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• Watch: Space telescope captures solar megastorm behind epic northern lights

  17-05-2024 13:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  You’ve probably already seen the dazzling pics of the aurora that flooded social media over the weekend. Lucky onlookers were treated to streaks of green, pink, and purple dancing across the night sky from the UK to New Zealand. 𝑨𝑼𝑹𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑬𝑺 𝑬𝑵 𝑭𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 – Comme si vous y étiez en accél&
  
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• An AI artist has exposed our broken food system — and a way to fix it

  14-06-2024 18:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  This article features an interview with Jeroen van der Most, who is speaking at TNW Conference on June 21. Check out the full event schedule here. The generative AI boom is a double-edged sword for artists. On one side, the tech threatens to replace the future jobs of human creators, while exploiting their old work as training data without compensation. On the other edge of blade, AI is providing artists with empowering new tools. For Jeroen van der Most, they also empower his latest subject: v
  
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• 4 innovations to spur Europe’s energy transition — and cut reliance on China

  14-06-2024 17:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Clean energy production from sources like nuclear, wind, and solar reached record levels in 2023, meeting over two-thirds of the EU’s electricity demand.  Despite the progress, the Union must prioritise investments in innovative clean technologies that reduce its reliance on China, warns a new report by the EU’s Institute for Security Studies.  Europe is notoriously dependent on China and other foreign powers for supplies of everything from solar panels and batteries to se
  
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• Public and Private Clouds: Key Differences

  14-06-2024 14:16 via skyje.com
  Cloud services have revolutionized the way organizations and businesses manage their IT infrastructure and resources. In today’s digital landscape, the debate between public and private clouds continues to gain traction as businesses seek the most...
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• This week in Dutch tech: TNW Conference edition

  14-06-2024 13:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  Friday is finally here and so is this week’s round-up of tech news from the Netherlands! With less than seven days to go for TNW Conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, this roundup comes with a twist: our editorial team’s picks of the event’s unmissable speakers and talks!  But before we get to that, let’s dive into the news. News Highlights Amsterdam suspends shared cargo ebike service Cargoroo over ‘failed questionnaire’ (TNW) Report: The Neth
  
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• Highview Power secures £300M to build UK’s first liquid air battery

  14-06-2024 12:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  UK scaleup Highview Power has secured £300mn to build a liquid air storage plant in Manchester.  The UK government’s Infrastructure Bank led the funding round. Investment bank Goldman Sachs, British energy firm Centrica, and mining giant Rio Tinto also took part. The investment acts as a stamp of approval for an emerging technology that could help wean the country off dirty sources of baseload power like gas and coal. “We have to explore new, innovative ways to store ener
  
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• TNW Conference 2024: Bringing fallen ebike superstar VanMoof back to life

  14-06-2024 09:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  As we count down to TNW conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re profiling some of the sessions we’re most amped about. As a cycling fanatic, I’m eagerly anticipating my conversation with Eliott Wertheimer, who joined VanMoof as co-CEO last year to rejuvenate the struggling ebike brand. VanMoof filed for bankruptcy last year, leaving tens of thousands of riders stranded. Despite being one of the most heavily funded ebike startups in the world, VanMoof had been making m
  
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• Hackers linked to Hamas tied to cyberespionage via Android spyware in Palestine

  13-06-2024 17:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  Hackers linked to Hamas have been implicated in five cyberespionage campaigns targeting Palestine and Egypt. The evidence emerged in new research from ESET, a cybersecurity company based in Slovakia. Analysts at the firm detected five campaigns spreading trojanized apps to Android users. The attacks focus on user data espionage in Palestine and Egypt. The campaigns deploy multistage Android spyware, which ESET calls “AridSpy.” To distribute the spyware, the hackers used dedicat
  
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• Why Germany, Hungary oppose the EU’s new tariffs on Chinese EVs

  13-06-2024 15:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  The European Union has hiked tariffs for EVs imported from China, drawing reproach from Beijing and some of its own member states, including Germany, Sweden, and Hungary. The tough new tariffs range between 17.4% and 38.1%, on top of the existing import duty of 10%. If the EU enforces these provisional measures, Chinese EVs are set to become significantly more expensive in the bloc. For Brussels, the tariffs are a bid to level the playing field and protect European carmakers from cheap Chinese
  
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• European AI leaders Aleph Alpha and Silo sign deal to deliver ‘sovereign AI’

