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Automation plans for planes are ‘dangerous gamble,’ EU pilots warn

TNW Podcast: IKEA’s Parag Parekh on digital ethics; €100B for AI research in Europe

Building a nurturing ecosystem in deep tech: collaboration over proprietary innovation

Google-Anthropic partnership raises AI competition fears in the UK

UK startup automates shared ownership process to tackle housing crisis

Drones could revolutionise the construction industry, supporting a new UK housing boom

Nonconsensual deepfake pornography is a bane on society — here’s how Europe can fight it

Internet cables cut as Paris Olympics cat-and-mouse continues

3 promising European startups in the race for next-generation chips

KLM targets liquid hydrogen plane takeoff in 2026

Grindr disables location features in Olympic village to protect LGBTQ+ athletes

Paris Olympics app ‘prime target for cybercriminals’

After 15 years, the maintainer of Homebrew plans to make a living

Electric plane startup Heart Aerospace races to decarbonise short-haul flights

Addionics secures $39M for 3D ‘current collectors’ that boost EV range, charging

Revolut wins UK banking license as neobanks take on the establishment

Tyre-dust magnet looks to capture microplastic pollution from EVs in London

UK unicorn Improbable finally makes profit after switch to venture building

DeepL targets Taiwan, HK with new AI translation for Traditional Chinese

UK backs ‘space mirror’ to melt ice on the Moon into drinking water

UK startup unveils ‘world’s most advanced’ vertiport for air taxis

Oxygen-generating ‘battery rock’ discovery challenges understanding of life on Earth

This unfolding thermal telescope can tell if your home is leaking heat

How Julia could beat Python for programming language dominance

Dutch founder raises $1M for app he built for his deaf parents

Laser weapon ‘neutralises’ targets from British Army vehicle for first time

Dutch students cross North Sea in hydrogen boat — but you won’t ride one anytime soon

Businesses are harvesting our biometric data. We need new protections

Proton launches ‘privacy-first’ AI email assistant to rival Google, Microsoft

UK approves first cultivated meat sales in Europe — but only for pet food

Autonomous kite-powered boats promise faster, cheaper, greener shipping

Google backs Danish startup using ancient bacteria to ferment CO2 into valuable chemicals

TNW Podcast: Ariane 6 brings hope; how European companies use AI

Riverlane and Atlantic Quantum join forces to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing

DeepL launches new LLM that ‘outperforms’ Google Translate, ChatGPT

What The Jetsons got right and wrong about the future of work

Yandex founder launches new Amsterdam-based AI venture after Russia divestment

UK AI startups are now worth $256B, says report

UK scaleup Huma launches ‘Shopify-like’ platform for digital health tools

UK solar tech scaleup Naked Energy raises £17M for global expansion

How Europe’s universities are using AI to battle dementia

French AI startup launches first LLM built exclusively for advertising copy

Can Ariane 6 turn Europe’s spacetech startups into global powerhouses?

SoftBank snaps up troubled British AI chip developer Graphcore

Today’s ethical dilemmas are being decided by tech bros. How can they keep their compass straight?

Cultivating giants: How nurturing university spinouts fuels innovation ecosystems

Military AI startup Helsing raises €450M, plans to protect NATO’s border with Russia

Oxford Ionics doubles performance of previous quantum chip world record

New hope for European tech? VC funding rises to $29B in first half of 2024

Icelandic VC closes $87M fund as country’s startup scene comes of age