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• Should You Accept Guest Posts on Your WordPress Blog? (Pros/Cons)

  01-06-2023 17:45 via webdesignernews.com
  Every author has a unique point of view, and your audience will likely appreciate a change of pace and ideas. This is especially true if you’re a solo blogger or feel that your content is getting stale.
  
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• Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap

  26-04-2024 20:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Our understanding of the challenges women face in the startup ecosystem is limited. Past research has focused on overt negative sexist attitudes that question women’s competence and suitability for entrepreneurship. This view overlooks the existence of more subtle, yet pervasive and socially acceptable, sexist attitudes that often go unnoticed. Given the sheer number of people interested or working in startups today, from investors to suppliers to job applicants, the effects of these subt
  
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• This week in Dutch tech

  26-04-2024 18:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Hallo, Netherlands! Welcome to TNW’s first weekly round-up of tech news from our glorious home country. As we count down to TNW conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re ramping up our coverage of the Dutch IT sector. We’d also love to hear your thoughts on the local ecosystem. Drop us a line if you want to showcase your startup, share a digital tip, or just tell us your deepest, darkest secrets.  In the meantime, let’s get to the news. What we’re
  
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• Why Lithuania is a hidden gem of Europe’s startup ecosystem

  26-04-2024 18:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  In 2022, over 20,000 Lithuanians returned to their country of birth from abroad. A high quality of life coupled with a booming entrepreneurial ecosystem and a collaborative mentality has contributed to what investors are calling a “reverse brain drain.” Many of their minds reemerge in the country’s startup scene. It was on a visit to Lisbon that I first heard someone refer to Lithuania as “a hidden gem” of Europe’s startup ecosystem. A recent trip to Vilnius
  
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• Choosing Your Design Business Identity: Name vs. Company

  26-04-2024 17:47 via webdesignernews.com
  It’s not uncommon for agencies to ask freelancers not to mention their employment status or even ask that you imply that you’re full-time when you interact with their client. Especially if the agency has a great reputation in regards to the quality of the service you are providing.
  
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• Stunning Mockups in Seconds: Harnessing AI Technology

  26-04-2024 17:23 via webdesignernews.com
  As a designer, presenting your work in the most creative and appealing way is crucial to winning over clients. This is where you can utilize AI-powered mockup generators, as they provide a fast, efficient solution to creating attractive mockups.
  
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• Building Your Design System: A Step-by-Step Guide

  26-04-2024 16:52 via webdesignernews.com
  A well-crafted design system is a powerful tool for teams looking to create cohesive, scalable, and efficient designs. By establishing a shared language and a library of reusable components, a design system ensures consistency across your products, speeds up your workflow, and frees up your team to focus on solving user problems.
  
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• The Web’s Evolution: From Promise to Threat with AI

  26-04-2024 16:26 via webdesignernews.com
  The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection.
  
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• Is it worth doing UX in the year 2024?

  26-04-2024 16:24 via webdesignernews.com
  We’ve all heard the term thrown around, but what exactly does UX stand for? It’s user experience. Forget the misconception that UX design is all about making users feel happy and giddy. The truth is, UX design’s ultimate goal is to bring in the big bucks for the company. But there’s a catch: if the user experience stinks, users will abandon ship faster than you can say “failed product launch.” So, it’s a delicate balance — creating a product that&r
  
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• Figma just launched variables for typography and gradients

  26-04-2024 16:22 via webdesignernews.com
  Design systems are a key tool for fostering collaboration between design and development teams. Features like auto layout, variables, and Dev Mode have facilitated closer integration between design and code. However, achieving widespread design system adoption remains a challenge.
  
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• DeepL launches AI writing assistant for businesses trained on its own LLM

  26-04-2024 14:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  DeepL, which has been rivalling machine translation giants such as Google Translate and Microsoft Translator, has launched an AI writing assistant tailored for businesses. Dubbed DeepL Write Pro, the product acts as a creative assistant for use during the drafting process. It provides suggestions on word choice, phrasing, style, and tone, aiming to improve the text, while preserving the writer’s own voice. Currently available in English and German, the tool comes with customisation option
  
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• Darktrace agrees £4.3B sale to US investor in blow to UK stock market