  13-06-2024 12:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  Two leaders in Europe’s artificial intelligence sector have inked a deal to spread “sovereign AI” across the continent. Germany’s Aleph Alpha and Finland’s Silo AI announced the partnership today. The duo plan to create a “one-stop-solution” for European industrial firms exploring generative AI. Their collaboration brings together distinctive expertise. Aleph Alpha has been described a European rival to OpenAI, but with a stronger focus on data pro
  
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• European AI leaders Aleph Alpha and Silo ink deal to deliver ‘sovereign AI’

  13-06-2024 12:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  Two of Europe’s emerging leaders in artificial intelligence have signed a deal to spread “sovereign AI” across the continent. Germany’s Aleph Alpha and Finland’s Silo AI announced the partnership today. The duo plan to create a “one-stop-solution” for European industrial firms exploring generative AI. Their collaboration brings together distinctive expertise. Aleph Alpha has been described a European rival to OpenAI, but with a stronger focus on da
  
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• How to Organize Your Figma Design Files Like a Pro

  12-06-2024 16:56 via webdesignernews.com
  In this video, I will cover my Figma file structure and pages organisation. I will walk you through my design process for a branding and app design project, from research through concept to final design and asset export. You will learn how following this design process and organisation method will streamline your design and reduce clutter in your design work.
  
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• TNW Podcast: Behind the scenes of TNW Conference 2024; Dutch chips, Danish media, Chinese internet

  12-06-2024 16:34 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 some of the latest developments in the Dutch and European chips industry, Danish media and OpenAI, our spatial navigation skills, Chinese internet disappearing, and much more. The guest of the show is Zach Butler,
  
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• TNW Conference 2024: Building the world’s first medically-cleared contraceptive app

  12-06-2024 15:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  With only a little over a week left till the TNW Conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re highlighting some of the sessions we’re most excited about. One of the talks I’m really looking forward to this year touches on a purpose very close to my heart: leveraging technology to transform healthcare applications. If you’re as interested in the topic as I am, then make sure not to miss the talk by Elina Berglund, “The Period(ic) Table: An Algorithm for Natural
  
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• Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion 3, its ‘most sophisticated image generation model yet’

  12-06-2024 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Stability AI today launched Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, which the British startup calls its “most advanced text-to-image open model yet.” Comprised of 2 billion parameters, SD3 Medium promises photorealistic results without complex workflows. Crucially, the model can generate these images while running on individual consumer systems. It also overcomes common artefacts in hands and faces, Stability said. The company built SD3 Medium to understand complex prompts involvi
  
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• Black Semiconductor raises €254.4M for graphene-based chips in boost for European sector

  12-06-2024 14:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amid a global race for semiconductor leadership, an Aachen-based startup has raised €254.4mn for its chip technology in a big boost for the German as well as the European semiconductor sector. Brothers Daniel and Sebastian Schall launched Black Semiconductor in 2020, spinning it out from the University of Aachen. The startup is developing a new type of chip-connecting technology using graphene, a novel material discovered in 2010 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Noselov. Graphene has been hail
  
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• European telecoms leading the way in quantum tech adoption, report finds

  12-06-2024 11:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Say quantum technologies and most people probably still imagine something decades into the future. But, as a new report released today demonstrates, quantum is already here — especially as it relates to the telecom industry.  After years of incremental progress confined to research institutions, the emerging quantum technology sector has begun to gather commercial momentum. While most of the developments have been related to the quantum computing domain and its future promises, there
  
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• Amsterdam suspends shared cargo ebike service Cargoroo over ‘failed questionnaire’

  12-06-2024 10:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amsterdam has refused to grant Cargoroo a new license to operate its shared cargo ebike rental service in the Dutch capital. Instead, it has handed over exclusive operating rights to BAQME, an upstart rival from Rotterdam.  The City first announced the decision in January. However, Cargoroo launched an appeal, which officials rejected last week.  Cargoroo’s existing license — which allowed it to run a fleet of 110 cargo ebikes in Amsterdam — comes to an end on June 1
  
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• Optimizing Feedback in Design Prototypes

  12-06-2024 08:28 via webdesignernews.com
  Without fail, in spring of every year, the discussion around low fidelity vs high fidelity design makes a comeback. Both sides make very good points: low fidelity allows the designers to make more quick, rough sketches and test them more rapidly, therefore it’s higher up the value chain, meanwhile high fidelity is easier to test because it looks like a real interface so when you prototype you can suspend disbelief and pretend this is a real product.
  
