Prompt engineering could be the hottest job in tech, with a paycheck to match


Everybody can breathe out. Next generation artificial intelligence isn’t the existential threat to tech jobs the AI doomers imagined it would be. In fact, Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bin

Are these hydrogen-electric RVs the answer to emissions-free holidays?


Not too far in the future, camper lovers could be going on holidays that are much kinder to the very nature they are looking to enjoy. At the beginning of this week, London and Vancouver-based startup First Hydrogen revealed the design for i

UK can rejoin Horizon without paying for last two years, says EU


The UK has been told it won’t have to pay for the two years it had been out of the EU’s Horizon research programme — removing a big barrier to rejoining the €95.5bn scheme. Britain had been locked out of Horizon because of a post-Brexit dispute over trade in No

The new wave of climate tech startups capturing carbon across Europe


When Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, work stopped at thousands of Ukrainian businesses – including carbon capture-focused startup Carbominer.  As tanks approached the capital Kyiv, inhabitants of the city, including employee

EU backs 100+ women-founded deep tech startups


The European Commission has announced the results of the second round of Women TechEU — a programme designed to help women-founded deep tech startups scale.   The round, which has a budget of €10m, saw applications from 467 women-founded deep tech startups

UK startup Space DOTS wants to test space materials… well, in space


This story is syndicated from the premium edition of PreSeed Now, a newsletter that digs into the product, market, and founder story of UK-founded startups so you can understand how they fit into what’s happening in the wider world and startup ecosystem

What app developers actually think about the EU vs Apple debate on third-party app stores


Under the European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to increase competition, large online platforms, including Apple, must open up their devices to third-party app stores. The DMA also requires these online platforms to permit sideloading, i.e.,

Europe’s Juice space mission blasts off toward Jupiter


The ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission — ‘Juice’ — successfully launched today from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.     The launch was supposed to take place yesterday but was postponed due to poor weather conditions.  Today, the st

Ireland’s Neuromod gets €30M to increase reach of tinnitus treatment tech


Anyone who has ever experienced phantom ringing in their ears knows that it is a nuisance to say the least. Those who have tinnitus – hearing continuous ringing, buzzing, humming or even roaring sounds – often experience anxiety and depression as a

Germany and Intel in funding dispute over €17bn chip plant


Intel’s plan to construct a massive chip plant in Magdeburg, Germany, is arguably the centrepiece of the EU’s strategy to ramp up domestic production of semiconductors.  But cash flow has proven to be a major stumbling block for the mega-pro


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