Stop for a moment and pay attention to the things around you. The clothes youâre wearing, the device youâre using, what youâre sitting on, the building youâre in. What are they made of? The simple answer is âstuff from natureâ â woods, metals, rocks, oils, and plants refined into things like furniture, batteries, bricks, plastics, and clothes. In 2017, humanityâs total material footprint â which refers to the total amount... Read more âș
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âWelcome on board. I have been tasked with taking you to MĂ€ntsĂ€lĂ€ â in the middle of nowhere,â the minivan driver greets us in the characteristic clear and unhurried intonations of a Finnish native speaker. MĂ€ntsĂ€lĂ€ is, indeed, in the middle of nowhere. But this kind of location is often where you find collections of some of the most powerful machines of today, humming away behind doors along unpretentious corridors.... Read more âș
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Stockholm-based Lovable has raised $7.5mn in pre-seed funding for its newly-launched AI coding assistant that promises to make everyone a dev. Dubbed GPT Engineer, the AI coding tool generates production-ready code in real-time, without requiring developer experience. According to the startup, users need only chat with the assistant to build websites and web apps. âWe want to expand the worldâs coding capabilities beyond the current 1% of the population who... Read more âș
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It doesnât simply take a village to raise a startup. It takes a whole ecosystem, driven by the collaboration between governments, corporates, ecosystem builders â and of course, visionary founders. Startup ecosystems have naturally emerged as the foundation of technological innovation and as key drivers for business growth and regional development. But there isnât a single recipe for success. Whatâs the best way to build a startup hub? What are... Read more âș
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The recently released EU Competitiveness Report from the European Commission delivered a stark message to the blocâs tech sector. As Mario Draghi, lead author of the report, warned, Europe faces ââan existential challengeââ. âThe problem is not that Europe lacks ideas or ambition,â the former Italian premier said. âBut innovation is blocked at the next stage: we are failing to translate innovation into commercialisation.â Namely, the bloc needs to focus... Read more âș
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To the average eye, extended reality is starting to look bleak. The metaverse has bombed, the Apple Vision Pro has flopped, and Sony has all but abandoned the PSVR. Sadly for Mark Zuckerberg, consumers rarely want to strap computers to their faces. But there is one place where business is booming: the military. XR has diffused across the armed forces since 2021, when Microsoft signed a contract with the US... Read more âș
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Europeâs spacetech elite are making their final preparations for a groundbreaking meeting with an asteroid. A spacecraft called Hera â named after the Greek goddess of marriage â will make the rendezvous. The probe is slated for launch on October 7. If all goes well, Hera will then complete a detailed inspection of Dimorphos â a binary asteroid thatâs also caught the eye of NASA. Back in 2022, the agencyâs... Read more âș
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Paris startup Poolside has raised a whopping $500mn â and it still hasnât even launched a product. Despite the barren release schedule, the company has become an investorsâ darling. The new Series B round brings Poolsideâs total funding to $626mn. Its valuation now stands at a cool $3bn. The cash magnet is a AI-powered coding. Poolside has developed its own language model, which promises to accelerate software development. The company... Read more âș
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Finlandâs vast green forests are famously restorative. So restorative that they can even treat diseases. Thatâs according to Uute Scientific, a biotech firm based in Helsinki. The company has created a unique remedy: a microbial extract that replicates Finnish nature. Today, the startup revealed new evidence of the organismâs powers. The extract targets a growing health problem. Immune systems, Uute says, are being weakened by urbanisation and oversanitation. As a... Read more âș
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Amsterdam-based Lapsi Health is looking to firmly position itself in the rapidly-evolving market of smart medical devices. The startup announced yesterday the US launch of its first clinical support tool, a digital stethoscope, after receiving clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) â the US regulator for medical devices. Dubbed Keikku, the digital stethoscope is a portable wireless device that uses sensing technology and AI to listen to body... Read more âș
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IBMâs first quantum data centre in Europe may have been planned during his predecessorâs tenure, but it was Olaf Scholz with entourage who descended on the small German town of Ehningen on Tuesday. The reason was to welcome the first IBM Heron processor to be installed outside of the US. When the Chancellor of Germany shows up to spend nearly half a day at an event, you know it is... Read more âș
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London-based scaleup Huma announced today the expansion of its digital healthcare solutions with the acquisition of eConsult. This is one of the UKâs largest digital triage and consultation platforms across primary and emergency care. Founded in 2011, Huma works with healthcare providers and big pharma to improve clinical outcomes with digital solutions. Since its founding, the company has been strategically expanding its portfolio of services, aiming to accelerate the digitalisation... Read more âș
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2025 marks Amsterdamâs 750th birthday. It also marks the 19th TNW Conference, which will take place on June 19 and 20 at â and youâre all invited. The show returns to NDSM next year, right at the heart of the city. As usual, weâre bringing together the entire ecosystem, from startups and investors to C-level executives, industry leaders, and policy makers. With a mission of building links between Dutch tech... Read more âș
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Six-fingered gloves have been sent to global leaders as a chilling reminder of AI dangers. The gloves symbolise a disturbing digital problem: image generators giving people extra fingers. The petrifying pictures have now been brought to life by Finnish startup Saidot. âAI is developing so fast that nobody can fully anticipate its impacts and the emerging risks,â warned Veera Siivonen, the companyâs CCO and co-founder. âThatâs why we want to... 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 special episode, weâre featuring an interview with Ilkka Paananen, co-founder and CEO of Supercell, recorded with live audience at the Italian Tech Week conference in Turin last week. Andrii and Ilkka... Read more âș
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Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces. This vision is rapidly approaching reality, thanks to new research on terahertz communications technologies. These innovations are set to transform wireless communication, particularly as communications technology advances toward the next generation of networks, 6G. Iâm an engineer who focuses on photonics, the study of how light and other electromagnetic waves are generated... Read more âș
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DeepL, the Cologne-based AI translation unicorn, today launched its first tech hub in the US, in New York City. The move follows the companyâs increasing growth and investment in the US market, where it already counts customers such as Coursera and Morningstar. DeepL opened its first US office, in Austin, Texas, earlier this year. The New York tech hub will focus on research, product innovation, and engineering, aiming to boost... Read more âș
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Microsoft has partnered with medical note taking software startup Autoscriber to further scale the latterâs software across the EMEA region. The companyâs speech-based AI tool frees up large chunks of doctorsâ time and allows them to stay focused on their patients during consults. Based out of the Netherlands and South Africa, Autoscriber offers an ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) product that automatically generates summaries from real-time doctor-patient conversations and fills out... Read more âș
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Gone are the days of elite footballers buying pubs. Todayâs star players prefer to put their money into tech. Kylian Mbappe is one of the new generationâs leaders. The French captain has his own investment company, Coalition Capital, which just bought a stake in German electronics giant Loewe Technology. The luxury brand has an ambitious business plan. Over the next few years, the company aims to increase annual revenues from... Read more âș
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Dubai is a city on the rise. The first nine months of 2023 saw its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase by 3.3%, while in the same period, its information and communications sector shot up by 4.4%. Alongside its prolonged economic success, the city has also become a haven for startups and the tech sector in general. A big part of this has been the countryâs dedication to stoking business, something... Read more âș
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