VCs invested €60BN in climate tech last year — here’s where it went


Despite the tech startup funding landscape appearing gloomier than in many years, there are a few potential bright spots. Long-term climate targets in Europe and beyond are creating new opportunities for cleantech developers and investors. 

UK-based DeepMind merges with Google Brain in transatlantic AI tie-up


Alphabet has merged the UK-based DeepMind and US-headquartered Google Brain into a single AI research unit. Imaginatively named “Google DeepMind,” the new group unites two camps that had developed an internal rivalry. “Combining all this talent into one focused team,

LOOP into orbit: Airbus’ new modular multi-purpose space station


SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket may have exploded during launch this week. However, that does not mean that Elon, or humanity for that matter, is not determined to enter a new era of space exploration.  To reach

New research milestone could solve quantum scalability


Wherever you fall on the quantum sceptic spectrum, you cannot deny that the potential of the technology is fascinating. Don’t worry, we will admit to not understanding it fully yet either, but the founders of QuiX Quantum do.  Together wit

You can now eat dinner in space — for just €120K


It turns out you don’t need a rocket to explore the edge of space.  French startup Zephalto has just announced plans to send eager tourists to the stratosphere in a space balloon by 2025. Starting at €120,000 per person, the six-hour round trip would offe

How high-performance car data will increase EV battery performance


The popularity of motorsports shows no sign of waning. With its reach amplified by the Netflix hit show Drive to Survive, Formula One in particular has gained an entirely new audience platform. What its electric car Formula E sister league may lack in c

EU launches project to bring quantum startups from lab to market


A new EU-backed project aims to help quantum tech startups and SMEs move faster to hardware production, enter this very competitive field early, and remain within the union’s borders. Dubbed Qu-Pilot, the €19m project aspires to solve a pressing challenge of

Spanish surgeons perform world’s first fully robotic lung transplant


A Spanish hospital has successfully completed what is believed to be the world’s first fully robotic lung transplant.  Surgeons at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona used a four-arm robot dubbed ‘Da Vinci’ to carry out the procedur

Reddit expands its European operation with a new hub in Amsterdam


Following its European expansion in Dublin, London, and Berlin in the past few years, Reddit is now opening its first regional sales hub in Amsterdam. Centrally located in the wider European market, adjacent to countries with a strong customer base such as Germ

German creatives wants EU to address ChatGPT copyright concerns


ChatGPT has had anything but a triumphant welcome tour around Europe. Following grumbling regulators in Italy and the European Parliament, the turn has come for German trade unions to express their concerns over potential copyright infringement.  No less


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