ESA satellite launches Dutch tech into space to study climate change


Dutch tech has launched into space onboard a spacecraft designed to analyse climate change. The EarthCARE satellite — a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Japanese peer JAXA — lifted off today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Equipped w

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Space tech startup Open Cosmos to build Greece’s first flagship satellite constellation


Open Cosmos, the UK-based startup that uses satellites to fight climate change, has secured a contract of €60mn to build seven satellites for Greece. Dubbed Optical Constellation, this will be the country’s first flagship satellite project. The satellites in t

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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

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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

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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 r

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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 a

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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 visi

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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

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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

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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

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