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• AWS to launch European ‘sovereign cloud’ in Germany by 2025, earmarks €7.8B

  15-05-2024 17:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) today confirmed plans to launch its European “sovereign cloud”, aiming to enhance data residency and security across the EU. The city of Bradenburg in Germany will be the first region to host the cloud servers, which are set to power up by the end of 2025. AWS will invest €7.8bn through 2040. According to the tech giant, the European sovereign cloud will have its entire infrastructure within the EU and will operate independently from existing clou
  
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• Unlike Intel, TSMC isn’t sold on ASML’s new chipmaking machines

  15-05-2024 13:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  While Intel is betting big on ASML’s latest High NA EUV chipmaking machines, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is considering opting out. Speaking at a conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday, TSMC’s Senior VP Kevin Zhang told reporters that ASML’s new equipment comes with too hefty a price tag. The Dutch chipmaker’s High NA EUV machines represent the next generation in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, which uses light to draw chip designs on the silicon waf
  
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• LLMs ‘for all official EU languages’ on horizon for Finnish startup

  15-05-2024 12:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  A Finnish startup today launched a multilingual AI model that’s a “significant milestone” on the path to LLMs for every EU language, the company says. Helsinki-based Silo AI calls the new large language model Viking 7B. It covers  Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, as well as English and programming languages. Evaluations indicate best-in-class performance in all the Nordic languages — without compromising the English outputs. Peter Sarlin, Silo AI&
  
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• 7 certifications software developers should consider to grow their career

  15-05-2024 09:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  The necessity of professional certifications is debated, with many software developers pooh-poohing their relevance when it comes to securing a job. But in a competitive job market, anything that can give you an edge or help you stand out as a candidate is worth considering. If you’re at the early stage of your career, or looking to pivot, securing certification can offer assurances of your skills when you’ve not yet built up the experience. Professional certification will also demo
  
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• TNW Podcast: Janis Putrams on robotic wind turbine care; a massive raise for self-driving AI tech and more supercomputers

  15-05-2024 08:30 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 Siôn talk about a massive investor vote of confidence for self-driving AI tech, the UK joining the EU-led supercomputer project, the first ever CGI in cinema, and the sun’s cycles, prompted by the incredible display or aurora th
  
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• Norwegian startup trains AI to predict natural disasters

  15-05-2024 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Norwegian startup 7Analytics has secured €4mn to help predict the next big flood or landslide. The Bergen-based outfit trains machine learning algorithms on vast quantities of data on everything from weather to land use. The AI then learns to predict how natural disasters will unfold with metre-scale accuracy. Whereas the weather forecast tells you when a storm is approaching, 7Analytics will tell you exactly how the water from this storm will travel through your community. These insights
  
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