
Google's Search Console now provides ecommerce sites data on product listing performance across Google's shopping surfaces.
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The European Commission today launched the first version of Destination Earth (DestinE), an AI-powered simulator that looks to improve the accuracy of climate predictions. The first version of DestinE includes two models: one for extreme weather events and an

It’s easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/

As we count down to TNW conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re previewing the sessions that we’re most excited about. One of my must-see talks mixes two of my great passions: sports and technology. Bringing them together is António Félix da Costa, a w

The way Frank McCourt sees it, acquiring TikTok from its parent company ByteDance isn’t just about nabbing a buzzy social media platform: It’s a step toward building a fairer internet.
The billionaire is spearheading a bid to buy the social media app from ByteDance, which faces a divest-or-ban proposition from the U.S. government. To McCourt, TikTok offers a

Biopharma startup Metsera turned heads in April when it emerged from stealth, announcing $290 million in funding from prestigious backers—an all-star roster of scientists and executives—and a portfolio of drug assets all focused on what may be the most lucrative pharmaceutical opportunity ever: obesity.
Analysts have forecast the global market for obesity drugs to be worth $100 billion or more by 2030. Today, the market is split between drugmakers

Today is one of the most important days of the year for Apple. Its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off, where the company will reveal features of the upcoming operating systems that power all of its devices.
But WWDC24 is arguably the most important event Apple has held in years. That’s because Apple is not only expected to focus on its operating system updates but also show off how the company plans to bring artificial intelligence features to them. In other wo

Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company’s move into generative artificial intelligence, marking its late arrival to a technological frontier that’s expected to be as revolutionary as the in

The future of air defense in U.S. military operations may owe a lot to the same technology you use to heat up popcorn for a Netflix binge.
Just weeks after disclosing the deployment of high-energy laser weapons overseas, the Army has taken possession of a platoon of four “Leonidas” high-p

NATO’s Innovation Fund (NIF) has led a €9mn seed investment into German startup ARX Robotics, which builds unmanned ground robots for the battlefield. The startup’s war bots look like small tanks — but without guns. The vehicles drive ar

Apple promised the world a “revolutionary spatial computer” when it unveiled its Vision Pro headset at its annual WWDC developer conference in June of 2023. Twelve months later, and five months after the device became commercially available, the Vision Pro has arguably been a

Futureproof your B2B audience by collecting actionable first-party data via a 3-step demand generation strategy, including tested recommendations for success.
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Google's John Mueller answers question if it's now okay to stop optimizing for desktop version of website
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Optimize your PPC budget for maximum results. Find out how to balance cost, volume, and competition in your industry with a small budget.
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ARX Robotics, a manufacturer of scalable robotic systems for mass deployment in both defence and commercial applications, announced the successful closure of a €9 million seed funding round. This is the largest seed funding round to date for a European DefenceTech company. The new funding round will be used to expand the team and scale […]

The dynamic and rapidly evolving nature of space technology demands continuous innovation. As such, startups are uniquely positioned to bring fresh ideas and agile solutions to the table. Their involvement not only accelerates technological progress but also drives competition, fostering an environment of creativity and collaboration. Across Europe, pioneering startups are leading this transformation, introducing […]

Italian Founders Fund (IFF), a first-ever Italian Venture Capital fund created by founders for founders, announced the launch of its debut €50 million fund. Backed by a diverse group of Italian entrepreneurs covering a range of generations and sectors, IFF is driven by a shared goal: empowering Italy’s next generation of exceptional talent and digital […]

Bluedot, a startup transforming meeting recordings and documentation for businesses, has attracted €560k in angel investment to continue its rapid growth. Notable backers include Daniel Gross via Pioneer (former YC partner), Greg Jakacki, founder of Codility, Tomas James, an early investor in Zendesk, Bridget Harris, Founder of YouCanBookMe, and Google for Startups. The company was […]

Visibly, a startup built for the blue- and green-collar industries, has raised €7 million led by Creandum, the European backer of Spotify and Klarna, with participation from existing investors Seedcamp, Brighteye Ventures, Triple Point and other prominent business angels. Visibly was founded in 2021 by Kane St Quintin, who previously built construction company Pickr. Since […]

Představte si, že byste mohli mít 3D tiskárnu neustále u sebe. V kapse nebo třeba v příručním zavazadle. Bleskurychle by tiskla objekty z pryskyřice, kdykoliv si jen vzpomenete. V zaměstnání, na výletě, ve škole. Vědci a inženýři na tom už pracují. Prototyp 3D tiskárny na čipu funguje, vývoj pokračuje. http://www.osel.cz/13509-prvni-3d-tiskarna-na-cipu-vyuziva-kremikovou-fotoniku.html

