Cloudflare’s engineering headcount surged 45 percent in the weeks after the company cut 1,100 jobs in May, according to BNP Paribas data drawn from LinkedIn profiles. The finding, first reported by Business Insider, shows Cloudflare’s engineering staff grew from 1,308 to 1,894 even as its total workforce shrank by a fifth. CEO Matthew Prince confirmed […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Big change is here for big tech — and it might just improve your life along the way. First, some context is in order. For the past several years, tech companies and EU regulators have been battling it out over app stores, fair access, and the digital market in general. This led to the EU bringing the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to life in 2022. While the DMA is complex... Read more ›
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US-based VCs are holding tight to a large amount of cash as they navigate a capricious startup environment and investment landscape. While deemed an important enough technology to warrant export restrictions, quantum computing is not high on the list of safe investment bets, and has also suffered from the drop in funding activity. However, across the pond, things are looking brighter for the European quantum ecosystem. That is according to... Read more ›
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Dutch challenger bank bunq has reported its first full year of profit, a welcome cash cushion as the company plans its UK relaunch. Bunq, which is Europe’s second largest neobank, said it made €53.1mn in net profit in 2023, a dramatic jump from the €16.5mn loss it incurred the year previous. Riding this momentum, bunq has now submitted its application for an E-Money Institution (EMI) licence in the UK, three... Read more ›
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On the shallow surface of Instagram, Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas was a quintessential influencer. The flamboyant Nigerian portrayed a lavish lifestyle of private jets, luxury cars, and designer clothes. His glamorous adventures had earned him over 2 million followers and millions of dollars. But his posts concealed a darker reality. The 41-year-old was “one of the most prolific money launderers in the world,” according to the FBI. By his own admission,... Read more ›
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Nuclear energy is undergoing a renaissance. Across Europe, governments are pouring huge amounts of money into new power plants while startups are busily working on smaller, modular alternatives. Most of these plants rely on uranium, the radioactive metal that fuelled the atomic age (and contributed to a couple of catastrophic meltdowns). However, Swiss startup Transmutex wants to reinvent nuclear energy using a lesser-known element called thorium. Uranium’s forgotten cousin Thorium... Read more ›
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Research has shown that local dialects play an important role in self, in-group, and cultural identity. But can they also impact our interaction with robots? This question is particularly relevant for social robots — the ones designed to interact with humans, such as classroom assistants or even the famous Sophia humanoid. To facilitate their relationship with people, these robots feature many anthropomorphic characteristics, including human-like appearance and voice. However, studies... Read more ›
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has embarked on a new mission to explore our closest planetary neighbour Venus in unprecedented detail. Known as EnVision, the spacecraft will study Venus from the planet’s inner core to its outer atmosphere, to help astronomers understand why the scorching, toxic world is so different from Earth. Work will begin on the spacecraft and its instruments later this year, following the selection of an industrial... Read more ›
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study cosmic ripples from space. The launch of LISA is planned for 2035, on an Ariane 6 rocket. The project is expected to be the most expensive and complex the agency has ever undertaken. Cosmic ripples, also known as gravitational waves, are created during some of the most dramatic... Read more ›
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Apple will allow EU-based users of its devices to download apps without going through its app store, as the tech giant reluctantly moves to comply with the bloc’s incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple will also give iPhone and iPad users a range of browsers to choose from as their default and allow the use of alternative payment systems to Apple Pay. The sweeping changes will come into effect for... 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, Andrii and Linnea talk about Europeans in space, laser weapons of the future, embodied cognition, functional programming languages, and more! In the interview section, we’re featuring a conversation with Ton van... Read more ›
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Britain’s aviation regulator is investigating “vertiport” designs as part of plans to bring flying taxis to the UK. The new consultation will lay the foundations for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Wednesday. To fly them between land and sky, the CAA wants to install vertical airports — aka vertiports — at existing aerodromes. By adapting existing infrastructure, the CAA plans to abridge... Read more ›
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If you’re an iPhone user in the EU, you could soon get to buy audiobooks and subscriptions from within the Spotify app. The reason? A new EU antitrust regulation that targets big tech. Known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the law designates companies as “gatekeepers” if they have a monopoly in the digital economy. In September, the EU revealed the first six members of the club: Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance,... Read more ›
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Towards the end of last year, the winners of the 16th edition of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards (AmSIA) were announced at the NEMO Science Museum. This competition — hosted by the Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) — highlights three innovative ideas from the Netherlands each year. These are split into three categories: health, society, and environment & climate. Beyond simply spotlighting the fascinating minds behind these inventions, the event... Read more ›
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A leak of the EU’s AI Act removes doubts about its adoption, but critics fear that the plans will inhibit innovation. All 892 pages of the final version were published on Monday by Euractiv tech editor Luca Bertuzzi, while a consolidated version that runs a mere 258 pages was shared by European Parliament policy advisor Laura Caroli. Only linguistic or technical details can now be made to the full regulation.... Read more ›
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Swiss startup ClearSpace has unveiled its latest project to make space exploration sustainable: an orbital refuelling service. The company is collaborating with the US-based Orbit Fab on the mission. Under the plans, the duo will combine a ClearSpace shuttle with an Orbit Fab fuel depot. The result would be a spacecraft that delivers fresh fuel to satellites. As a result, clients could extend the operations of active satellites and refuel... Read more ›
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UK startup Phasecraft has developed an algorithm that brings the promise of quantum computers’ potential to reveal new materials and their properties much closer to realisation. Due to their ability to simulate multiple complex quantum systems, quantum computers hold incredible potential in the field of material science. In turn, this could lead to technological leaps in fields such as energy, manufacturing, and medicine. There is still a long way to... Read more ›
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Junbi.ai joined the TNW for Startups programme and exhibited at a previous TNW Conference. This story was part of the programme offering; it’s written under full editorial control of TNW. Check out this year’s packages here! A few years ago, the AI-focused team at Junbi.ai conducted an insightful neuroscientific study. They invited 10 advertising creatives to bring in their favourite work. They then put the creatives in a magnetic resonance... Read more ›
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AI-generated malware that avoids detection could already be available to nation states, according to the UK’s cybersecurity agency. To produce such powerful software, threat actors need to train an AI model on “quality exploit data,” the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said today. The resulting system would create new code that evades current security measures. “There is a realistic possibility that highly capable states have repositories of malware that are... Read more ›
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While the tech sector suffered a downturn in 2023, leading to swathes of job cuts, there remains a high demand for certain tech jobs within the industry itself and beyond. Nonetheless, these job losses, alongside the rapid growth of generative AI tools in the past year sowed seeds of doubt for many, begging the question: do tech jobs offer good job security? In a recent interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof... Read more ›
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London-based nuclear energy startup Newcleo has scrapped plans to build its first power plant in Britain, opting to invest in France instead. The move follows extensive lobbying by France’s president Emmanuel Macron, who has personally met with Newcleo’s chief executive and founder Stefano Buono several times, to convince him to build the company’s first modular nuclear reactor in France, the Telegraph reports. Founded in 2021, Newcleo develops small nuclear reactors... Read more ›
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