Earlier this month, the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur was abducted in Paris while walking his dog. The attackers, wearing balaclavas, forced him into a van, later severing one of his fingers and sending a video of the mutilation to his son
Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK. British startup Space Solar conducted the test at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) facilities on the University of Oxford’s Culham
While Europe races to phase out fossil fuels and electrify everything from cars to heating systems, it’s turning a blind eye to a reliable and proven source of clean energy lying right beneath our feet. Geothermal energy offers exactly what
The European Commission has unveiled ambitious plans to cut red tape and make the EU a more attractive place for tech businesses to scale. Launched today, the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy comes as the bloc scrambles to attract and retain tech startups ami
Human organs could be bioprinted for transplants within 10 years, according to Lithuanian startup Vital3D. But before reaching human hearts and kidneys, the company is starting with something simpler: regenerating dog skin. Based in Vilnius, Vital3D is already
TNW is tapping a touch of AI magic to discover the next big things in tech. As part of our mission to elevate the startups shaping our future, we’ve partnered with Bounce Watch to bring its powerful analytics to our repertoire of tools. Bounce Watch is an inte
A quarter of European organisations have banned Elon Musk’s generative AI chatbot Grok, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Netskope. In contrast, the most popular AI app, ChatGPT, is only blocked by 9.8% of organisations in Europe. The runner-u
TNW Backstage returns this week with a journey into the the future of sound. Our featured guest is Xander de Buisonjé — Dutch singer, TV presenter, and founder of Breggz, a startup reshaping personal audio. Breggz was born from De Buisonjé’s (pronounced “boo-s
In the wooded hills south of Munich, Germany, engineers are drilling 8 km down in a bid to harvest limitless clean energy from Earth’s molten, radioactive core. The project could offer a blueprint for cost-effective geothermal energy extraction, helping
Swedish foodtech startup Millow has opened its first commercial-scale factory at a former LEGO production hall in Gothenburg. The facility will use a patented dry fermentation process in which mycelium — the root-lik