Virtuální prohlídka skvělého archeologického muzea athénské Staré agory, zacílená spíše na věci jinde málokdy vídané. Luxus, politika, kalibrované míry, všední život, proměny dob. http://www.osel.cz/13510-muzeum-stare-agory-v-athenach.html

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Google's John Mueller answers whether a May 2024 ranking drop was caused by ten problematic webpages
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A few days ago, 13 AI employees wrote an open letter calling for greater transparency into AI operations. They understand this is a turning point in the evolution of AI, and the future of our industry depends on maintaining public confidence.
The AI industry is approaching a transformation in which user data will become paramount, and trust will be the most important commodity. I call this “AI 2.0,” a par


Google fixed a longstanding issue with site names not showing correctly in the search results when inner pages were ranked
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Whelp, let’s get this over with. It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to start getting back into shape again.
Luckily, we’re living in the golden age of AI, so instead of shuffling off to the gym and getting berated by a personal trainer, there are plenty of apps to create customized fitness plans that adapt to our needs.
Here’s a look at some helpful AI-powered exercise apps.
Fitbod

Co kdyby žádná temná hmota nebyla nutná? Ani teorie MOND či něco podobného? Americký fyzik Richard Lieu přinesl důkaz, že může existovat gravitace při nulové hmotnosti a dospěl k závěru, že pokud se galaxie a kupy galaxií nalézají v koncentrických sférických topologických defektech, mohlo by to vytvářet situaci, kterou připisujeme temné hmotě. http://www.osel.cz/13508-fyzikalni-hereze-gravitace-bez-hmotnosti-by-zrusila-temnou-hmotu.html

Google reveals the internal decision-making process for public disclosing incidents that affect search, crawling and indexing
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Everyone’s talking about AI chatbots, but they’re not the best tool for every job. I’m not knocking AI here—those large language models like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard are impressive.
But AI chatbots have that obnoxious hallucination issue: They sometimes make things up. You have to fact-check the things they say closely. I’ve personally seen ChatGPT pretend to do math and get the answers totally wrong. (Also: AI chatbots can be slow.)
So where do you turn? Well,

Společnost Airbus vstoupila do závodu ve vývoji velkých autonomních bojových dronů konceptu Loyal Wingman. Jak ukazuje nedávno představený model dronu Airbus Wingman v životní velikosti, letectva západních zemí se mohou těšit na výkonné a přitom relativně levné letouny. http://www.osel.cz/13507-airbus-wingman-je-evropskym-zelizkem-v-ohni-bojovych-dronu-partaku.html

We are just a few days away from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the annual event where Apple shows off its newest operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more. Yet Monday’s WWDC 24, as it’s known, is arguably more critical for Apple’s future than any other WWDC in recent memory. That’s because Apple is widely expected to focus on its artificial intelligence plans, specifically the AI features it will integrate across its major operating systems such as iOS 18 for iPhone,

Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends.
Then, as sophomore year got underway, the unexpected problems surfaced. She missed a student

If you have used Google lately and been lucky—or unlucky—enough to encounter an answer to your query rather than a bunch of links, you have been subjected to something called AI Overviews. This is a new core feature that Google has been rolling

The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth.
The Sun is a star that constantly emits a steady stream of plasma—highly e

The ocean covers over 70% of our planet. It regulates the global climate, is home to 80% of life on Earth, acts as a carbon sink, and supports the livelihoods of billions of people. As an avid swimmer and surfer I also think the ocean is simply bl

The New York state Legislature on Friday passed a bill that would allow parents to block their kids from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algori

This year’s edition of TNW Conference is right around the corner — along with summer, we hope. We have a spectacular line-up of speakers and we cannot wait to share the special atmosphere that sets TNW apart from other tech conferences out th

In the era of AI, are Hollywood’s threatening sci-fi robots poised to come to life? Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, separates hype from reality, explaining how Agility’s humanoid robot, Digit, is entering the industrial workforce today. The former CEO of augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Johnson shares what makes robot tech more tangible than AR and explores the sensitive relationship between robotics and human-held jobs.
This is an abridged transcript of an interv


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Social media is central in many of our lives, but few would say that’s a good thing. Despite its initial promise, swathes of Europeans feel the technology has had a negative impact on society. While it promised to bring us together, the opposite has

A nonprofit founded by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch was a “key contributor” to a recent video produced by MrBeast’s charity arm, according to those involved.
The video, titled, “ ">We Schooled Hundreds of Teachers,” was uploaded on April 30 to the YouTuber’s “Beast Philanthropy,” a second channel he uses to showcase charity work. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, lists

