Friday is finally here and so is this weekâs round-up of tech news from the Netherlands. Weâve had seven dynamic days of digital developments. From banking hacks and Booking fakes to malware and memes, the end of Mayâs been action-packed. Hereâs our pick of the hottest stories, startups, and speeches.  What weâre writing ESA satellite launches Dutch tech into space to study climate change Netherlands, France, and Germany lead âlargest... Read more âș
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STMicroelectronics has announced plans to build a giant factory in Italy that will make specialist microchips for EVs and other high-voltage power devices. The Swiss firm is the worldâs largest producer of silicon carbide microchips, particularly valued by automakers for being lightweight, energy-efficient, and strong. This translates to EVs that can drive further and are less prone to technical failures. STMicroelectronicsâ new facility will specialise in making 200mm wafers. It... Read more âș
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Missing the chance to install a heat pump in his London home had always bothered tech industry whizz Aadil Qureshi. While builders were in the middle of renovating and extending his terraced house during the depths of the pandemic, he had stumbled on a YouTube channel called Heat Geek. The videos explained â in extreme detail â how heat pumps, when installed correctly, are the most efficient option for heating... Read more âș
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From semiconductors to chocolate, youâd be surprised how many products are already made with the help of AI.  And itâs precisely on the factory floor where Swiss startup EthonAI is looking to gain a foothold in this emerging market. âManufacturing is at a critical juncture, and companies that fail to adapt with AI risk falling behind,â said CEO Julian Senoner, who co-founded EthonAI after completing his PhD in AI systems... Read more âș
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Four people have been arrested in the âlargest ever operation against botnets,â EU police force Europol announced on Thursday. The Netherlands, Germany, and France led the sting, dubbed âOperation Endgame.â According to Dutch police, their investigation uncovered financial damages totalling âhundreds of millionsâ of euros. They also estimate that the malware has infected millions of systems. The botnetsâ primary purpose was deploying ransomware. One suspect alone earned an estimated âŹ69mn... Read more âș
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Finnish mobile game developer Supercell released Squad Busters yesterday, its first new title in over five years. The game launched alongside an admittedly hilarious promo video featuring the likes of Chris Hemsworth and Ken Jeong. At the time of writing, Squad Busters has already been downloaded over 10 million times on Google Play. It was the most downloaded app in 122 countries on Wednesday. I gave the new game a... Read more âș
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Web-hosting platform Hostinger today announced a 57% year-on-year growth of its consolidated revenue, reaching âŹ110.2mn in 2023 â surpassing the âŹ100mn milestone for the first time since its founding in 2004. This was also Hostingerâs first year of EBITDA profitability. The Lithuanian company reached ⏠2.4mn in EBITDA profit, while maintaining positive cash flow. Born in Vilnius, Hostinger helps its customers scale their online activity, offering products and services for... Read more âș
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Over two-thirds of British MPs and almost half of EU MEPs have had their email addresses leaked on the dark web. Thatâs according to new research from cybersecurity firm Proton. With election season looming in the UK and the EU, the company partnered with Constella Intelligence to explore online threats to national security. The team focused on 2,279 politicians in the European Parliament, UK House of Commons, and the French... Read more âș
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Open Cosmos, the UK-based startup that uses satellites to fight climate change, has secured a contract of âŹ60mn to build seven satellites for Greece. Dubbed Optical Constellation, this will be the countryâs first flagship satellite project. The satellites in the Greek constellation will collect data in low Earth orbit, aiming to improve public services. Use cases range from providing fresh insights for the land registry to increasing agricultural efficiency and... Read more âș
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Dutch tech has launched into space onboard a spacecraft designed to analyse climate change. The EarthCARE satellite â a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Japanese peer JAXA â lifted off today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Equipped with four instruments, the mission aims to unearth new insights about the impact of clouds and aerosols on our climate. Dutch tech features prominently in those plans. One... Read more âș
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Scientific research has become one of the most promising applications for artificial intelligence. Itâs also become one of the most divisive. Across the world, tech firms are directing AIâs analytical power into tools for academics. Gradually, theyâre entering every stage of the research process. Todayâs scientists can use TLDR to summarise study papers, Litmaps to find research gaps, Consensus to discover insights from expert scholars, and HeyScience for peer review.... Read more âș
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The startup scene in the Nordics is bustling, driven by well-established and evolving hubs alike. Among the regionâs growing tech forces is Oslo, which analysts have ranked 17th in the top 100 emerging ecosystems in the world. Norwayâs capital city houses over 2,000 startups and scaleups, with particular strengths in ICT, healthtech and life sciences, energy, and fintech. Oslo is also home to seven unicorns, including popular game-based learning platform... Read more âș
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With Googleâs repeated postponements of cookie deprecation, many businesses face the prospect of making significant changes to the way they operate. And itâs the CTO who is mainly responsible for supporting these changes, as new media strategies require innovative technical approaches. While keeping an eye on their technology options as they continue to drive digital transformation projects â Generative AI, large language models and automation, for starters â CTOs charged... Read more âș
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ï»ż Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast â 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 todayâs episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about AI translation news, the early demise of Spotifyâs Car Thing, Chinese LLMs, and much more. The guest of the show is Marta Krupinska, CEO and... Read more âș
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Climate and fintech startup Cloover has announced a funding round of $114mn (âŹ105mn) to further boost Europeâs switch to renewable energy. The Berlin-based startup was founded in 2022 by Peder Broms, Jodok Betschart, Tony Kirmo, and Valentin Gönczy. Their vision is to facilitate the energy transition, with a particular focus on residential solar power. Clover has built a platform that connects installers, prosumers, manufacturers, energy providers, and investors. It enables... Read more âș
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As the West strives to reduce its reliance on China, the EU and Australia have struck a deal to co-build a supply chain of critical minerals, which are an essential to both the green and digital transitions. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two will seek to diversify the EUâs supply and boost the domestic sector of Australia. âIn a world powered by technology, those who lead are those who... Read more âș
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While programming languages like JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and Python remain the most commonly used languages among developers, some interesting trends have emerged over the last few years. Stack Overflowâs 2023 Annual Developer Survey found that, although Rust is in 14th place in the list of most commonly used languages, it ranks number one as the âmost admiredâ language, with more than 80% of developers who have used it saying they want... Read more âș
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The EUâs Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is set to enter into force by the end of June, following its final adoption today. The key regulation aims to ensure that homegrown clean tech can cover at least 40% of the blocâs demands by 2030. âDemand is growing in Europe and globally, and we are now equipped to meet more of this demand with European supply,â EU chief Ursula von der Leyen... Read more âș
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The European Space Agency has hired Airbus to build a space satellite. It will forecast solar storms like the one that caused the biggest northern lights display in over 20 years this May. The satellite, dubbed Vigil, will sit at the so-called L5 point, some 150 million kilometres from Earth. From here it will view the Sun from the side, observing activity on the surface of the Sun four to... Read more âș
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In a perfect world, we would start our day by going through a neatly ordered list of tasks. Weâd have a few hours of deep work concentration to cross off half of them. Then weâd have a leisurely lunch with colleagues and go back to whittling down the list until the last task was completed at precisely 5:30 pm. A sense of satisfaction would fill us as we leave (or... Read more âș
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