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• TNW Podcast: Caroline Viarouge on EIT Manufacturing and EU-UK collaboration; is AGI even possible?

  17-04-2024 21:08 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 and Andrii talk about artificial general intelligence, repairable airbuds, some Wolverine nerdery, drone delivery adoption, and much more. The guest of the show is Caroline Viarouge, CEO at EIT Manufacturing. A big part of the conversa
  
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• TNW Podcast: Caroline Viarouge on EIT Manufacturing and EU-UK collaboration

  17-04-2024 21:08 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 and Andrii talk about artificial general intelligence, repairable airbuds, some Wolverine nerdery, drone delivery adoption, and much more. The guest of the show is Caroline Viarouge, CEO at EIT Manufacturing. A big part of the conversa
  
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• China still ASML’s biggest market, but falling sales cause drop in profit

  17-04-2024 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amid the semiconductor industry’s slowdown and increasing geopolitical tensions, Dutch chip machine-maker ASML reported a decrease both in sales and profits. Europe’s most valuable tech company saw orders fall to €3.6bn in the first quarter of 2024, down from €9.2bn in the previous quarter. Its net profit also dropped to €1.2bn — a 37% decrease compared to Q4 2023. “We see 2024 as a transition,” ASML’s President and CEO Peter Wennink said in a
  
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• In biggest-ever election year, tech platforms are wide open for voter manipulation

  17-04-2024 16:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  Under orders from the EU, tech giants have launched 11 advertising transparency tools. None of them are fit for purpose, according to a new study from Mozilla. The tools provide libraries of data about online adverts. By exploring the repositories, researchers can identify the funders and techniques behind the ads. At least, that’s the idea. The libraries are obligatory under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a law designed to safeguard online environments. By shining a light on&
  
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• How to Write World-Beating Web Content

  17-04-2024 14:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  Writing for the web is different from all other formats. We typically do not read to any real depth on the web; we scan-read.
  
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• Air taxi firm raises $110M, plans to launch commercial service in 2026

  17-04-2024 11:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  A British drone maker plans to launch air taxis in 2026 after raising a whopping $110mn. Skyports has already flown electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on delivery and monitoring trials. The new funding brings commercial air taxis closer to the services on offer. The first flights are slated to take off in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this year, Skyports inked a deal with authorities in Dubai to build four vertiports ahead of the launch of air taxi services in 2026.
  
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• Tree-planting search engine Ecosia to monitor reforestation from space

  17-04-2024 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Berlin-based Ecosia, best known as the tree-planting search engine, has teamed up with French startup Kanop to monitor its reforestation efforts from space. With around 20 million users, Ecosia is the world’s largest not-for-profit search engine. It is also one of the biggest tree-planters in the world. The company claims to have planted 200 million trees since its inception in 2009.  To date, Ecosia has monitored its tree-planting efforts using ground-based observations. But with th
  
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