Cloudflareâs 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 Cloudflareâs engineering staff grew from 1,308 to 1,894 even as its total workforce shrank by a fifth. CEO Matthew Prince confirmed [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Oura, the Finnish health wearable startup, is suing one of its biggest rivals, claiming it copied its ring device and accessed proprietary information. The Oulu-based company, which makes the Oura Ring health tracking device and has raised more than âŹ140 million, has filed legal action against Indian company Ultrahuman. In a lawsuit filed in a court in Texas in early September, Oura accuses Ultrahuman of violating its patents and accessing... Read more âș
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was directly responsible for over 1 million fatalities in 2019, and the death toll keeps rising. It occurs when bacteria become resilient to antibiotics, making infections more difficult to treat â or in some cases impossible. In Finland, scientist Windi Muziasari has made it her mission to tackle this âsilent pandemic.â In 2018, after completing her PhD studies at the University of Helsinki, Muziasari founded Resistomap â... Read more âș
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With cybercrime on the rise across the UK and more SMEs being targeted, security is more important than ever before. Even if you believe your business is secure from data leaks and cyberattacks, if youâre not able to demonstrate this to potential clients, your sales team could be missing out on growth-driving deals. This is especially the case for enterprise clients that often require potential partners to demonstrate compliance with... Read more âș
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A new AI model Google DeepMind is the worldâs most accurate 10-day global weather forecasting system, according to the London-based lab. Named GraphCast, the model promises medium-range weather forecasts of âunprecedented accuracy.â In research published today, GraphCast was found to be more precise and faster than the industry gold standard for weather simulation, the High-Resolution Forecast (HRES). The system also predicted extreme weather from a more distant future than was... Read more âș
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Over the past year, AI image generators have taken the world by storm. Heck, even our distinguished writers at TNW use them from time to time. Truth is, tools like Stable Diffusion, Latent Diffusion, or DALL·E can be incredibly useful for producing unique images from simple prompts â like this picture of Elon Musk riding a unicorn. But itâs not all fun and games. Users of these AI models can... Read more âș
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While the glittering lights of Europeâs cities hold the promise of new opportunities, ideas, and fun, they also hold smog and a growing air pollution problem. Not to mention the fact that itâs hard to live your dream city life as youâre trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic or spending your morning folding yourself into one metro after another. As the population of urban dwellers increases across cities from Stockholm to Milan,... Read more âș
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Norway-headquartered Otovo has secured âŹ40mn to expand its rent-to-buy online marketplace for solar panels, as it seeks to cash in on booming demand from homeowners looking to slash their energy bills. Otovo rents out solar panels and inverters at a fixed monthly cost, which includes all repairs and maintenance. The platform, currently available 13 European countries, uses satellite data and mapping information to calculate how much sunlight a section of... Read more âș
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People have been harnessing tidal energy for milling grain for more than 1,000 years. As youâd imagine though, todayâs contraptions for tapping this 24/7 power source are a little more sophisticated. One of the most eye-catching designs to emerge in recent years is a giant metal âkiteâ which swims underwater against the current, turning its rotor and generating electricity. Power is then sent to the grid via a subsea cable... Read more âș
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ChatGPTâs engine cooperates more than people but also overestimates human collaboration, according to new research. Scientists believe the study offers valuable clues about deploying AI in real-world applications. The findings emerged from a famous game-theory problem: the prisonerâs dilemma. There are numerous variations, but the thought experiment typically starts with the arrest of two gang members. Each accomplish is then placed in a separate room for questioning. During the interrogations,... Read more âș
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The European Space Agency has signed a deal with Airbus and Voyager Space to secure its next home in orbit. The two companies are currently developing Starlab, one of several planned replacements for the International Space Station (ISS), which is set to retire in 2030. Under the agreement, ESA will assess how the Starlab space station could be used to provide continued access to space for Europe after the retirement... Read more âș
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Climate tech is receiving a proportionally larger share of what is, undeniably, a muted venture capital investment environment. VC and private equity investment in the sector has, thus far in 2023, fallen by 40% â just as the evidence of the need for more money for potentially planet-saving technology is becoming increasingly insurmountable. However, the total amount for all venture and equity investment was down 50.2% year-over-year. So, while climate... Read more âș
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Apple has faced a major setback in its longstanding âŹ14.3bn tax dispute with the EU after an adviser to the blocâs highest court said an earlier ruling over the tech giantâs business in Ireland should be thrown out and the case re-run. Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella of the EU Court of Justice said in an advisory opinion that Appleâs win in a lower EU court should be shelved because of... Read more âș
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A UK-based startup is looking to breathe new life into a century-old technology that could power tropical island nations with virtually limitless, consistent, renewable energy. Known as ocean thermal energy conversion or âOTEC,â the technology was first invented in 1881 by French physicist Jacques Arsene dâArsonval. He discovered that the temperature difference between sun-warmed surface water and the cold depths of the ocean could be harnessed to generate electricity.  OTEC... Read more âș
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Good news, cats and dogs: you can now legally eat lab-grown meat. The milestone comes courtesy of a world-first permit for cultivated pet food. Czech startup Bene Meat Technologies received the inaugural license from the EU on Wednesday. The company can now produce and sell the futuristic cuisine, which is made from cells taken from living animals. After extraction, the cells are placed in a bioreactor and grown into muscle... Read more âș
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Food waste has become a critical global issue. Almost 10% of the 8 billion people on Earth are undernourished, but nearly a third of the food on our planet is trashed before itâs eaten. A startup called Positive Carbon has proposed a solution. The Irish company has developed a sensor-based system that tracks, traces, and reduces food waste. According to the startup, the tech has triggered 50% reductions in waste... Read more âș
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Britainâs biggest chip plant has been bought by US semiconductor firm Vishay for $177mn. The Newport Wafer Fab in Wales was previously owned by Nexperia, which acquired the business in 2021. Nexperia is headquartered in the Netherlands, but the company is a subsidiary of Chinaâs Wingtech. This ownership structure attracted intervention from UKÂ lawmakers. Last year, the British government ordered Nexperia to sell the majority of its stake in Newport... Read more âș
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Itâs been a little over five years since the GDPR came into effect and fines keep amassing â especially for social media platforms. New research by Dutch VPN company Surfshark has found that, since 2018, five of the most popular social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Whatsapp, and X/Twitter) have been fined over âŹ2.9bn for violating the EUâs data protection law. Facebook alone accounts for nearly 60% of the total amount,... Read more âș
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A German satellite that will test new AI technologies in orbit for automatic detection of anomalies on planets and asteroids is set for launch. Despite its ambitious mission, the so-called SONATE-2 is a six-unit cubesat, a type of nanosatellite thatâs no bigger than a shoebox. It was designed and built by a team led by aerospace engineer Professor Hakan Kayal from Julius-Maximilians-UniversitĂ€t (JMU) WĂŒrzburg in Germany. According to Kayal, projects... Read more âș
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As the European Union prepares for elections next year, the bloc is developing new measures to protect the democratic process. The latest rules focus on advertising. On Tuesday, EU officials unveiled new regulations for online political ads, which aim to make campaigns more transparent and safe from interference. These are the five new measures that are being implemented: 1. New transparency To enhance transparency and accountability, the EU will make... Read more âș
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For 14 years running, Iceland has topped the charts on gender balance. Thatâs not to say the Nordic nation has achieved full gender parity but that, by measure of the World Economic Forum, its gender gap is more than 90% closed. And itâs the only country in the Global Gender Gap Index to have achieved as much. The first Kvennafri or âWomenâs Day Offâ was held in 1975. This year,... Read more âș
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