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Finnish startup bags €29M to decarbonise this niche building material


From bricklaying robots to zero-carbon cement, startups are shaking up construction in a high-tech bid to build better, greener structures.  One of these early-stage ventures is Finland-based Aisti. Founded in 2019, the company has come up with a wa

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Scientifica raises €200M to fund and provide lab space for deep tech startups


Rome-based venture capital firm Scientifica has launched a €200mn fund to support startups in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other frontier technologies. The fund, set to launch early next year, will provide early-stage compani

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Head of Microsoft for Startups: Europe just needs time to spawn more winners


Microsoft probably needs no introduction. But in case you are not familiar with the Microsoft for Startups program, it is an initiative that provides free licences and Azure credits to selected software entrepreneurs over the course of

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YouTube is taking over TV

YouTube was launched in February 2005 and soon adopted a simple motto: “Broadcast Yourself.” While we initially watched on PCs, and then smartphones, it seems that these days an increasing number of us are engaging with YouTube content on our televisions.

That’s one of the key findings of YouTube’s annual ye

GPT is far likelier than other AI models to fabricate quotes by public figures, our analysis shows

Large language models typically perform so similarly that their differences can be measured by millimeters. But in some scenarios, these models are separated by miles.

After a chance discovery that ChatGPT seemed more likely to return strange and unlikely quotes from public figures than Anthropic’s Claude, I prompted 10 different models to provide quotes by famous people about random objects. I generated a data set of 450 public figures and 450 things with Claude, and used the temp

As AI makes its way into movies, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is fighting for actors’ rights

After years of advocating for actors’ collective rights, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is finally getting his own close-up. Now executive director of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Crabtree-Ireland has come a long way from his early days as a Los Angeles County prosecutor, transforming himself into one of Hollywood’s most influential behind-the-scenes players since joining the union in 2000. Now, as he leads 160,000 memb

AI agents that help doctors get paid

Dan Parsons, co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at Thoughtful AI, talks about how his company is using AI to simplify how providers get paid by insurance companies. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/13/ai-agents-that-help-doctors-get-paid/

‘I’m not understanding this trend’: TikTok is divided on the Sofia Richie Grainge dance

Who’d have thought Sofia Richie Grainge two-stepping on TikTok could cause such a stir online? 

The 26-year-old can be seen dancing alongside her friend, influencer Jake Shane, in a TikTok video posted November 28. Looking chic in a camel-color sweater and skirt combo, she did a little two-step and shimmy alongside Shane, as they sang TikTok’s current favorite song “Messy” by Lola Young.

If you invested in Apple’s IPO 44 years ago, here’s what your shares would be worth today

On December 12, 1980, a few hours after the opening bell rang on Wall Street, shares of Apple Computer officially began trading. The numbers, by today’s standards, weren’t that impressive.

Apple raised roughly $100 million in the offering (about the equivalent of $383 million in today’s dollars), selling 4.6 million shares at $22 each. Today, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has a market cap of $3.75 trillion and shares trade at around $248.

What is ‘debanking’ and why are Marc Andreesen and Silicon Valley talking about it?

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s recent ">appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast introduced many to the concept of debanking. In essence, this is when bank accounts get closed by the bank rather than the customer. However, during the podcast the tech billionaire described debanking as a “privatized sanctions regime” targeting unpopular political groups, notably, conservatives and crypto an

Why OpenAI’s Sora has so much trouble depicting gymnasts

Welcome to AI DecodedFast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

What gymnasts can teach us about Sora’s limitations

OpenAI made its Sora Turbo image generator available to its paying customers thi

Trump’s pick of David Sacks as AI and crypto czar shows how cozy his White House will be with Silicon Valley

President-elect Donald Trump’s approach to crypto is becoming clearer with the appointment of entrepreneur David Sacks as Trump’s “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar”—signalling a shift in how the U.S. government perceives cryptocurrency that could indicate

Google Ads 2024 Recap: With An Eye To 2025 via @sejournal, @adsliaison

Get insights into the top trends and launches in Google Ads. Learn how to engage audiences and drive better results with the latest advertising products.

