German startup Proxima Fusion â whose team includes engineers from MIT, Google, SpaceX, and McLaren â has unveiled a fusion energy reactor design it believes offers the quickest route to commercially viable fusion power. Dubbed Stellaris, the machine is a quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarator with high-temperature superconducting (HTS). This type of reactor uses complex, twisted magnetic fields to confine hot plasma, creating the conditions needed for fusion reactions. âStellaris is designed... Read more âș
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As the US and China pursue dominance in the global technology race, concerns are mounting among European founders that the regionâs entrenched bureaucracy is impeding its capacity for innovation and growth. The EU is going âoverboard on tech regulation,â said Job van der Voort, CEO and founder of Remote, an HR tech company valued at over $3bn. âItâs stifling innovation and itâs a massive risk for Europe.â Van der Voort... Read more âș
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Two European sports tech startups are heading to the US for an R&D programme run by media giant Comcast. Irelandâs Orreco will cross the Atlantic with a trove of athletic performance software, while Icelandâs Oz Sports will bring an AI-driven camera system. On arrival, the duo will join Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech, a six-month accelerator. During the programme, the companies will tap into expertise from various industry leaders. Among them are... Read more âș
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Dutch software firm Bird is moving most of its operations out of the Netherlands and opening new global hubs as it seeks a reprieve from âoverregulationâ in Europe, said co-founder and CEO Robert Vis. âThe AI Act, financing, compensation, taxes, employment law â starting and running a company [in Europe] is hard,â Vis told TNW, adding that there are âtoo many disparate markets that are overregulated with no clear vision... Read more âș
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Europeâs biggest food delivery firm Just Eat Takeaway.com is set to be acquired by tech investor Prosus for âŹ4.1bn, in one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of Dutch tech. Prosus â the investment arm of South African tech firm Naspers â has agreed to buy Just Eat Takeawayâs shares at âŹ20.30 each in an all-cash offer. Thatâs a 22% premium over the delivery appâs recent three-month high but... Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs MAGA politics are fast becoming a mega problem for Tesla. New registrations of Tesla vehicles plummeted across Europe last month amid widespread boycotts against the EV brand. While broader economic forces are at play, Muskâs role in the Trump administration and his open support of far-right politicians appears to be fuelling his companyâs precipitous fall from grace â and gifting rival brands a golden opportunity. Germanyâs transport authority... Read more âș
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Europeâs startup scene has entered troubled waters. Long overshadowed by Silicon Valley and now being chased down by China, the continent is urgently looking for boosts. Increasingly, the search is leading to ecosystems. The ecosystem model creates networks of individuals, organisations, and resources. Their shared expertise and resources can produce a multiplier effect, driving innovation and accelerating growth. A core component of European ecosystems is the EU. While its tech... Read more âș
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A British R&D unit thatâs been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) today unveiled the 10 teams selected for the programme. Their mission: usher in a new era of dexterity that will transform robotics and human productivity. Members of the group span startups, university labs, public research organisations, and large companies. Collectively,... Read more âș
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Shares in European aerospace and defence companies soared to record highs this week, elevating expectations for the continentâs military tech startups. Britainâs BAE Systems leapt by 9% on Monday, while Germanyâs Rheinmetall jumped by 14%. Stocks in Swedenâs Saab, Italyâs Leonardo, and Franceâs Thales also boomed. By the dayâs end, the Stoxx Europe aerospace and defence index had hit an all-time peak. Military tech firms have also been surging. Kate... Read more âș
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British startup Earthwave and a group of European scientists have used satellite data to map out glacial melt across the globe â and the results are alarming. The team discovered that the European Alpsâ glaciers have shrunk the most of all â 39% in just over two decades, compared to a global average of 5%. Earthwave co-founder Livia Jakob said the project was invaluable to our understanding of glacier ice... Read more âș
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Do you remember your first phone? The thought of mine brings a tear to my eye. It was a beautiful blue Nokia 3310 â and it was borderline indestructible. Best of all, the handset had the greatest mobile feature of all time: Snake. It also offered calls and SMS, but I had little use for those extravagances. I had a pay-as-you-go contract, and money was tight back then. I also... Read more âș
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British tech mogul Mel Morris has announced the general release of AI research engine Corpora.ai. The system provides a new approach to research. Built to generate comprehensive reports from single prompts, Corpora promises in-depth analysis and accurate outputs. Speed is another big selling point. According to Corpora, the engine can process 2 million documents per second. After receiving a prompt, the AI model scans through academic papers, news articles, legal... Read more âș
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The US continues to hog the global herd of unicorns, dwarfing the EU in both the number and total valuation of billion-dollar startups. However, the Netherlands provides a minor bright spot, according to a new report by PwC.   More than 3,000 companies worldwide have reached unicorn status since 2013, collectively reaching a staggering valuation of $27 trillion, according to the study. The US accounts for 55% of these and a... Read more âș
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Sustainability tech has been all the buzz in the last few years. Investors are hunting promising ESG businesses, governments are pushing ambitious legislation, and companies are getting on board to adopt new solutions. Sustainability funding is projected to reach unprecedented levels, with BCG Henderson Institute estimating accumulated global investment to achieve net zero to hit $75 trillion by 2050. And yet, behind the curtain, the picture isnât quite as rosy.... Read more âș
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âFor the third time, stop tapping!â my primary school teacher screams at me from across the room. I must not have heard her the first two times. Iâd been drumming on the desk again, using my fingers for sticks and the floor beneath for a kick drum. While my body was in maths class, my mind was elsewhere.  It was 1970. I was John Bonham, drummer of legendary rock band... Read more âș
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Europe is home to twice as many climate tech startups as the US (30,000 vs. 14,300). However, limited access to VC funding is forcing these early-stage companies to seek capital from outside the continent, according to a new report released at the Munich Security Conference today. Venture financing in Europe averaged just 0.2% of GDP between 2013 and 2023, a fraction of the US average of 0.7%. While the continent... Read more âș
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Mistral CEO and co-founder Arthur Mensch has urged Europe to invest more in AI infrastructure amid fears that the continent is falling behind the US and China in tech development. âItâs important to have European players coming to the game,â Mensch said at the Visionaries Unplugged conference in Paris yesterday. âEurope needs to invest in owning and operating the infrastructure so that the money that is being made will not... Read more âș
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AI took another step into Hollywood today with the launch of a new filmmaking tool from showbiz startup Flawless. The product â named DeepEditor â promises cinematic wizardry for the digital age. For movie makers, the tool offers photorealistic edits without a costly return to set. Flawless has showcased several use cases. One transfers an actorâs performance from one shot to another. Another adds new dialogue while keeping the original... Read more âș
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Stalling growth in the Dutch tech sector has sparked urgent calls for fresh funding streams. New data released today reveals the number of new startups in the Netherlands is declining. The country is also suffering from a severe lack of local investors. The findings emerged in the State of Dutch Tech report by Techleap, a non-profit that supports startups and scaleups in the Netherlands. The report raises concerns about the... Read more âș
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Deepfakes have become alarmingly difficult to detect. So difficult, that only 0.1% of people today can identify them. Thatâs according to iProov, a British biometric authentication firm. The company tested the publicâs AI detective skills by showing 2,000 UK and US consumers a collection of both genuine and synthetic content. Sadly, the budding sleuths overwhelmingly failed in their investigations. A woeful 99.9% of them couldnât distinguish between the real and... Read more âș
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