Lyon-based Mecaware has raised €40mn in funding to industrialise its battery recycling technology, designed to produce strategic raw materials. Founded in 2020, the startup has positioned itself in the recycling of end-of-life batteries and production scrap
The UK today said it had selected Edinburgh to host its first exascale next-gen supercomputer, which will be 50 times faster than its current highest capacity system. The University of Edinburgh will house the country’s new exascale computing faci
Spanish startup PLD Space successfully blasted the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday, in a potential turning point for the continent’s struggling space industry. The first launch of the Miura 1 took place at
Helixx has unveiled the first demonstrator vehicle from the startup’s “factory in a box” system. The commercial delivery van was built to validate a new form of carmaking. Using software-led production and site designs that are customised to local needs, the fa
The EU’s landmark AI Act would hurt smaller European companies and only benefit big players who can cover the high costs of compliance, the US warns. According to documents seen by Bloomberg, the State Department’s analysis of the upcoming legislation is sou
This Thursday, German startup Wingcopter launched a drone and electric cargo-bike delivery project to bring everyday consumer goods to remote rural areas in Central Germany. Just as with ordinary grocery delivery, customers in Michelstadt, Hesse, wil
The recent AI boom has forced governments across the globe to consider frameworks with which to address the technology’s unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Against this background, UNESCO has teamed up with the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastruc
In a scientific first, researchers at theUniversity of Oxford have 3D printed stem cells that can mimic the architecture of the cerebral cortex, the human brain’s outer layer. The technique could potentially be used to treat brain injuries. Such injuries typ
Today, France’s Eviden (part of cybersecurity, cloud, and high-performance computing group Atos) and German modular supercomputing company ParTec, announced they had won a contract to provide the very first exascale supercomputer in Europe. T
The UK’s competition watchdog (CMA) has opened an investigation into Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud services after concerns over their dominant position in the market. The move follows a study by telecoms regulator Ofcom, which “identified features that make i