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With hallucinations waning, AI is diving deeper into scientific research
Scientific research has become one of the most promising applications for artificial intelligence. It’s also become one of the most divisive. Across the world, tech firms are directing AI’s analytical power into tools for academics. Gradually, they’re entering every stage of the research process. Today’s scientists can use TLDR to summarise study papers, Litmaps to find research gaps, Consensus to discover insights from expert scholars, and HeyScience for peer review. Investors have taken a growing interest in the progress. Last year, Elicit research workflow system raised a cool $9mn within months of its launch, while fellow Californian startup NobleAI secured €17mn for…This story continues at The Next Web
Scientific research has become one of the most promising applications for artificial intelligence. It’s also become one of the most divisive. Across the world, tech firms are directing AI’s analytical power into tools for academics. Gradually, they’re entering every stage of the research process. Today’s scientists can use TLDR to summarise study papers, Litmaps to find research gaps, Consensus to discover insights from expert scholars, and HeyScience for peer review. Investors have taken a growing interest in the progress. Last year, Elicit research workflow system raised a cool $9mn within months of its launch, while fellow Californian startup NobleAI secured €17mn for…
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From financial crime fighters to net-zero defenders: 4 Oslo startups to watch
The startup scene in the Nordics is bustling, driven by well-established and evolving hubs alike. Among the region’s growing tech forces is Oslo, which analysts have ranked 17th in the top 100 emerging ecosystems in the world. Norway’s capital city houses over 2,000 startups and scaleups, with particular strengths in ICT, healthtech and life sciences, energy, and fintech. Oslo is also home to seven unicorns, including popular game-based learning platform Kahoot!, paper tablet developer reMarkable, and industrial SaaS startup Cognite. While the city’s startups saw VC funding decrease to €862mn in 2023 (from €1.3bn in 2022), Oslo remained among the…This story continues at The Next Web
The startup scene in the Nordics is bustling, driven by well-established and evolving hubs alike. Among the region’s growing tech forces is Oslo, which analysts have ranked 17th in the top 100 emerging ecosystems in the world. Norway’s capital city houses over 2,000 startups and scaleups, with particular strengths in ICT, healthtech and life sciences, energy, and fintech. Oslo is also home to seven unicorns, including popular game-based learning platform Kahoot!, paper tablet developer reMarkable, and industrial SaaS startup Cognite. While the city’s startups saw VC funding decrease to €862mn in 2023 (from €1.3bn in 2022), Oslo remained among the…
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Why today’s CTO needs to be a Composable Technology Officer
With Google’s repeated postponements of cookie deprecation, many businesses face the prospect of making significant changes to the way they operate. And it’s the CTO who is mainly responsible for supporting these changes, as new media strategies require innovative technical approaches. While keeping an eye on their technology options as they continue to drive digital transformation projects — Generative AI, large language models and automation, for starters — CTOs charged with steering organisations through the brave new world of advertising should have one phrase at the top of their to-do list in 2024: be more composable. But why is this…This story continues at The Next Web
With Google’s repeated postponements of cookie deprecation, many businesses face the prospect of making significant changes to the way they operate. And it’s the CTO who is mainly responsible for supporting these changes, as new media strategies require innovative technical approaches. While keeping an eye on their technology options as they continue to drive digital transformation projects — Generative AI, large language models and automation, for starters — CTOs charged with steering organisations through the brave new world of advertising should have one phrase at the top of their to-do list in 2024: be more composable. But why is this…
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TNW Podcast: Marta Krupinska on carbon removal markets; B2B AI translation is hot
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about AI translation news, the early demise of Spotify’s Car Thing, Chinese LLMs, and much more. The guest of the show is Marta Krupinska, CEO and co-founder of CUR8, a market-maker platform for carbon removals. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: AI translation unicorn DeepL reaches $2B valuation with new $300M investment…This story continues at The Next Web
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Ioanna and Andrii talk about AI translation news, the early demise of Spotify’s Car Thing, Chinese LLMs, and much more. The guest of the show is Marta Krupinska, CEO and co-founder of CUR8, a market-maker platform for carbon removals. Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode: AI translation unicorn DeepL reaches $2B valuation with new $300M investment…
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Berlin startup Cloover bags $114M to help consumers switch to solar
Climate and fintech startup Cloover has announced a funding round of $114mn (€105mn) to further boost Europe’s switch to renewable energy. The Berlin-based startup was founded in 2022 by Peder Broms, Jodok Betschart, Tony Kirmo, and Valentin Gönczy. Their vision is to facilitate the energy transition, with a particular focus on residential solar power. Clover has built a platform that connects installers, prosumers, manufacturers, energy providers, and investors. It enables vendors to offer their services as a subscription, enabling consumers to rent renewable technologies — particularly solar panels but also other applications such as batteries — instead of committing to upfront…This story continues at The Next Web
Climate and fintech startup Cloover has announced a funding round of $114mn (€105mn) to further boost Europe’s switch to renewable energy. The Berlin-based startup was founded in 2022 by Peder Broms, Jodok Betschart, Tony Kirmo, and Valentin Gönczy. Their vision is to facilitate the energy transition, with a particular focus on residential solar power. Clover has built a platform that connects installers, prosumers, manufacturers, energy providers, and investors. It enables vendors to offer their services as a subscription, enabling consumers to rent renewable technologies — particularly solar panels but also other applications such as batteries — instead of committing to upfront…
