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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The UKâs Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is extending the deadline for its review of the Microsoft-Activion $69bn merger, in the latest twist of a complex regulatory saga. The cut off date has been moved from July 18 to August 29. âThe Inquiry Group has decided to extend [the period] by six weeks⊠as it considers that there are special reasons to do so,â the watchdog announced on Friday. In... Read more âș
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We live in a world characterised by mobility. More and more people are choosing to work remotely and live wherever they want without damaging their careers. While this trend had been on the rise in recent years, since the pandemic, the number of digital nomads worldwide is now up to 35 million. About 17 million of them are Americans, mostly setting up shop in European nations. Technology has improved in... Read more âș
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A car-sized spacecraft is falling down to Earth â but thereâs a plan to catch it. Aeolus, the first satellite to directly observe wind profiles from space, is almost out of fuel. Earthâs atmosphere and gravity are now dragging the 1360-kg craft down to our planet at increasing speed. In the original plan, Aelous was expected to fall naturally back to Earth. But the European Space Agency (ESA) has proposed... Read more âș
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Unless youâve been living under a rock, youâll probably know that ebike darling VanMoof is facing bankruptcy.  Obviously, this isnât good news for VanMoof riders, who could be locked out of their own bikes which largely rely on a unique software app created by the Dutch company. But fear not VanMoofers, Belgian ebike rival Cowboy has released an app to keep you on the road. âBikeyâ enables VanMoof riders to... Read more âș
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A group of 150 NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Transparency International, and Algorithm Watch has signed a statement addressed to the European Union. In it, they entreat the bloc not only to maintain but enhance human rights protection when adopting the AI Act. Between the apocalypse-by-algorithm and the cancer-free utopia different camps say the technology could bring, lies a whole spectrum of pitfalls to avoid for the responsible... Read more âș
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Solitary lunar rovers have been invaluable to our efforts exploring the Moon. But a group of scientists led by ETH Zurich is now looking at sending an entire squad of robots that collaborate and complement each other instead. To test the idea, the researchers used three ANYmal robots â a type of four-legged, dog-like robot developed at the ETH. They gave them different tasks and specialties and fitted them with... Read more âș
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Googleâs Bard AI chatbot is now available across the EU, following the tech giantâs compliance with the blocâs GDPR regulation. In June, Google was forced to delay Bardâs rollout in the region, after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) demanded stricter privacy measures to ensure the protection of European citizens. Today, ahead of the release, the chatbotâs Product Lead Jack Krawczyk said that the company has satisfied the DPC demands,... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. As you know, being a tech lead is much more than defining the technical aspects of a project. Iâve found that they tend to worry much more about another aspect... Read more âș
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While AIâs impact on the labour market has been limited so far, concerns about job security are heightened, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found. To assess the emerging opinions around artificial intelligence in the workplace, the OECD surveyed over 2,000 employers and 5,300 workers in finance and manufacturing across seven of its member countries. The survey showed that three in five employees working in these sectors... Read more âș
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As EVs surge into the mainstream, industry and consumers alike are looking for quicker and easier ways to charge. While advancements in battery technology promise the former, Dutch startup Rocsys believes automation will help make charging a whole lot more efficient. Rocsys has created a robotic arm guided by AI-powered computer vision technology that can convert any charger into an autonomous one. Once you pull up in your EV, the... Read more âș
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On Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted the Chips Act, a landmark law aiming to bolster the blocâs autonomy and competitiveness in the semiconductor sector. The act has been in the works for over a year now, but recent developments seem to have sped up the process. Specifically, the announcement comes after Chinaâs recent export controls on gallium and germanium, two metals critical for semiconductor manufacturing. âThe EU Chips Act will... Read more âș
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A wannabe politician says he âhas no policiesâ and will instead use AI to write his manifesto. Andrew Gray, who wants to become the new Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty, UK, will tap machine learning to assess what people want. âIf elected, I will vote in Parliamant [sic] in accordance with the consensus. Simple,â Gray wrote on LinkedIn. The tool heâs using, Polis, collects and analyses public opinion... Read more âș
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Amazon, Jeff Bezosâ online retail behemoth that registered over 300 million active users and raked over $500bn last year, says it doesnât fit the EUâs definition of a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP). The Silicon Valley firm is so adamant it isnât a VLOP, it is suing the EU over the matter, making it the first (and probably not the last) US company to challenge the blocâs new digital content... Read more âș
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Semiconductor chips have emerged as the hottest commodity in the global race for technological supremacy. Thatâs because they constitute a fundamental component of electronic devices, critical for advances in a vast array of industries: from telecoms, AI, and computing, to healthcare, clean energy, and military applications. Historically, the EU and the US have relied heavily on East Asian countries for chip imports and supply of the necessary chipmaking materials. But... Read more âș
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Chasmic wealth gaps, soaring crime rates, exorbitant living costs, and horrifying homelessness⊠no wonder everyone dreams of being âthe next Silicon Valley.â The latest bearer of the nickname is Cambridge, England. Under new government plans, billions of euros will be poured into new houses, business parks, laboratories, and science hubs in the city. The investment reportedly aims to create âthe Silicon Valley of Europe.â The city joins a growing list... Read more âș
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Dutch ebike startup VanMoof has paused sales of its bikes and all accessories for almost two weeks now, stoking rumours that the business is in financial difficulty. Since June 29, visitors to VanMoofâs website have been met with a pop-up explaining that the company has paused orders to catch up with current demand. âWe have temporarily paused sales to catch up on the production and delivery of existing orders. Rest... Read more âș
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A UK startup is building a nuclear fusion rocket engine that aims to halve the journey time to Mars. Pulsar Fusion, an aerospace firm based in Bletchley, expects the system to exceed speeds of 805,000kmph and the hottest temperatures in the solar system. To reach those eye-popping targets, the startup will harness nuclear fusion, a reaction that gives the Sun its energy. In brief, nuclear fusion fuses two atoms together... Read more âș
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Last month was the hottest June on record globally and if the EU is to meet its ambitious climate targets to tackle climate change, itâs going to need more skilled workers. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, the continent needs nothing short of a green skills revolution if it is to fully harness the potential of solar and wind energies alone. Itâs not just the EU. The US... Read more âș
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NATO has picked the investment team that will oversee the management of its âŹ1 billion deep tech venture fund, set for launch this week in Vilnius at the allianceâs annual summit. The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) is slated to be the worldâs first multi-sovereign venture capital fund and will back startups developing deep tech for defence and security applications.  The fund will invest âŹ1 billion euros over a 15-year period... Read more âș
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One of the best ways to make buildings greener is to cover them with solar panels â turning homes, offices, and factories into clean energy generators. Rooftop solar is particularly popular in the Netherlands because, well, itâs a tiny country with lots of people, where every square inch counts. Adding solar panels to the empty exterior of a building, rather than occupying swathes of countryside, simply makes sense.  Rooftop makes... Read more âș
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