This autonomous yacht is a mobile green hydrogen factory


In recent years, there have been several attempts at building a hydrogen boat. But UK startup Drift is navigating new territory with a vessel that isn’t hydrogen-powered, but hydrogen-producing.  Drift is developing an autonomous yacht capa

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Meta, Spotify CEOs slap down European officials for ‘stifling’ AI innovation


Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify’s CEO Daniek Ek have taken aim at European lawmakers for enforcing “stifling” and “inconsistent” regulation that hampers the growth of tech companies. “Instead of clear rules that

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Space collisions are a growing threat. Europe’s techies want to help


Space has become a crowded place. Astronomers estimate that over 10,000 active satellites were in orbit last month — four times as many as just five years ago. The surge in launches has ignited excitement about a new space race. But the cosmic traffic may be heading

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How Mike Lynch took on the US Justice Department and HP — and won


Today, divers recovered the body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch from the wreckage of his family’s superyacht Bayesian, which sunk off the coast of Sicily on Monday.  Lynch — sometimes referred to as “Britain’s Bil

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Tech tycoon Mike Lynch body found in wreckage of ‘unsinkable’ superyacht


The bodies of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and four others have been recovered from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, the Financial Times reports, citing Italian officials. Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, and

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TNW Podcast: How startups deploy AI, Bolt’s international expansion, and Fortnite is back


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, Ioann

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Should we deport Musk to Mars? We asked 17th-century philosopher Spinoza’s AI twin


Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s ideas on religion, ethics, and human freedom laid the foundation for many of the basic morals and values of modern society.  And now you can tap some of the 17th century philosopher’s old-school wisdom stra

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Tallinn startup bags €2.3M to turn CO2 into ‘critical’ graphite for EV batteries


Up Catalyst has closed a €2.36mn seed extension round to accelerate the development of an industrial pilot reactor that turns CO2 emissions into carbon materials. According to the Tallinn-based startup, the reactor will be able to produce 100 tonnes of CO2 per

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UK ‘silent hangar’ to battle-ready aircraft, vehicles amid Russian GPS assault


In March, a plane transporting UK defence minister Grant Shapps to Poland had its GPS signal jammed as it flew near Russian territory.  While the disruption forced the plane to use alternative ways to navigate for over half an hour,

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NHS flies blood packs by drone beyond the line of sight in UK first


In a UK first, drones have successfully delivered blood packs, flying beyond the visual line of sight, where the pilot can no longer see them as they travel. The flights were part of a joint trial between the NHS and healthcare logistics startup Apian. Its aim

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