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• Dutch students cross North Sea in hydrogen boat — but you won’t ride one anytime soon

  19-07-2024 16:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  A team of students from the Technical University of Delft have made history by crossing the North Sea in a fully hydrogen-powered boat.   TU Delft’s Hydro Motion team set off from Breskens, Netherlands on July 11, with 160km of rough ocean ahead of them. Shortly into the trip, however, the vessel suffered a failure in its cooling pump and had to dock in Belgium for repairs. After a bit of tinkering, the issue was resolved and the crew set sail once more. They arrived at Ramsgate
  
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• Businesses are harvesting our biometric data. We need new protections

  19-07-2024 16:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  Imagine walking through a bustling railway station. You’re in a hurry, weaving through the crowd, unaware that cameras are not just watching you but also recognising you. These days, our biometric data is valuable to businesses for security purposes, to enhance customer experience or to improve their own efficiency. Biometrics are unique physical or behavioural traits and are part of our everyday lives. Among these, facial recognition is the most common. Facial recognition techn
  
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• Proton launches ‘privacy-first’ AI email assistant to rival Google, Microsoft

  19-07-2024 13:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  Swiss app developer Proton has launched a new “privacy-first” AI email writing assistant that could be a more secure alternative to similar offerings from Google and Microsoft.  Proton Scribe, integrated in Proton Mail, allows users to compose emails with simple prompts. The large language model (LLM) can also proofread your drafts before they’re sent.  To use the feature, all you have to do is draft an email in Proton Mail and click the pencil icon displayed at the
  
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