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• How Berlin’s underground car parks could heat thousands of homes

  03-11-2023 16:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Berlin’s underground car parks are producing so much heat they could power thousands of homes with clean geothermal electricity, according to a new study. The heat given off by car engines makes the city’s car parks hotter than the surrounding earth, which in turn raises the temperature of the groundwater. This could pose a threat to water quality but also presents an opportunity — using heat pumps to extract the energy and use it to heat homes. In Berlin alone, enough energy
  
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• Musk on how to turn the UK into a ‘unicorn breeding ground’

  03-11-2023 15:22 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you are generally interested in technology, and are not aware by now of the meeting that took place yesterday between Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk during the UK’s AI Security Summit at Bletchley Park, you have probably been living under a rock. As others have already commented, the session more resembled a fan meeting, or at the very least a club of mutual admiration, than an actual interview. The PM’s fawning giggles were perhaps not entirely suited to the gravity of the occasion b
  
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• Europe’s first continental spaceport opens in major boost for German startup

  03-11-2023 13:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  Europe’s first operational continental spaceport has officially opened in a major boost for Germany’s Isar Aerospace — which is hastily preparing for its maiden flight from the site next year. The Andøya Spaceport, located on the remote island of Andøya in Norway’s northwest, was officially opened by Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon this week. Once fully constructed, the spaceport will host several launch pads. Isar Aerospace has exclusive access to the first
  
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• How Valencia’s fast-growing startup ecosystem is thriving

  03-11-2023 13:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  Every successful tech ecosystem needs an event that brings stakeholders together — both locally and from abroad. Obviously, in Amsterdam, we have the outstanding TNW Conference (shamelessly opportunistic, we know, but here is a 30% discount on a business pass for 2024 — come say hi). In the record-pace-growth startup hub of Spain’s third-largest city, it is the Valencia Digital Summit (VDS).  As far as conference locations go, VDS definitely delivers. The futuristic aesth
  
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