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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Rishi Sunak has enraged British scientists after dimming hopes of rejoining the EUâs Horizon programme. Prospects of entering the âŹ96 billion research scheme had grown after a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland was struck on Monday. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen described the agreement as âgood newsâ for scientists and researchers. She said work to associate the UK with Horizon could start âimmediatelyâ after implementing the terms.... Read more âș
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ValĂšnciaâs tech ecosystem is growing and maturing at a brisk pace. Founders, investors, and business leaders in the city are unanimous that this region in Spain will cement itself as a tech hub to be reckoned with in the coming years. Names like Flywire, Fever, and Jeff are well-known, but there are tons more ValĂšncian startups and scaleups making waves at home and abroad. Ahead of The Next Webâs first... Read more âș
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Why canât European tech companies compete with Silicon Valley giants? Itâs a perennial conundrum for the continentâs IT leaders â and one that Phill Robinson is trying to solve. After a globetrotting career as a tech executive, Robinson returned home to the UK and founded Boardwave, a networking platform that wants to make Europe a software superpower. The concept emerged from Robinsonâs diverse background in the sector. The entrepreneur spent... Read more âș
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Artificial intelligence has been infiltrating every industry and the world of arts and culture is no exception. In other words, AI art is poised to explode. AI text-to-image generators such as DALL-E or Midjourney have been creating remarkable visual artworks. ChatGPT has taken the world by the storm with its ability to answer questions, write essays, and summarize texts, among other things. AI-generated art is even being displayed at world-renowned... Read more âș
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Developers become developers because they like to code. Many have taken up coding as teens after school, or during after-hours after their cubicle job. They realize how much power they can get from their IDE and their command line, and they get addicted to it. Even when developers land that dream job where they can code all day, many keep their side projects going in the evenings and during after-hours.... Read more âș
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A new âŹ15 million fund has launched to help quantum technology research in the Netherlands transform into venture capital-investable startups. Backed by Quantum Delta NL (QDNL), a foundation that seeks to boost and scale the Dutch quantum ecosystem, the so-called QDNL Participations fund has a twofold focus: early-stage startups in the sector and research teams working on promising quantum technologies before they incorporate as startups. In the first case, the... Read more âș
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Evolving views on food are challenging traditional diets â and not just for humans. Innovative dining options are also being added to the menus of our pets. Startups have proposed numerous new ways to satiate their appetites. The UKâs Bella and Duke, for instance, caters to animals on raw diets, while Swedenâs Buddy Pet Foods serves natural dry food, and Portugalâs Barkyn personalises their grub. If none of those excites... Read more âș
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For a long time, the concept of work-life balance felt like an unattainable myth; all it took was a global pandemic and the ensuing government-enforced lockdowns to show employers that their staff could work remotely and still get the job done. In fact, studies show that remote employees work more hours overall than those based in an office for part or all of the weekâremote workers put in an extra... Read more âș
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In the fiercely contested smartphone market, photography can be a key battleground. Alongside the insatiable desires for better batteries, durability, storage, and processing, camera quality consistently ranks as a key factor when choosing a phone. At CES 2023, Spectricity, a startup based in Belgium, unveiled a new entrant to the competition: the S1 chip. Spectricity claims the S1 is the first truly miniaturised and mass-manufacturable spectral image sensor for mobile... Read more âș
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Adapting to technological advances is a defining part of 21st-century life. But itâs not unique to us: itâs been part of the human story since our earliest written records â even featuring in the plotlines of ancient myths and legends. While ChatGPT threatens to change writing (and writing-related work) as we know it, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago (in a geographical area centred in modern-day Iraq), went through... Read more âș
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Britishvolt, a prominent UK battery startup, had generated enthusiasm over its plans to build the countryâs first battery gigafactory. But after filing for administration in January, it has now been bought by Australian firm Recharge Industries. Launched in 2019, Britishvolt had planned a ÂŁ3.8 billion battery plant near the Port of Blyth in Northumberland, promising 300,000 batteries per year, the creation of 3,000 direct jobs, as well as a significant... Read more âș
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On the one-year anniversary of Russiaâs invasion, Ukraine is commemorating horrific losses â and remarkable defiance. The countryâs fierce resistance on the battlefield has been echoed on the digital front â where Kyiv has unique experience. The conflict with Russia has become the worldâs first full-scale cyberwar, but Ukraine was a test bed for digital weapons long before the invasion of 24 February, 2022. Since Putinâs troops began flooding across... Read more âș
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With the goal of establishing a long-term presence on the Moon, the European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a new project that will help determine the feasibility of growing plants on the lunar surface. Led by Norwayâs Solsys Mining, the project will seek to develop a method for converting lunar soil into fertiliser for use in hydroponic farming. The study builds on previous research on lunar soil samples. While... Read more âș
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Iker Marcaide is one of Spainâs most energetic entrepreneurs. Since stepping away from Flywire, the first Spanish startup to go public on the Nasdaq, Marcaide has focused his attention on impact investing, creating new startups with his company Zubi Group, building a school, and designing an eco-neighbourhood. In 2021, Forbes named him as one of Spainâs 100 Most Creative business people. Iker Marcaide. Credit: Zubi Group Marcaide meets us in... Read more âș
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A raft of research, supported by startup developments, suggests drones inspired by nature are the future of flight. Plans for the future of airborne transport include seeing a small army of drones competing for space in the sky with the 50 billion birds worldwide. But thereâs also the potential of a halfway house, where drones that look like birds end up flying alongside the animals theyâre inspired from and the... Read more âș
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What is happiness? And how can we be happy? These questions are integral to the human experience, but their answers can be elusive. We can apply several perspectives to approach them, through philosophy or psychology, for instance. We can also use our personal view of our feelings and goals as we navigate through life. But can we bring a scientific approach to happiness? Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research... Read more âș
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Predictive policing has exposed a new group of future criminals: MEPs. A new testing systems has spotlighted five EU politicians as âat riskâ of committing future crimes. Luckily for them, itâs not a tool thatâs used by law enforcement, but one designed to highlight the dangers of such systems. The project is the brainchild of Fair Trials, a criminal justice watchdog. The NGO is campaigning for a ban on predicting... Read more âș
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Big business opportunities are brewing in the cosmos. Morgan Stanley predicts the space economy will grow from âŹ355 billion in 2020 to over âŹ1 trillion by 2030 â and competition for the rewards is fierce. The USA remains a celestial superpower, while China is emerging as a powerful challenger. Europe has historically lagged behind the world leaders â but is now carving out a promising niche. Across the continent, countries... Read more âș
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In 2012, two former students from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Northern Dutch city of Groningen, took a major gamble. They made a list of 100 companies theyâd like to work for â including Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and Uber â and hacked them. As you can imagine, this little stunt certainly got their attention. Now, $159.4M in investment later, their cybersecurity company, HackerOne, reached unicorn status in 2022... Read more âș
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A rough year in public markets has taken a heavy toll on startups. According to new research, every unicorn in Europe that went public in 2021 has since shrunk in valuation. The losses follow record-highs for VC exit valuations in 2021. PitchBook, a financial data firm, attributed the downturn to a shrinking public market. The company found that 13 unicorns went public during 2021âs bull market and IPO frenzy. Yet... Read more âș
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