German anti-racism agency quits X amid Israel-Palestine disinformation wave


Germany’s federal anti-discrimination agency (FADA) said Wednesday it was quitting X, formerly known as Twitter, due to an “enormous rise” in hate speech.  “Due to the enormous rise in anti-trans and queer rhetoric, racism, m

Europe outpaces US and China in hydrogen investment, says EU president


From transportation to heavy industries, clean hydrogen has emerged as a key element in the transition to climate neutrality — and the EU wants to ensure that the fossil-fuel alternative joins its arsenal. In a speech to representatives of hydrogen’s en

Taiwan’s semiconductor suppliers plan to invest in European chip factories


Amid the global race for semiconductor chips, Taiwanese suppliers are considering investing in Europe, the Financial Times reports. “We are planning investments in Germany, and the European market is going to be ours,” Vincent Liu, president and chief exec

Cambridge aims to double its unicorns, plans support scheme for founders


Home to over 5,300 high tech companies, Cambridge is among the world’s leading university-based ecosystems. Ranked as the third most important science hub globally in 2022, the city counts 23 unicorns and its university-backed startups have raised over £3bn

Croatia wants to turn superhot underground lake into 16MW power plant


A Croatian energy company has discovered an underwater lake of superheated water that could supply the country’s far north with clean geothermal electricity. The find was the result of a two-year study by state-run power company Bukotermal that sought t

Google’s AI could soon consume as much electricity as Ireland, study finds


Amid the debate over the dangers of widespread AI development, an important concern may have been overlooked: the huge amount of energy required to train these large language models. A new study published this week suggests that the AI industry could consume as m

Even world’s biggest offshore wind farm can’t mask UK’s green energy failures


The world’s largest offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid after its first turbine came online this weekend.   The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction in the North Sea, will comprise a total of 277 turbines on

5 space-age technologies that the EU just launched into orbit


A new EU mission has sent some suitably space-age tech into the cosmos. On a Vega rocket that launched from the European spaceport in French Guyana on Monday, the union sent six satellites and nine experiments into orbit for testing. The programme aims to boost

What’s behind TikTok’s #lazygirljobs trend — and do you actually want one?


Earlier this year, TikToker Gabrielle Judge, aka the “anti-work girlboss,” posted a now-viral two and a half minute video. The subject was the “Lazy Girl Job,” which captured the imagination of viewers to such an extent that Judge’s video now has more than 345,000

Gaia spacecraft finds new jigsaw pieces for puzzle of the Universe


The Gaia spacecraft has unearthed a new treasure trove of secrets about our galaxy — and beyond. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission plans to produce the largest, most precise 3D map of the Milky Way. To achieve this lofty goal, Gaia is surveying almost 2 b


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