  26-04-2024 12:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  British cybersecurity flag bearer Darktrace is set to leave London’s stock market after agreeing a £4.3bn sale to US private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Shareholders will have to approve the takeover before it’s rubber-stamped. The chair of Darktrace, Gordon Hurst, said the deal represents “an attractive premium and an opportunity for shareholders.” “The proposed acquisition will provide Darktrace access to a strong financial partner in Thoma Bravo, with deep so
  
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• To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

  26-04-2024 08:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. Even Einstein was not immune, claiming, “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable,” just ten years before Enrico Fermi completed construction of the first fission reactor in Chicago. Shortly thereafter, the consensus switched to fears of an imminent nuclear holocaust. Similarly, today’s experts
  
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• Cyberattacks on Poland surged after election of pro-Ukraine government, NetScout says

  25-04-2024 19:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Cyber attackers battered Poland after the country’s change of government late last year. DDoS attacks at the end of 2023 were nearly quadruple the country’s average, according to cybersecurity firm NetScout’s observations. The surge began when the Law and Justice party (PiS) lost its majority in last year’s Polish general election. PiS had ruled the country since 2015. It was replaced by a coalition government, which reaffirmed support for Ukraine’s defence ag
  
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• Europe taps deep learning to make industrial robots safer colleagues

  25-04-2024 15:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Demand for industrial robots is rising in Europe, especially driven by the benefits of automation. However, there are ongoing challenges in ensuring seamless collaboration with humans while maintaining safety. To address this issue, a consortium of European universities, technology accelerators, and private research labs is launching the RoboSAPIENs project. The aim is to build the necessary safety mechanisms with a particular focus on adaptive industrial robots — a category of autonomous
  
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• AI unicorn Synthesia launches most ’emotionally expressive’ avatars on the market

  25-04-2024 13:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  A British startup today unveiled new AI humans that blur the line between the virtual and the real. Synthesia calls the digital beings “Expressive Avatars.” They promise the most realistic emotional expressions on the market.  Generated by an AI model that’s trained on footage of real actors, the avatars are built for video creation. Users simply enter a text prompt and the synthetic humans read them out on a screen. The photorealistic renders are certainly impressive. Bu
  
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• ‘Airbnb for cars’ platform SnappCar changes hands in bid for ‘further growth’

  24-04-2024 16:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Dutch car-sharing platform SnappCar, which claims to be the largest of its kind in the Netherlands, has been fully acquired by AutoBinck Group — a shareholder in the scaleup since its founding in 2011. The ownership change also sees the return of SnappCar’s founder, Victor van Tol, in the role of the CEO. Van Told told local newspaper mt/sprout that the acquisition will enable faster decisions and eliminate the need for external investments. AutoBinck, which specialises in mobility
  
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• Paris startup adds ‘universal compute’ weapon to France’s growing AI arsenal

  24-04-2024 13:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  A startup promising “universal AI compute” has joined France’s thriving artificial intelligence sector. Paris-based FlexAI emerged from stealth today with a €28.5mn war chest and an ambitious plan to “unlock the future of machine intelligence.” To pick that lock, FlexAI is rearchitecting compute infrastructure. The plan’s centrepiece is an on-demand cloud service. Set to launch later this year, the product will enable developers to build and train AI app
  
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• TNW Podcast: Sebastian Aristotelis on thriving in space; the future of ASML and Stability AI

  24-04-2024 11:18 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, Ioanna and Andrii talk about the potentially good news about ASML’s future in the Netherlands, the latest developments at Stability AI, carbon capture solutions, and much more. The guest of the show is Sebastian Aristotelis, whose title is co-fo
  
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• The top programming languages to learn if you want to get into AI

  24-04-2024 11:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s safe to say that the age of generative AI is well and truly upon us, rapidly changing the world of work as we know it. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Jobs Report, more than 75% of companies are looking to adopt technologies like AI in the next five years, so it’s no surprise that career opportunities in the space are exploding, especially for developers. But which programming language is leading the way? Python is without a doubt the most buzzed-ab
  
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• World-first satellites for commercial science set for launch in 2025

  24-04-2024 01:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  A British startup aims to launch science satellites into space in 2025 after raising a fresh £2mn. Blue Skies Space has devised a unique business plan for the stargazers. They will be the first-ever science satellites that provide data directly to researchers via a membership model, the company said. The approach offers a new route to the secrets of our universe. Currently, researchers rely on government agencies such as NASA and ESA to access space data. Unfortunately
  