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• Is Content Design Still Relevant?

  12-06-2024 08:25 via webdesignernews.com
  This isn’t just a minor hiccup; it’s a full-blown crisis. It all becomes too real as everyone scrambles, once again trying to meet a deadline that can’t be pushed back because that’s not even an option.
  
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• How Plugins Made WordPress Indispensable

  12-06-2024 08:22 via webdesignernews.com
  WordPress has been around for over 20 years. Part of its continuing popularity stems from how extensible it is. A skilled developer can make the content management system (CMS) do just about anything.
  
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• Find any font from any image

  12-06-2024 08:17 via webdesignernews.com
  Upload an image, and our AI-powered font finder will match it with over 990K+ fonts, including both commercial and free options. We’ll then show you more than 60 similar fonts.
  
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• The Truth About Perfect Lighthouse Scores

  12-06-2024 08:14 via webdesignernews.com
  Do perfect Lighthouse scores mean the performance of your website is perfect? As it turns out, Lighthouse is influenced by a number of things that can be manipulated and bent to make sites seem more performant than they really are, as Salma Alam-Naylor demonstrates in several experiments.
  
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• German VC unveils record-breaking €214M early-stage fund for deep tech

  11-06-2024 18:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  We know from reports earlier this year that VC investment is once more on the rise for European startups. And the wave of optimism seems to be continuing — at least for the continent’s deep tech sector.  Munich’s Vsquared Ventures today announced the closing of a new €214mn fund for early-stage investment in deep tech startups. It is reportedly the largest ever early-stage fund for the sector in Europe. The VC firm will divide its second fund between 25 deep tech com
  
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• How Vinted became the first profitable ‘pre-loved’ clothing marketplace

  11-06-2024 18:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  This article features an interview with Vinted CEO Thomas Plantenga, who is speaking at TNW Conference on June 21. Check out the full event schedule here. Vinted CEO Thomas Plantenga has reason to celebrate. His company recently became the first “pre-loved” clothing platform to make a profit after a monumental 61% surge in sales. It’s now firmly established as Europe’s largest online marketplace for second-hand fashion. The results represent a remarkable turnaround. When
  
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• French AI darling Mistral reportedly almost triples valuation to €5.8B

  11-06-2024 14:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  France’s (and Europe’s) GenAI darling Mistral has reportedly almost tripled its valuation, reaching €5.8bn. First reported by Sifted and later confirmed by the Financial Times, the Paris-based startup has raised a €468mn equity funding round, led by DST global and existing investor General Catalyst. An additional €132mn in debt financing brings the total funding to €600mn. Mistral launched just a little over a year ago, but it has risen to prominence at an i
  
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• UK startup uses AI to discover new rare earth-free magnet for EVs

  11-06-2024 13:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  A UK startup has used an AI algorithm to identify a previously unknown kind of rare-earth free magnet, in a potential breakthrough for how we discover and create new materials. Materials Nexus, headquartered in London, used its machine learning algorithm to identify and analyse over 100 million combinations of materials that could produce a viable rare-earth free magnet.   The winning formula is what the startup calls MagNex. It’s a permanent magnet free of rare earth’s li
  
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• Everything you need to know about Finch, the latest programming language developed by MIT

  11-06-2024 11:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  In May, a research team from MIT announced a new programming language. Finch, its creators say, is “a simple bytecode interpreted, purely object-oriented, prototype-based, dynamically-typed programming language.” Not to be confused with the Swedish fintech of the same name, this is a language that has been inspired by Smalltalk, Self, and Javascript. In particular, Finch simplifies the creation of concurrent and parallel programs, emphasising lightweight processes and message passin
  
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• Dutch home-building platform lands €1.1M to help solve housing crisis

  11-06-2024 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Just last month, the Guardian described the housing crisis in Amsterdam as “next level.” And things are not much better across Europe as a whole. Prices and rents are soaring across the continent, and the lack of availability is staggering.  A Dutch startup wants to change that — at least for those willing to embark on the journey of building their own green home — and has just received €1.1mn in pre-seed funding to help it along the way.  Haaven is a digi
  
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• Creating Fullscreen Animations with CSS Grid and GSAP Flip

  11-06-2024 07:50 via webdesignernews.com
  A grid animation based on Rémi Clauss’ concept where grid items move to a specific position relative to their initial one.
  
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