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Helen King’s job is all about keeping AI safe as Google scales

More than a dozen years ago, U.K.-based game producer Helen King was about to take a new job at Ubisoft in Canada. She had already boxed up her possessions and was getting her visa in order when an opportunity at a London-based AI startup unexpectedly presented itself. King found it irresistible, even though she had no background in the technology—she’d even opted out of AI courses as a computer science student.

“Some of my friends still haven’t forgiven me,” she jokes. “Beca

What we learned after taking part in a 100-day innovation sprint


On a warm day in October, three corporates and two startups gathered together in the TNW offices for the conclusion of the one-hundred-day Vodafone IoT Challenge. Innovation is something all businesses want, but few actually have time for. We read about the adv

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Dutch startup’s new battery material could wean Europe off Chinese graphite


Amsterdam-based startup CarbonX has secured €4mn to industrialise a new anode material that could help Europe reduce its reliance on China for graphite, a substance which makes up half the weight of a typical lithium-ion battery.  Netherlands-b

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Upvest — which powers stock trading on Revolut, N26, Bunq — secures €100M


If you live in Europe and you use a neobank, you’ve likely been interacting with Upvest’s investment products without even knowing it. The Berlin-based startup runs a stock-trading API that integrates into some of the biggest fintechs in Europe — Revolu

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As AI voices become more human, will stereotypes follow?

Google has worked hard to make its new Gemini AI assistant sound more human, but could that lead to people projecting race and gender biases on what they hear?

When Google prepared to give its new Gemini AI assistant the ability to speak, the company decided to name its 10 voice options after celestial bodies. Voices like Orbit, Vega, and Pegasus aren’t just a nod to Gemini’s own constellat

Nový navigační systém s neuromorfní kamerou čte „otisky prstů“ v krajině

GPS systém je fajn, ale také je bohužel zranitelný prostředky elektronického boje. Zajímavou alternativu vyvíjejí australští Advanced Navigation s evropskými MBDA. Jejich letecká navigace obsahuje neuromorfní kameru, která čte terén a detekuje v něm „otisky prstů,“ z nichž je možné odvodit pozici letounu. http://www.osel.cz/13818-novy-navigacni-system-s-neuromorfni-kamerou-cte-otisky-prstu-v-krajine.html

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Google’s new AI projects aren’t ready for the masses yet. Good!

Few tech-industry traditions are as time-honored as vaporware: stuff that gets publicly demoed well before it’s ready to ship. In some cases, the companies in question are just slower to finish their work than they’d expected. Other times, they’re strategically drumming up enthusiasm for something new and shiny to distract customers from competitive offerings. Either way, any gratification involved is delayed, assuming the product ever

WooCommerce SEO: The Definitive Guide For Your Online Store via @sejournal, @coreydmorris

Drive sales and maximize your online presence with WooCommerce for WordPress. Learn how this plugin can provide the features you need for ecommerce success.

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Google vypustil kvantový čip Willow. Počítá v paralelních vesmírech?

Tým Google Quantum AI představil kvantový čip Willow se 105 qubity. Vypadá skvěle a v nejdrsnějším benchmarku svého druhu Random circuit sampling (RCS) spočítá za necelých 5 minut to, co dnešní nejrychlejší superpočítače nezvládnou za 10 kvadrilionů let. Tento test je ale velmi specifický a jde o výpočty, co nemají žádné praktické využití. http://www.osel.cz/13817-google-vypustil-kvantovy-cip-willow-pocita-v-paralelnich-vesmirech.html

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Character.ai is being sued for encouraging kids to self-harm

Two families in Texas have filed a new federal product liability lawsuit against Google-backed company Character.AI, accusing it of harming their children. The lawsuit alleges that Character.AI “poses a clear and present danger to American youth causing serious harms to thousands of kids, including suicide, self-mutilation, sexual solicitation, isolation, depression, anxiety, and harm towards others,” according t

Influencers are tagging the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione for clout

Is there a more creative way to clout-chase than to tag an alleged assassin in your Instagram photo dump? For some aspiring influencers, every view counts. 

