Under orders from the EU, tech giants have launched 11 advertising transparency tools. None of them are fit for purpose, according to a new study from Mozilla. The tools provide libraries of data about online adverts. By exploring the repositories, researchers can identify the funders and techniques behind the ads. At least, thatâs the idea. The libraries are obligatory under the EUâs Digital Services Act (DSA), a law designed to... Read more âș
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A British drone maker plans to launch air taxis in 2026 after raising a whopping $110mn. Skyports has already flown electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on delivery and monitoring trials. The new funding brings commercial air taxis closer to the services on offer. The first flights are slated to take off in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this year, Skyports inked a deal with authorities in Dubai to... Read more âș
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Berlin-based Ecosia, best known as the tree-planting search engine, has teamed up with French startup Kanop to monitor its reforestation efforts from space. With around 20 million users, Ecosia is the worldâs largest not-for-profit search engine. It is also one of the biggest tree-planters in the world. The company claims to have planted 200 million trees since its inception in 2009. To date, Ecosia has monitored its tree-planting efforts using... Read more âș
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We have all been guilty of falling under the foundation model spell of the past year-and-a-half, initiated by OpenAIâs unveiling of ChatGPT to the public. But it is not only where large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 are concerned that incredible progress has been made in the field of artificial intelligence. And one company has been behind more impressive milestones than most â DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014... Read more âș
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PhotonVentures, a Dutch deep tech fund aiming to boost Europeâs photonics industry, has closed its second fundraising round with over âŹ15mn â bringing its total capital to âŹ75mn. The fund targets startups and scaleups developing solutions with photonic chips for a wide range of applications: from data transmission and health diagnostics to smart sensors, AI, AR, and VR. PhotonVentures will initially invest in 20 early-stage companies with international growth potential.... Read more âș
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In 2013, Dutch scientist Mark Post unveiled the worldâs first cultivated meat burger on live television â taking lab-grown meat from the realm of science fiction to science fact. Post ended up turning his invention into a startup called Mosa Meat. The new venture promised to bring the âworldâs kindest burgerâ to supermarket shelves. Today, Mosa Meat announced it has secured another âŹ40mn â just two months after closing a... Read more âș
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French SaaS company Planisware launched its initial public offering (IPO) today, reaching a valuation of âŹ1.11bn. This is the largest IPO on the Euronext Paris stock exchange in the past three years. Planisware was founded in 1996 by Yves Humblot, Pierre Demonsant, Matthieu Delille, and François Pelissolo. Planisware provides software for enterprise project portfolio management. It counts over 500 blue-chip clients across the globe, including PepsiCo and Pfizer, and employs... Read more âș
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More than 50 European VCs and startups have joined forces to launch Climate Brick â a new community designed to fast-track investment in green technologies. Climate Brick launched today along with what its founders claim to be one of the most comprehensive climate tech studies ever conducted. The report, featuring interviews with 100 climate experts and 3,000 companies, offers a roadmap for climate tech startups looking to scale. âWe really... Read more âș
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The boom of artificial intelligence has spurred a regulatory frenzy across the globe â and Europe is at the forefront of the developments. Both the EU and the UK are attempting to find the elusive balance between leveraging AIâs growth and mitigating potential risks â but their approaches differ significantly. The former has opted for a hands-on, risk-based approach, whereas the latter has promised a âpro-innovationâ stance. However, with news... Read more âș
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Space nerds delight: you can now play as an astronaut in Fortnite. You can even team up with your buddies to build a lunar habitat based on real future missions of the European Space Agency. Designed by Epic Games, Lunar Horizons is set at the lunar south pole. This is the point on the Moon deemed most suitable for human habitation due to the possible existence of water ice. Epic... Read more âș
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While itâs commonly said we live in the information era, I like calling it something else: the screen age. Over the past seventy years, weâve seen displays seep into almost every aspect of our lives. We had televisions arrive in our homes, reshaping news and entertainment. Hot on their heels came smartphones, which changed communication and how we interact with the world at large. This tech altered the globe in... Read more âș
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Dutch ebike maker VanMoof has begun selling ebikes on its own website once more, following an almost year-long hiatus after it went bankrupt in July last year.  The models on offer are refreshed versions of the S5 and A5, which were first released in 2022. Although the upgraded ebikes look exactly the same, theyâve been re-engineered in almost every aspect, says the companyâs co-CEO Eliott Wertheimer. While this is just... Read more âș
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A weird technology has emerged as a leader in the quest for net zero. But this form of carbon capture, called Enhanced Rock Weathering (or ERW for short), still requires innovation â and government oversight. Society has a knack for embracing new technologies, often driven by a blend of vanity, curiosity, and a desire to be ahead of the curve. Whether itâs being the first to own the latest gadget... Read more âș
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Homeowners delight: a startup from Slovenia has created what might just be the most badass security camera ever made. The âworld-firstâ device is called Eve, but she ainât no saint. Eve is an AI-powered home security system that fires paintballs and tear gas pellets at intruders. Via computer vision technology â that also works at night â the cam can recognise individual faces and even animals. Users can designate guests... Read more âș
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Ever heard of hybrid matter-photon implementation of verifiable blind quantum computing? No? Neither had we, until today. But it could just be what will make next-generation quantum computers securely accessible to âmillions of individuals and companiesâ â without exposing any of their data. At least, according to scientists at Oxford University Physics. A team of researchers at its UK Quantum Computing and Simulation Hub claim to have hit a major... Read more âș
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German startup Bluu Seafood today launched Europeâs first pilot plant for cultivated fish. The facility in Hamburg brings lab-grown seafood a step closer to the market. Bluu had previously developed the controversial food in a small lab in LĂŒbeck, Germany. The new site expands the work across 2,000 square metres of customised research, production, and office space. At the plantâs core are new fermenters for cultivating muscle, fat, and tissue... Read more âș
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Open source is at a crossroads. For the past few years, venture capital has directly or indirectly paid for many of the contributors and much of the infrastructure it needed to keep going. That was until the past 24 months or so, when funding started to slow down, leading to less internal development or funding resources going toward open source. Companies suddenly had to justify themselves, have a real business... Read more âș
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A space tourism company promising stratospheric balloon rides has unveiled the vehicleâs capsule design. Halo Space is building the balloon for zero-emission commercial flights to altitudes of up to 40km. Tickets will cost a whopping âŹ150,000 each. On each flight, a pilot and eight passengers will enter the pressurised cabin. The helium balloon will then gradually ascend with minimal G-forces to the stratosphere. From this perch above the sky, passengers... Read more âș
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A British R&D unit today unveiled a futuristic vision of âquantitative safety guaranteesâ for AI. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) compares the guarantees to the high safety standards in nuclear power and passenger aviation. In the case of machine learning, the standards involve a probabilistic guarantee that no harm will result from a particular action. At the core of ARIAâs plan is a âgatekeeperâ AI. This digital sentinel... Read more âș
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With the geopolitical landscape turning more unstable by the day, EU relations with China are also becoming increasingly turbulent. At the core of the rising tensions lies the quest for tech supremacy as well as economic and national security. âIn a world powered by technology, those who lead are those who control the most critical technologies, and their supply chains,â EUcompetition chief Margrethe Vestager said during a speech on Tuesday.... Read more âș
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