space sector and broader tech innovations. According to the bloc, the mission is âclosing the gap between the development of a technology and... Read more âș
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The worldâs largest offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid after its first turbine came online this weekend.  The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction in the North Sea, will comprise a total of 277 turbines once complete in 2026. The huge plant is expected to churn out 3.6GW of power â enough for 6 million UK homes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the milestone... Read more âș
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Earlier this year, TikToker Gabrielle Judge, aka the âanti-work girlboss,â posted a now-viral two and a half minute video. The subject was the âLazy Girl Job,â which captured the imagination of viewers to such an extent that Judgeâs video now has more than 345,000 views. The concept then took on a life of its own and has spawned the proliferation of the #lazygirljobs hashtag, which has rocketed past 17 million... Read more âș
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The Gaia spacecraft has unearthed a new treasure trove of secrets about our galaxy â and beyond. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission plans to produce the largest, most precise 3D map of the Milky Way. To achieve this lofty goal, Gaia is surveying almost 2 billion celestial objects. Using two optical telescopes, the satellite is monitoring their motions, luminosity, temperature, and computation. Every observation could unravel new details about... Read more âș
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