EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen commented on the new provisional agreement proposing to streamline rules regarding artificial intelligence (AI), reached May 7 between the Council and the European Parliament. In a post on X, she stated: “I welcome the political agreement on our Digital Omnibus on AI. This provides a simple, innovation-friendly environment ... Read more ›
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Cybersecurity is changing. The limited release of Claude Mythos sent the security community into a tail spin, with concerns that frontier AI could be used to discover and exploit enterprise vulnerabilities. The Mythos model was dubbed too dangerous to be released, and Anthropic put together an international task force, known as Project Glasswing, to find ... Read more ›
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The UK tech scene has been on fire in 2026, with King’s Cross emerging as one of the true winners. Just last month, OpenAI and Anthropic, the AI startups behind ChatGPT and Claude, respectively, announced plans to open new offices in the area. The pair will be joining other startups including Google DeepMind, Meta, Wayve ... Read more ›
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Basel, Switzerland – The Swiss biotech industry reached record revenues in 2025 and saw its highest funding for privately-financed companies, according to a report released Tuesday at a biotechnology conference in Basel. The report by the Swiss Biotech Association, EY, and partner organizations noted the industry’s resilience as a difficult capital market environment challenged the ... Read more ›
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If you weren’t using email in the early 2000s, it’s hard to grasp how severe the spam problem became. Every day brought with it a relentless flood of dubious pharmaceutical offers, get-rich-quick schemes, and thinly veiled attempts to steal your banking credentials. By 2007, as botnets matured, spam accounted for the majority of global email traffic, ... Read more ›
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The European Commission signaled in January 2026 that it wanted to commercialize European open-source software as part of its push for digital sovereignty. According to the consultation, the EU faces a “significant” problem in its dependence on non-EU countries in the digital sphere, which “reduces users’ choice, hampers EU companies’ competitiveness and can raise supply ... Read more ›
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AI agents have fast become one of the most hotly-debated solutions in tech. According to PWC, 88% of senior executives plan to increase AI budgets due to agentic AI, with 79% saying that AI agents are already being adopted in their companies. London-based startup Gradient Labs, founded by the team that previously led AI and ... Read more ›
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The steam engine, the electric motor, the telephone — all inventions that solidified Europe’s place as an architect of modern civilization during the first Industrial revolution. But somewhere between the third and fourth industrial revolutions, Europe began ceding ground. US cloud providers came to dominate the European market, and when the AI boom arrived, they ... Read more ›
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The Historical Parallels There are a few pivotal moments in history that defined the open source and community-driven approach to major technology development and adoption. Among them are: Homebrew Computer Club (1970-1980) The Homebrew Computer Club (1975–1986): Founded by Fred Moore and Gordon French in Menlo Park, the club was a pivotal crucible for the ... Read more ›
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This week, data intelligence platform Tracxn released its UK Tech Q1 Funding Report 2026, which found that the country’s tech funding reached $7.5 billion USD (€6.4 billion) in Q1 2026, up 32% from the $5.7 billion raised in Q1 2025. The funding marks the UK as the second-highest funded country in the world in Q1 ... Read more ›
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The UK government formally launched the Sovereign AI fund on April 16, 2026, as part of a broader effort to support innovation in the country. The fund will provide £500 million (€574 million) in investment to selected AI projects. While information about the Sovereign AI Initiative is limited, the official website says it will support ... Read more ›
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Last month, UK technology secretary Liz Kendall backtracked on plans to let AI firms use copyright-protected work without permission. The government now no longer has a “preferred option” on copyright reform, after previously issuing a proposal that tech companies would be able to train on copyrighted work unless creatives opted out. At a glance, the ... Read more ›
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San Jose, California — Three years ago, NTT Research started exploring the possibility of a startup incubator at its annual Silicon Valley summit. At Upgrade 2026, it’s a reality. Today, NTT Research launched Scale Academy, their formal answer to a problem every corporate R&D lab eventually faces: how to turn published papers into products people ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is deeply embedded in political and social discourse because AI itself is. A traditional way to shape public opinion, PR, is not effective enough to help OpenAI deal with the kinds of challenges the company faces. So OpenAI bought a media company. On April 2, OpenAI announced it is acquiring TBPN, the daily tech talk show ... Read more ›
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Guest author: Daniel Domingues, Founder & CEO, Planno We hear it all the time: renewable energy has become cheaper than fossil fuels. In fact, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2025 reported that a total of 91% of renewable energy projects are cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives. That same report found solar photovoltaics (PV), ... Read more ›
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The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism (TRAN) committee approved a proposal to reshape tourism across the EU, aiming to ease overcrowding in popular destinations and encourage travel to less-visited areas. The resolution, approved on March 18, 2026, aims to curb pressure on popular destinations and spread tourists more evenly across the EU, aiming to relieve ... Read more ›
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For the past three years, “AI-first” has functioned as shorthand for innovation. Now, however, it is losing its power. When world-leading brands, including Dell Technologies, stepped back from AI-first marketing language at CES 2026, it became evident that the AI hype cycle may be coming to an end. Worldwide, in fact, the word “pilot” in ... Read more ›
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across Europe are increasingly handling email migrations for multiple clients at the same time. These projects often come alongside mergers, IT modernization efforts, or cloud adoption programs. In fact, a recent report by McKinsey & Company showed that more than 90% of organizations are prioritizing cloud, and one-in-two are already in ... Read more ›
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When fuel prices move 40% in a year, the logistics industry’s traditional playbook stops working; carriers who built their margins around stable diesel costs and predictable routes are finding themselves exposed, and those who invested early in AI-driven platforms are not just surviving – they’re pulling away. The numbers tell a stark story. U.S. diesel ... Read more ›
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The European Commission presented its proposal for new rules, dubbed EU Inc., on March 17, 2026, aiming to make the process for businesses to start, operate, and grow across the EU swifter. EU Inc. is expected to function as an optional harmonised EU framework that allows companies to operate under a single set of rules ... Read more ›
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After it became clear that Europe risked falling behind in the new innovation economy, leaders of the EU took action with a raft of new policies and initiatives. A key focus here has been on creating startup-friendly ecosystems through simplified regulations, government funding schemes and policy to attract top talent to the region. With and ... Read more ›
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