The boom in artificial intelligence will increase banks’ dependence on big U.S. tech firms, creating new risks for the industry, European banking executives said.
Excitement around using artificial intelligence (AI) in

In this episode we chat with Saumil Patel, co-founder and CEO of Squire AI. The company uses an agentic workflow to automatically review your code, write your pull requests, and even review and provide opinions on other people’s PRs. Different AI systems with specific capabilities work together as a mixture of experts, following a chain of thought approach to provide recommendations on security, code quality, error handling, performance, scalability, and more. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/

NATO’s Innovation Fund has co-led a $22.5mn (€21mn) investment into iCOMAT, a UK startup building ultralight composites for the aerospace, automotive, and defence sectors. NATO’s fund has a budget of €1bn to back startups developing deep tec

Artificial intelligence is having a very real impact in the world of sports card trading, reshaping the way people analyze, value, and sell the collectables.
A growing number of startups have capitalized upon the technology to make the fast-paced world of sports cards more efficient. For a sector that expanded rapidly during the pandemic and is only continuing to grow, the addi

Copenhagen-based EvodiaBio has successfully raised an investment of €7 million, aiming to provide environmentally friendly solutions for various industries, starting with the beer industry. The round was led by both foreign and Danish investment funds, including EIFO and The March Group. This substantial capital infusion will be dedicated to commercialization and expansion efforts, positioning EvodiaBio […]

The realm of drinks and beverages is continuously evolving, driven by rapid technological advancements and the ever-increasing demand for healthier and more sustainable options. The dynamic nature of the beverage industry requires constant innovation and vigilance, making it a top priority for startups, businesses, and consumers worldwide. Across Europe, innovative startups are leading this transformation, […]

Friday is finally here and so is this week’s roundup of tech news from the Netherlands! From riveting developments in the chip sector to partnerships against financial fraud and concerns over smart camera technology, the first week of June has been action-pack

Hubble has seen better days—and with NASA formally rejecting SpaceX’s commercial repair offer, that’s unlikely to change.
Science missions have been paused since May 24, when one of the telescope’s three gyroscopes, used to orient the instrument toward targets in space, failed to return accurate telemetry readings.
To the rescue
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX astronau

During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write, and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore.
Since then, science and technology have progressed so much that artificial intelligence has learned to

Waves of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) are inundating social media platforms as bad actors target these sites for their accessibility and reach.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported 36 million cases of suspected CSAM in 2023, containing 100 million files. An overwhelming 85% came from Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
As if NCMEC and law enforcement didn’t ha

Discover 15 proven strategies to boost Google Ads conversion rates. From keyword optimization to social proof, maximize ROI with these actionable tips.
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Bluehost launches an AI Site Creator that puts creating professional WordPress websites within reach of anyone
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BlackWood, a network and technology-driven venture capital fund, announced today the 2nd closing of its debut fund, BlackWood Ventures Fund I, raising a total of €14.7 million. The fund employs a systematic approach to identify and invest in the most promising early-stage startups across Europe. Using this method, the investment team has made 12 investments, […]

Personal Branding has been buzzing around the entrepreneurial world for some years now. For some founders, personal branding may come intuitively, naturally: They know how to position themselves in the spotlight, write about their experiences, share their learnings, reflect on mistakes, and celebrate successes. There are remarkable examples of entrepreneurs who have built their personal […]

Jihokorejští vědci zkombinovali běžně používané suroviny a vytvořili materiál, který by mohl nahradit mnohé obalové plasty. Prý je dostatečně pevný, voděodolný, přesto bezpečně biodegradovatelný i v mořském prostředí. http://www.osel.cz/13506-hledani-ekologicke-alternativy-k-plastovym-obalum.html

Originally developed to treat diabetes, GLP-1 agonists—now also popularly known as obesity drugs—have been making headlines for their weight-loss effects. Now, the commercial success of these GLP-1s such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound has unlocked a flurry of new research into how this blockbuster drug class may support more treatments beyond just diabetes and weight loss.
In this episode we chat with Saumil Patel, co-founder and CEO of Squire AI. The company uses an agentic workflow to automatically review your code, write your pull requests, and even review and provide opinions on other people’s PRs. Different AI systems with specific capabilities work together as a mixture of experts, following a chain of thought approach to provide recommendations on security, code quality, error handling, performance, scalability, and more. https://stackoverflow.blog/1970/01/

Nvidia is one of the hottest stocks out there, but the chipmaker is undergoing a significant shift: The company that is nearly single-handedly powering the current generative AI revolution is set to split its stock by a factor of 10 to 1.
The split takes place today, and will involve holde