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 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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 Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — 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 today’s episode — recorded with live audience at TNW Conference 2024 — Linnea and Andrii talk about post-quantum cryptography, competitive Excel, and a few more things in between. The guest of the... Read more ›
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Carbon removal platform Supercritical today announced the launch of its live pricing and availability function for global biochar projects in support of the transparency of the budding carbon removal market. Most have heard of carbon offsetting — and of the junk credits often associated with it. However, the newer term of carbon removal credits (CRC) might just provide more bang for the climate change buck, if measured, verified, and paid... Read more ›
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Opera is unveiling today the new version of its flagship AI-centric browser, Opera One, which first launched in 2023. With Opera One, the Norwegian company became one of the early adopters of generative AI applications in web browsing. Its native chatbot, Aria, provides a set of tools such as summarisation, translation, and information search. Dubbed Opera One R2, the new version is now available for testing. It aims to expand... Read more ›
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Helsinki-based Valpas has raised €4mn in a seed round to tackle a crawling menace: bed bugs. The bed bug outbreak in Paris last year spread apocalyptic vibes across the hotel industry and beyond. Containing the pest infestation proved and remains a challenging task. These insidious hitchhikers travel on clothes and in luggage and spread and multiply rapidly. For hotels, this doesn’t only entail the cost of extermination. It’s also a... Read more ›
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Swedish pet telehealth startup FirstVet has secured €20mn to grow its operations and expand its remote veterinary care services in North America. The platform offers immediate video consultations and wants to be “the first natural point of contact for all pet owners.” As someone who has recently become a puppy pawrent, I am constantly aware of any potential shifts in my dog’s health. Especially as he is yet to grasp... Read more ›
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SkyCell, based in Switzerland, has closed $116M in a Series D round for its technological solution that improves the pharmaceutical supply chain for air travel. Founded in 2013, the startup manufactures temperature-controlled containers, using proprietary cold chain technology to monitor and optimise functions such as cooling, humidity protection, and shock absorption. The containers also come with a patented insulation system that reflects heat radiation, enabling them to self-charge in cold... Read more ›
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While Stability AI’s latest image generating model, Stable Diffusion 3, may have been a success, things behind the scenes at the company have been slightly more turbulent. However, with today’s funding announcement, it seems the immediate financial woes may be over for the time being. Following the departure of founder and Chief Executive Officer Emad Mostaque in March after allegations of mismanagement and what Fortune termed an “investor mutiny,” sources... Read more ›
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Amid tense relations between big tech and the EU, Meta has announced its second AI startup accelerator in Europe. The accelerator targets startups that want to integrate open-source foundation models (such as Llama and Mistral 7B) into their products. To deliver the programme, Meta has once again teamed up with Hugging Face, a US-based open-source platform that hosts machine learning models and tools, and Scaleway, a European cloud provider for... Read more ›
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It is notoriously difficult for startups in life sciences and biotechnology to get investments for lab facilities and equipment to be able spin out from universities. To that effect, Superlab Suisse operates facilities where biotech startups, scaleups, and their staff can access state-of-the-art equipment according to a “lab as a service” business model. The company today announced the opening of its second space in biotech hub Basel, Switzerland. The 4,770... Read more ›
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Swiss startup Neustark has raised $69mn to take its carbon capture technology global. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and Singaporean investment firm Temasek led the funding round. Neustark captures waste CO2 from biogas production. It injects it into recycled concrete, which then gets reused to make new roads and buildings. The concrete stores the carbon for at least 100,000 years, even if it gets demolished. “We turn the world’s... Read more ›
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Move over Clojure, there’s a new kid on the block; Zig has emerged as the best-paying programming language for developers in 2024. That’s according to the latest Stack Overflow survey. The poll, which included 89,184 software developers across 185 countries, found that Zig developers command the highest median salaries, earning $103,000 per year on average. Just 0.83% of the surveyed developers reported they were proficient in Zig, underscoring its relative... Read more ›
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Business leaders continue to panic around a perceived lack of AI skills. According to Salesforce data, only one-in-10 global workers have so-called “in-demand AI skills.” This concern is reflected among senior management, with Deloitte finding that 68% of executives report a moderate-to-extreme AI skills gap. In fact, the phrase “AI skills” is a misnomer, and executives would do well to avoid blindly talking about it. Instead, leaders should focus on... Read more ›
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France and China blasted a new satellite into space on Saturday, in an increasingly rare example of cooperation between a Western power and the world’s second largest economy. The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) launched atop a Long March 2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern China. The probe will survey the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. Beijing Time June 22, 2024... Read more ›
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It’s been a tough few days for Apple in the EU. On Friday, the company announced it would delay the roll-out of its much anticipated AI suite due to regulatory issues. Today, the European Commission warned the tech giant that its App Store is in violation of the bloc’s sweeping online competition rules. The Cupertino-based company is among the tech giants (designated as “gatekeepers”) that have to comply with the... Read more ›
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Swedish green cement startup Cemvision has inked a deal with energy giant Vattenfall, as industrial companies look to cut their emissions from one of the world’s most polluting materials. Cemvision has devised a greener way to make cement. It uses by-products from industries like steel and mining instead of fresh limestone, slashing emissions. “We’re on track to producing cement that emits 95% less carbon than traditional methods while remaining just... Read more ›
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The TNW Conference grounds opened up yet again this morning for Day 2 filled with many participants coming back for more (some less fresh than others after last night’s karaoke cruise) and new speakers and participants who joined us for the first time, adding some unique perspectives to the mix. Here’s a wrap-up of five interesting talks and ideas that floated around throughout the day. Beyond green products: Change the... Read more ›
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Day 1 of TNW Conference kicked off with an array of inspiring sessions, insightful panel discussions, thought-provoking performances, and of course, a ton of meetings that will fuel the next wave of innovation across the tech ecosystem. We were joined by 3,500 startups, 1,750 corporates, 600 investors, 2,000 tech ecosystem representatives, and 100 journalists for a full day of insights. These ranged from the critical role of AI in shaping... Read more ›
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A fact-checking startup has accelerated plans to banish AI hallucinations after securing €1mn in funding. Norway-based Factiverse uses machine learning to verify content generated by artificial intelligence. The company’s tools automatically detect inaccurate outputs. These errors now frequently cause controversy. A New York lawyer, for instance, had to apologise for using bogus court citations sourced from ChatGPT. CNET needed to correct 41 of the 77 stories that the news outlet... Read more ›
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Leading post-quantum cryptography (PQC) startup PQShield today announced a Series B raise of $37mn. This comes as organisations and businesses hasten to get “quantum-ready,” ahead of the first PQC standards being released in a few weeks time. While today’s NISQ era quantum computers are not a danger to traditional means of encryption, future machines have been identified by among others the NSA as a threat to cybersecurity. Once they become... Read more ›
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TNW Conference 2024 is finally here! As we here at The Next Web attend many conferences throughout the year (although few are as much fun and inspiring as our own, if we may say so ourselves ), we know that they can sometimes feel a little overwhelming with everything that is going on. That’s why we have put together this handy overview of what to expect — and we can’t... Read more ›
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