AvatarTNWflipped into SustainabilityAvatarAvatar1 hour agoCosmic rays, XR, and ‘multiverse’ quantum computing — welcome to EIC’s deeptech Scaling Clubverified_publisherTNW - Linnea Ahlgren“Do you believe in the multiverse?” our petite and cheerful guide Angelina asked me when I told her what I do for a living, while navigating the rambunctious street’s of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. It was not a conversation I was expecting to have on a vegan street food tour in Vietnam, but as Angelina …
AvatarTNWflipped into SustainabilityAvatarAvatar7 hours agoAstroforensics could be one of the coolest new careers of the futureverified_publisherTNW - The ConversationNasa’s Artemis program is scheduled to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a permanent orbiting laboratory by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, private companies are making significant steps in taking paying customers further into space. As humanity’s footprint expands beyond the familiar …
AvatarTNWflipped into Deep techAvatarAvatar8 hours agoUkrainian drones aim to turn war experience into civil businessverified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayJuggling two jobs is hard work. It’s particularly hard work when one of the jobs is in a warzone. But for Ivan Kaunov, the roles are complementary. As the CEO and co-founder of Buntar Aerospace, Kaunov develops drones for long-range flights. As a member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he flies drones …
AvatarTNWflipped into SustainabilityAvatarAvatar20 hours agoFlying cars edge towards takeoff after Chinese production dealverified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayA flying car that’s certified for aviation just took another big step towards commercialisation. The Aircar’s creator, KleinVision, today announced the sale of a “groundbreaking” license to manufacture the vehicle. The deal gives China’s Hebei Jianxin Flying Car Technology Co exclusive rights to the …
AvatarTNWflipped into TNW - All StoriesAvatarAvatar23 hours agoPodcast: European quantum, Michiel Scheffer talks about EICverified_publisherTNW - Andrii DegelerWelcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — 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 today’s episode, Linnea, Tom (!), and Andrii talk about Ukrainian startups, …
AvatarTNWflipped into TNW - All StoriesAvatarAvatar23 hours agoUCL spinout bags £10M to make AI 'super brains' for 100x faster LLM trainingverified_publisherTNW - Ioanna LykiardopoulouOriole Networks, a UCL spinout, has raised £10mn in seed funding to build AI “super brains” that promise to accelerate the training of Large Language Models (LLMs). Founded in 2023 by UCL scientists, the startup has developed a new method that harnesses the power of light to connect thousands of AI …
AvatarTNWflipped into SustainabilityAvatarAvatar1 day agoScientists expect 'collective AI' to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully)verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayLeading computer scientists have unveiled a vision of “collective AI” that resembles Star Trek species the Borg. Researchers from MIT, Yale, and Loughborough University explained the concept in a study published this week in Nature Machine Intelligence. The paper describes separate AI units …
AvatarTNWflipped into Startups and technologyAvatarAvatar1 day ago1.5M UK jobs now at risk from AI, report findsverified_publisherTNW - Ioanna LykiardopoulouSome 11% of job tasks in the UK are currently at risk of AI replacement, a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found. In the worst case scenario, this translates to a loss of 1.5 million jobs — without any GDP gains. IPPR’s analysis showed that the impact is mostly …
AvatarTNWflipped into TNW - All StoriesAvatarAvatar1 day agoThis snowboard is made from paper — and it shreds like a dreamverified_publisherTNW - Siôn GeschwindtProfessional freeride snowboarder Cody Bramwell carves through the deep white powder, left-right-left-right, down the mountainside. He’s snow surfing, a unique, bind-less style of snowboarding invented in Japan in the 1980s. Rather than focusing on speed and tricks, snow surfing is about finding the …
AvatarTNWflipped into Deep techAvatarAvatar1 day agoGocycle releases first pics of F1-inspired folding cargo ebikesverified_publisherTNW - Siôn GeschwindtLondon-based Gocycle, founded by Richard Thorpe, a former industrial designer at McLaren, has released the first images of its new range of folding cargo ebikes. Gocycle, best known for its sleek folding ebikes, first announced its move into the cargo bike market back in February, along with some …
AvatarTNWflipped into TNW - All StoriesAvatarAvatar1 day ago5 steps to building an ESG-responsible software startupverified_publisherTNW - Patrik BackmanMany startups around the world will want to play their part in creating a more responsible business. But it can seem like an unattainable goal, with many regarding it as something to worry about after the business has reached a certain size. This is a mistake. Startups have every opportunity to take …
AvatarTNWflipped into TNW - All StoriesAvatarAvatar1 day agoUK says Chinese cyberattacks ‘part of large-scale espionage campaign’verified_publisherTNW - Ioanna LykiardopoulouThe UK government has accused China of two malicious cyberattacks against the country’s democratic institutions and members of Parliament. Specifically, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that a Chines estate-affiliated cyber actor, nicknamed Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 …