After 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was named as a “person of interest” in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, it was only a matter of minutes before his X, Instagram, and even Goodreads accounts were identified and

How social media unspooled Luigi Mangione’s life after UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder

The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last Wednesday sparked a five-day manhunt for the mysterious killer, who left behind irresistible clues like a hidden message on bullet casings and

Community Corner: Serverless Architectures With Nelson Isioma

In this episode, Scott talks with Nelson Isioma about his article in the November 2024 issue of the php[architect] magazine about Serverless Architectures. Links pScan – https://github.com/Nelwhix/pScan Article – https://www.phparch.com/article/2024-11-building-serverless-php-applications/

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TikTok’s Canada unit wants court review of shut-down order

TikTok’s Canadian unit said it has filed an emergency motion with Canada’s Federal Court seeking a judicial review of an order that the company shut down its operations in the country on national security concerns.

The Chinese-owned

Google launches Gemini 2.0 AI models, and showcases their powers in new agents

Google on Wednesday gave the public and developers a taste of the second generation of its Gemini frontier models, and a preview of some of the agents it will power. 

The new Gemini 2.0 family of models is designed to power new AI agents that understand more than just text, and reason and complete tasks with more autonomy. Google described how the new models will improve an experimental agent called Project Astra, which lets AI process information seen through a camera. It pre

Internet rankings are breaking our brains

Any time I’m unsure of which jacket to buy, or which movie to watch, or which country to visit, I do this one simple trick: take a look at the rankings. 

One need not look very far to come across a ranked list of products and services on any given day. In December, though, they’re practically unavoidable. That’s when the standard U.S. ambient nudge toward consumerism becomes more of a mule-kick to the sternum. Best-of-the-year lists pour out of

Deloitte’s annual tech trends report: AI will soon be in everything

Artificial intelligence is heading toward a future where it’s so embedded in everything we do, we’ll eventually forget it’s even there. 

At least that’s according to Deloitte’s annual Tech Trends report, which pinpoints enterprise technology trends that the firm expects to take off in the coming years. The report, in its 16th year, is meant to help guide business leaders alongside an ever-changing industry. 

This year’s report highlights how artificial intel

‘My personality is being smothered by corporate America’: This controversial OOO is going viral on TikTok

With the holidays around the corner, do you have your OOO prepped and ready to go? If you were in need of inspiration, one employee has gone viral on TikTok for their rather unconventional approach.  

“OOO keeps getting me in trouble,” @chefmoisehere wrote in a caption over the video with over 2.7 million views. “So I keep getting the same talking to fro

Voice Search Optimization At Scale: A Guide For Enterprise Marketers via @sejournal, @makhyan

Take advantage of the growing popularity of voice search. This guide will help you optimize your website for voice assistants and increase your online presence.

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Propelling satellites with electricity and salt? No problem for this Parisian startup


In 2018, Elon Musk put a Tesla in space. Like many of the billionaire’s antics, it was a publicity stunt. However, it pointed to an undeniable truth: the future of space travel is electric.   Most spacecraft today — like cars and trucks back on Earth

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UK police trial high-tech wristbands to keep dementia patients safe


A police force in the UK is using Bluetooth tracking wristbands for people with dementia in a high-tech bid to keep them safe.   Starting this month, Avon and Somerset Police will start giving out Bluetooth wristbands for free to families. It’s part of a br

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Where do startups come from? Ideas and entrepreneurs, of course


At TNW, we are all about supporting and elevating startups and entrepreneurs who are doing epic stuff with tech. When Red Bull reached out to talk about their innovation competition, my first thought was what on Earth do we have in common with

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Police departments are embracing AI-powered video surveillance. This company is leading the effort

A red Hyundai SUV makes its way through downtown San Francisco on a bright August afternoon. The car looks innocuous, but a day earlier, police had linked it to the break-in of another car and added it to a so-called hot list of wanted vehicles. Now the city’s license plate recognition cameras, or LPRs, are stationed at major intersections, ready and waiting.

One of those LPRs photographs the Hyundai’s plates, matching it with the car on the hot list and sending an automated alert

How philosopher Shannon Vallor delivered the year’s best critique of AI

A few years ago, Shannon Vallor found herself in front of Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor’s hulking mercury drop of a sculpture, better known as the Bean, in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Staring into its shiny mirrored surface, she noticed something. 