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• Chip giant ASML plans Eindhoven expansion in big win for Dutch tech

  23-04-2024 17:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a major win for the Dutch tech industry, chip giant ASML intends to remain and further expand in the Netherlands. The chip machine manufacturer has signed a non-binding letter of intent with the City Council of Eindhoven, eyeing a potential expansion at the Brainport Industries Campus (BIC), west of the city. Located at Eindhoven’s Brainport region — a major tech and innovation hub in Europe — BIC is dedicated to the high-tech manufacturing industry. For ASML, BIC represent
  
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• EU threatens to suspend ‘addictive’ TikTok feature by end of today

  23-04-2024 16:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Yesterday, the EU issued TikTok an ultimatum. The Chinese-owned social media app was given just 24 hours to outline the mental health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face huge daily fines. This is the EU’s second probe into TikTok under the Digital Service Act (DSA). The DSA is a new law to protect users from harmful or illegal online content. It requires large platforms like TikTok to submit a risk assessment before launching any major new features. The EU’s latest grip
  
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• Hundreds of users sue Grindr for allegedly selling their HIV data to advertisers

  23-04-2024 12:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  Grindr is being sued. The  LGBTQ+ dating app is accused of sharing its users’ medical data with advertisers. This data includes their HIV status. UK law firm Austen Hays filed the claim at London’s High Court yesterday. The class action lawsuit represents hundreds of users of the app.   Austen Hays claims that US-based Grindr breached UK data protection law by selling sensitive data to third parties without users’ consent. Aside from medical facts, this includes
  
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• Is this the future of coffee? Kaffa Roastery releases AI-conic blend

  22-04-2024 18:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  I am really into (my friends might say somewhat obsessed with) coffee. Not just for the hits of caffeine that fuel our productivity-enthralled capitalist society, but also for the taste, as well as different styles of brewing (although my Swedish roots make me partial to a pour-over).  Sadly, I do not often get to write about it, as — even though coffee roasting and brewing rely on technological engineering — tech startups and coffee hardly ever intersect in the news. Enter Hel
  
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• 3 carbon capture technologies you’ve probably never heard of

  22-04-2024 17:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  All of us will face the consequences of runaway climate change — unless, maybe, you’re living in one of Elon Musk’s new homes on Mars. But for the rest of us poor souls, tackling global heating is pretty much the top priority.  The bad news is we are not on track to limit global temperatures rising to 1.5°C  to prevent the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. A new report has also revealed that temperatures in Europe are rising twice as fast as the rest o
  
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• 3 Essential Design Trends, May 2024

  22-04-2024 14:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  Integrated navigation elements, interactive typography, and digital overprints are three website design trends making waves this month. Let's take a look at each design trend with some fun examples.
  
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• Brits to issue their own sick notes via algorithm under plan to save GP time

  22-04-2024 13:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  In an attempt to reduce the workload of GPs, the UK is planning to introduce a new National Health Service (NHS) algorithm that will enable self-issued sick notes. The move is part of the government’s effort to reform the sick note system, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seeking not only to alleviate GPs, but also end the “sick note culture.” “We need to change the sick note culture so the default becomes what work you can do — not what you can’t,” Sun
  
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• Earth Day: Ecosia launches world’s first energy-generating browser

  22-04-2024 10:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Today — on Earth Day — non-profit search engine Ecosia has launched the “greenest browser on Earth” as it seeks to offer customers a more sustainable alternative to Google Chrome or Apple’s Safari.  Just like Ecosia’s search engine, the more you use the browser, the more trees you will help plant. The Berlin-based company says it has already planted 200 million trees since 2009.  The new browser will be powered by renewable energy from Ecosia’
  
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• European startups rejoice — VC investment is on the rise again

  22-04-2024 07:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  New data published today by Dealroom reveal that European VC investment rose 5% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2024. What’s more, the Netherlands is showing a particularly strong comeback. Amsterdam funding rose a highly encouraging 107%. Overall, European VC investment reached $13.7bn in Q1 2024, an increase fuelled to a great extent by the energy transition. Energy was the biggest sector for tech startup and scaleup investment for the fourth quarter in a row, having raised $3.1bn
  
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