Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, has died in a plane crash near the coastal town of La Baule in western France. He was 69. Guillemot and a flight instructor from Rennes were both killed when their twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed in a field near La Baule aerodrome on the [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Just as calculators took over the tedious number-crunching in maths a few decades ago, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming coding. Take Kyo, an eight-year-old boy in Singapore who developed a simple platform game in just two hours, attracting over 500,000 players. Using nothing but simple instructions in English, Kyo brought his vision to life leveraging the coding app Cursor and also Claude, a general purpose AI. Although his dad is... Read more âș
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The walking, talking, dancing Optimus robots at the recent Tesla demonstration generated huge excitement. But this turned to disappointment as it became apparent that much of what was happening was actually being controlled remotely by humans. As much as this might still be a fascinating glimpse of the future, itâs not the first time that robots have turned out to be a little too good to be true. Take Sophia,... Read more âș
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As is their tradition at this time of year, Apple announced a new line of iPhones last week. The promised centrepiece that would make us want to buy these new devices was AI â or Apple Intelligence, as they branded it. Yet the reaction from the collective world of consumer technology has been muted. The lack of enthusiasm from consumers was so evident it immediately wiped over a hundred billion... Read more âș
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The US Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. If the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities â a search engine, an advertising company, a video website, a mapping app â which would not be allowed to share data with each other.... Read more âș
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In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK. But the idea originated from research on bugs. Scientists at the University of Sheffield had been studying the brains of insects. They discovered remarkable neurological efficiency. A honeybeeâs brain, for instance, only contains about 1 million neurons. A human... Read more âș
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The artificial intelligence boom has already changed how we understand technology and the world. But developing and updating AI programs requires a lot of computing power. This relies heavily on servers in data centres, at a great cost in terms of carbon emissions and resource use. One particularly energy intensive task is âtrainingâ, where generative AI systems are exposed to vast amounts of data so that they improve at what... Read more âș
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ï»ż 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 special episode, weâre happy to present an interview with Phill Robinson, founder of Boardwave â a networking platform for founders and CEOs working in the European software industry. The conversation â... Read more âș
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Itâs now almost two years since Elon Musk concluded his takeover of Twitter (now called X) on 27 October 2022. Since then, the platform has become an increasingly polarised and divisive space. Musk promised to deal with some of the issues which had already frustrated users, particularly bots, abuse and misinformation. In 2023, he said there was less misinformation on the platform because of his efforts to tackle the bots.... Read more âș
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German startup Marvel Fusion and Colorado State University have broken ground on a $150M laser facility in a bid to commercialise fusion energy. Dubbed ATLAS, the facility will use three ultra-high intensity lasers to fire 7 petawatts of power â over 5,000 times the electrical generation capacity of the US â at a target roughly the width of a human hair. Â The blast will last approximately 100 quadrillionths of a... Read more âș
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Dutch startup Skytree has opened a new HQ in Toronto, Canada and a new office in Nashville, Tennessee, as it looks to cash-in on attractive government incentives for direct carbon capture (DAC) technologies. Engineer-turned-entrepreneur Max Beaumont founded Skytree in 2014, following his work on DAC for the European Space Agency. Skytreeâs technology is based on the carbon scrubbers used aboard the International Space Station, which remove the excess CO2 produced... Read more âș
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A warming world will â and is already having â a profound impact on the things we all depend on: shelter, food, water, energy, medicine. Most nations have committed to drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to dial back the planetâs thermostat. But true sustainability is not just about emissions. We will need to transform the way all industries operate â from agriculture to transport and health â to meet... Read more âș
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German âteledrivingâ startup Vay has secured âŹ34mn from the European Investment Bank (EIB).  In January, Vay launched a commercial remote-controlled car service in Las Vegas. Now it wants to roll out the technology on its home turf. In 2023, the company successfully conducted test drives without a safety driver on public roads in Hamburg. Vay says it has been working closely with authorities to launch a commercial service in the... Read more âș
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In November 2023, violent Atlantic storm âDomingosâ struck the northern coast of Portugal, generating record-high waves and leaving a path of destruction across much of Western Europe. People on land were grappling with flooded homes, closed roads, and landslides. But just offshore, a potentially game-changing wave energy device was happily bobbing up and down, side to side â seemingly, in its element. Built by Swedish startup CorPower, the giant golden... Read more âș
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ï»ż 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 special episode, weâre happy to present an interview with Anita SchjĂžll Abildgaard, co-founder and CEO at Iris.ai. The startup has been around for almost a decade and saw several significant pivots,... Read more âș
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Stockholm-based node.vc has closed a âŹ71mn fund to back early-stage startups in the Nordics. âThe Nordic tech ecosystem is thriving, especially in areas like AI, gaming, fintech, and climate tech,â John Elvesjö, managing partner at node.vc, told TNW. âWeâre seeing experienced talent, particularly from companies like Klarna, Spotify, Voi, Kry, and Pleo, stepping up to become founders,â Elvesjö said. The devaluation of employee stock options and increasing layoffs have sparked... Read more âș
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From the outside, it looks like a clean, modern social housing block. You can tell itâs new â there are 84 shiny solar panels on the roof and the fresh paint has barely dried on the walls. But itâs how this 56-dwelling building in Barcelona, complete with ground floor nursery, was designed and built that really matters. âOur software is our superpower,â says Lucas CarnĂ©, co-founder of 011h, a construction... Read more âș
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In 2020, Google identified that more than 70% of its Chrome browserâs severe security bugs were in fact caused by memory safety issues. âThat is,â the Chrome team said, âmistakes with pointers in the C or C++ languages which cause memory to be misinterpreted.â In 2022, the NSA weighed in on memory safety with Neal Ziring, its cybersecurity technical director saying that âMemory management issues have been exploited for decades... Read more âș
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Munich-based startup OroraTech has secured âŹ25mn in funding to scale up its AI-powered wildfire detection system. Korys, the investment arm of the Colruytâs â a Belgian noble family â led the funding round. The EUâs Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) also chipped in, alongside existing investor Bayern Kapital. OroraTech will use the fresh funding to fuel the next phase of its growth. The company looks to expand into global markets beyond... Read more âș
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a âŹ119mn contract with Italian scaleup D-Orbit for its first in-orbit servicing mission, RISE. Scheduled for launch in 2028, RISE will attempt to rendezvous with, maneuver, and detach from an ESA satellite in geostationary orbit. Then it will embark on an 8-year mission, visiting several other satellites and giving them a new lease on life.  RISE, which is about the size of a... Read more âș
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In what could be a big win for the EUâs chip industry, Taiwanâs National Science and Technology Council Minister, Wu Cheng-wen, says TSMC is planning to further expand operations in the bloc. TSMC broke ground in August on a âŹ10bn chip plant in Dresden, Germany â its first in Europe. The German government will provide half of the funding with âŹ5bn in state aid, under the EUâs Chips Act. The... Read more âș
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