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• Flying cars edge towards takeoff after Chinese production deal

  27-03-2024 20:43 via thenextweb.com
  
  A flying car that’s certified for aviation just took another big step towards commercialisation. The Aircar’s creator, KleinVision, today announced the sale of a “groundbreaking” license to manufacture the vehicle. The deal gives China’s Hebei Jianxin Flying Car Technology Co exclusive rights to the system within a specific, undisclosed region. Also undisclosed is the cost of the license. KleinVision said the agreement brings flying cars closer to reality. The Slov
  
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• TNW Podcast: Ukrainian startups, European quantum tech, Michiel Scheffer on the future of the EIC

  27-03-2024 17:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  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, Linnea, Tom (!), and Andrii talk about Ukrainian startups, drones, information security, European quantum landscape, reverse brain drain, and a lot more. The guest of the show is Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Coun
  
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• UCL spinout bags £10M to make AI ‘super brains’ for 100x faster LLM training

  27-03-2024 17:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  Oriole Networks, a UCL spinout, has raised £10mn in seed funding to build AI “super brains” that promise to accelerate the training of Large Language Models (LLMs).  Founded in 2023 by UCL scientists, the startup has developed a new method that harnesses the power of  light to connect thousands of AI chips. This results in a network of chips, where the power of each individual GPU is combined to form a “super brain.”  According to James Regan, CEO at
  
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• Scientists think ‘collective AI’ will resemble Star Trek’s Borg — only nicer (hopefully)

  27-03-2024 15:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Leading computer scientists have unveiled a vision of “collective AI” that resembles Star Trek species the Borg. Researchers from MIT, Yale, and Loughborough University explained the concept in a study published this week in Nature Machine Intelligence. The paper describes separate AI units continuously acquiring new knowledge and skills. They would then share the information across a network. Together, the collective would turn their insights into mutual benefits. Multipl
  
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• 10+ Best Resources & Tools for Web Designers (2024 update)

  27-03-2024 15:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  Is searching for the best web design tools to suit your needs akin to having a recurring bad dream? Does each “promising ad” look like any other, and you find yourself reading them over and over again?
  We published this list to give you some temporary, and hopefully permanent, relief.
  
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• 1.5M UK jobs now at risk from AI, report finds

  27-03-2024 14:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Some 11% of job tasks in the UK are currently at risk of AI replacement, a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found. In the worst case scenario, this translates to a loss of 1.5 million jobs — without any GDP gains. IPPR’s analysis showed that the impact is mostly evident on routine cognitive tasks, such as database management, as well as organisational and strategic tasks, such as inventory management or scheduling. Back-office, entry-level,
  
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• This snowboard is made from paper — and it shreds like a dream

  27-03-2024 11:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Professional freeride snowboarder Cody Bramwell carves through the deep white powder, left-right-left-right, down the mountainside. He’s snow surfing, a unique, bind-less style of snowboarding invented in Japan in the 1980s.  Rather than focusing on speed and tricks, snow surfing is about finding the flow of the mountain, keeping speed through flat sections and becoming one with the terrain. The sport is best practised in fresh, uncompressed powder, as opposed to crowded ski slopes.&
  
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• Gocycle releases first pics of F1-inspired folding cargo ebikes

  27-03-2024 10:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  London-based Gocycle, founded by Richard Thorpe, a former industrial designer at McLaren, has released the first images of its new range of folding cargo ebikes.  Gocycle, best known for its sleek folding ebikes, first announced its move into the cargo bike market back in February, along with some shiny 3D renders of two models — the CXi and the more premium CX-plus.   “Right now all we have is a promise and a bunch of image renders, not even photographs of a real bik
  
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• 5 steps to building an ESG-responsible software startup

  27-03-2024 08:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  Many startups around the world will want to play their part in creating a more responsible business. But it can seem like an unattainable goal, with many regarding it as something to worry about after the business has reached a certain size. This is a mistake. Startups have every opportunity to take action now and build a long-term strategy in this area, tackling not just environmental issues, but the full range of ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) areas that go into building a susta
  
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