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EU, Australia strike critical minerals supply deal amid tech rivalry with China
As the West strives to reduce its reliance on China, the EU and Australia have struck a deal to co-build a supply chain of critical minerals, which are an essential to both the green and digital transitions. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two will seek to diversify the EU’s supply and boost the domestic sector of Australia. “In a world powered by technology, those who lead are those who control the most critical technologies, and their supply chains,” EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said in April. “Chips, batteries, electric cars: our competitiveness will necessarily depend on our capacity to…This story continues at The Next Web
As the West strives to reduce its reliance on China, the EU and Australia have struck a deal to co-build a supply chain of critical minerals, which are an essential to both the green and digital transitions. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two will seek to diversify the EU’s supply and boost the domestic sector of Australia. “In a world powered by technology, those who lead are those who control the most critical technologies, and their supply chains,” EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said in April. “Chips, batteries, electric cars: our competitiveness will necessarily depend on our capacity to…
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Why Rust is emerging as developers’ favourite programming language
While programming languages like JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and Python remain the most commonly used languages among developers, some interesting trends have emerged over the last few years. Stack Overflow’s 2023 Annual Developer Survey found that, although Rust is in 14th place in the list of most commonly used languages, it ranks number one as the “most admired” language, with more than 80% of developers who have used it saying they want to use it again in the next year. “Rust is a language that generates desire to use it once you get to know it,” the report states. 3 software developer…This story continues at The Next Web
While programming languages like JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and Python remain the most commonly used languages among developers, some interesting trends have emerged over the last few years. Stack Overflow’s 2023 Annual Developer Survey found that, although Rust is in 14th place in the list of most commonly used languages, it ranks number one as the “most admired” language, with more than 80% of developers who have used it saying they want to use it again in the next year. “Rust is a language that generates desire to use it once you get to know it,” the report states. 3 software developer…
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EU law to boost clean tech production to enter into force in June
The EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is set to enter into force by the end of June, following its final adoption today. The key regulation aims to ensure that homegrown clean tech can cover at least 40% of the bloc’s demands by 2030. “Demand is growing in Europe and globally, and we are now equipped to meet more of this demand with European supply,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. The Union hopes that by boosting its domestic manufacturing capacity, it can reduce its reliance on external countries for net-zero technologies. This includes the bloc’s dependence…This story continues at The Next Web
The EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is set to enter into force by the end of June, following its final adoption today. The key regulation aims to ensure that homegrown clean tech can cover at least 40% of the bloc’s demands by 2030. “Demand is growing in Europe and globally, and we are now equipped to meet more of this demand with European supply,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. The Union hopes that by boosting its domestic manufacturing capacity, it can reduce its reliance on external countries for net-zero technologies. This includes the bloc’s dependence…
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Airbus to build satellite that will predict the northern lights
The European Space Agency has hired Airbus to build a space satellite. It will forecast solar storms like the one that caused the biggest northern lights display in over 20 years this May. The satellite, dubbed Vigil, will sit at the so-called L5 point, some 150 million kilometres from Earth. From here it will view the Sun from the side, observing activity on the surface of the Sun four to five days before it becomes visible from Earth “Vigil will drastically improve both the lead time of space weather warnings as well as their level of detail from its unique…This story continues at The Next Web
The European Space Agency has hired Airbus to build a space satellite. It will forecast solar storms like the one that caused the biggest northern lights display in over 20 years this May. The satellite, dubbed Vigil, will sit at the so-called L5 point, some 150 million kilometres from Earth. From here it will view the Sun from the side, observing activity on the surface of the Sun four to five days before it becomes visible from Earth “Vigil will drastically improve both the lead time of space weather warnings as well as their level of detail from its unique…
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It’s not you, it’s the team: When personal productivity isn’t enough
In a perfect world, we would start our day by going through a neatly ordered list of tasks. We’d have a few hours of deep work concentration to cross off half of them. Then we’d have a leisurely lunch with colleagues and go back to whittling down the list until the last task was completed at precisely 5:30 pm. A sense of satisfaction would fill us as we leave (or disconnect) for the day and hop a ride to happy hour on a magical unicorn. But this is the real world, where last-minute meetings that could have been an email…This story continues at The Next Web
In a perfect world, we would start our day by going through a neatly ordered list of tasks. We’d have a few hours of deep work concentration to cross off half of them. Then we’d have a leisurely lunch with colleagues and go back to whittling down the list until the last task was completed at precisely 5:30 pm. A sense of satisfaction would fill us as we leave (or disconnect) for the day and hop a ride to happy hour on a magical unicorn. But this is the real world, where last-minute meetings that could have been an email…
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