“I was seeing how it reflected not only the shapes of individual people, but big crowds, and even larger human structures like the Chicago skyline,” she recalls, “but also that these were distorted—some magnified, others shrunk or twi

Insights From Microsoft Ads Partners: Copilot And PMax via @sejournal, @LisaRocksSEM

Discover Microsoft’s latest updates on Copilot and ads, including enhanced ad integration, Performance Max optimization, and insights into AI-driven conversational search.

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Rose Wang says Bluesky is so much more than an X clone

A huge shift in social media is underway: People are leaving X while millions have flocked to Bluesky, a new upstart powered by a tiny 20-person team. Bluesky’s COO, Rose Wang, addresses this inflection point as dissatisfaction with major platforms continues to grow. Wang emphasizes that Bluesky isn’t merely an X clone, or a haven for liberals, but rather a key player in

Ethical hacker explains the risks of using public internet

In the modern world we are all constantly connected, but this comes with risks. As most cybersecurity specialists will tell you, the biggest vulnerability in any system is the user—whether at home or work.

The most common ways in which hackers break into systems are via attacks on users such as phishing, rather than by breaching tec

GM is pulling the funding for its Cruise robotaxi company

General Motors is pulling funding from robotaxi company Cruise in order to focus on its own autonomous and assisted driving systems.

“Consistent with GM’s capital allocation priorities, GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market,” GM said in a press release.

GM said it will fold Cruise employees into exis

Gentrace makes it easier for businesses to test AI-powered software

As businesses continue to integrate generative AI into their products, many find it challenging to actually test whether the AI is behaving correctly and giving useful answers.

To help address this problem, a startup called Gentrace offers an integrated platform for testing software built around large language models. Whereas traditional software that can be subjected to automated tests to ve

Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators from Ethiopia rebels

A contractor hired by Facebook’s parent company Meta dismissed threats to content moderators by Ethiopian rebels angered by their work, according to new evidence filed in a case challenging the dismissal of dozens of moderators in Kenya.

Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they had lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm co

Why olive oil girl is TikTok’s main character

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok in the past few days, you’ve probably come across the viral olive oil story. If you haven’t, strap in.

The latest trend on the platform sees people sharing their wildest stories over a slideshow of images of Pepe the King Prawn soundtracked to Like A Prayer. One particular TikTok from the trend was posted by Megan Chacalos (@meganchacalos), who has sinc

Google Site Reputation Abuse: FAQ Addresses Concerns via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google releases FAQ clarifying site reputation abuse policy, confirming rules for third-party content and providing recovery guidance for publishers.

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This state could be the first to require mental health warning labels on social media sites

California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday.

The legislation sponsored by state Attorney General Rob Bonta is necessar

Why Meta shareholders are seeking sanctions for former COO Sheryl Sandberg

Attorneys for Meta shareholders asked a Delaware judge Monday to sanction the company’s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and fellow Facebook board member and current White House chief of staff Jeff Zients for deleting emails related to the

Enterprise 2024.8 release: Maintain a healthy roster of SMEs

This release introduces the ability to automatically and programmatically demote an inactive Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure a healthy roster of contributing experts. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/enterprise-2024-8-release-maintain-a-healthy-roster-of-smes/

It’s not what you know, it’s how you know you know it

The complex relationship of give-and-take in the knowledge journey is untangled in the results from the latest Stack Overflow Knows survey. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-how-you-know-you-know-it/

Žijeme v nejlepším vesmíru? Fyzici navrhují, jak otestovat antropický princip

Antropický princip nepřestává dráždit. Jak je možné, že žijeme ve vesmíru, v němž můžeme žít? Nemanja Kaloper s Alexanderem Westphalem k jinak čistě filozofickému a poněkud bezcílnému mudrování přihodili test antropického principu v souvislosti s pátráním po temné hmotě. Vše záleží na tom, jestli najdeme nebo nenajdeme ultralehké axiony. Jasno by mohlo být docela brzy. http://www.osel.cz/13815-zijeme-v-nejlepsim-vesmiru-fyzici-navrhuji-jak-otestovat-antropicky-princip.html

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