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Berlin tech companies join forces to plant trees when you travel by train

Ecosystems, Europe, Sustainability, Tech /

German multi-modal travel unicorn Omio has teamed up with compatriot search engine Ecosia to create a tree-planting rail travel booking tool. It means users will be able to search and book train journeys through Ecosia’s website, powered by an API-integration with Omio’s travel platform.  The booking platform will automatically pop up via a simple query […]

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Europe stockpiles €7B of Chinese solar panels in bid for energy security

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When Russia cut off Europe’s gas supply following the invasion of Ukraine, it exposed the vulnerable underbelly of a continent largely reliant on imported energy.  To be fair, the bloc responded pretty quickly by sourcing gas from other countries and stockpiling it for a rainy day. And, it turns out, Europe was also hoarding mountains

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Europe’s largest ever solar telescope set to enter construction phase

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Seven European countries have joined forces to begin construction of the European Space Telescope (EST) — the largest of its kind to ever be built in the continent. On Tuesday, nine research institutions from the participating nations (Czechia, Germany, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK) established the EST Foundation, which committed to lead the

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Germany syphons €20B from climate pot to fund chip fabs

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Germany’s finance ministry is investing €20bn from its climate fund to bolster local production of semiconductors — critical components in everything from smartphones to fridges. The money will be doled out to a handful of chipmakers by 2027, Bloomberg reports.   The lion’s share of the subsidies will go to Intel’s planned megafab in Magdeburg, which

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AI startup launches ‘fastest data processing engine’ on the market

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Paris-based and female-founded AI startup Pathway has announced the general launch of its data processing engine. Reportedly, it is up to 90x faster than existing streaming solutions, and promises to be the “fastest data processing engine on the market.”  The secret? A unique ability to mix batch and streaming logic in the same workflow, which

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“The Future of Business Travel” Report by Booking.com Gives Metaverse Predictions

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The metaverse can be summed up as the augmented world. So, naturally, it has implications for travel. How and when people travel may both seriously change as spatial communication and digital twins make some kinds of travel less likely, while AR and automation reimagine the travel that we do engage in. A report by Booking.com

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Why upskilling opportunities should be at the top of every job seekers list

Corporates and innovation, Future of Work /

The tech sector is in the throes of a so-called “double disruption,” dealing with the economic fallout of a two-year pandemic and wrestling with the swift advance of AI at the same time. What it means for workers is simple: half of us will need to re-skill in the next five years, according to the

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European aerospace giant to study plans to ‘harvest’ solar energy in orbit

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Thales Alenia Space will fine-tune plans to “harvest” solar energy in orbit, the European firm announced on Monday. Named Solaris, the project aims to provide Earth with energy from space-borne solar power plants. The idea emerged amid an EU push to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Solar energy from space could provide a

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Can new advances in AI bring the ‘human touch’ chatbots are sorely missing?

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When chatbots first became commercially accessible, companies big and small embraced them with open arms. “Have a robot handle easy customer service questions in seconds? Amazing!” — we thought. The problem was, these early chatbots were less C-3PO and more an annoying barrier to an actual human. From being asked: “Can you repeat the question”

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Digital nomads reveal the best — and worst — things about the lifestyle

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Laying in a hammock on a tropical island with a cold beverage in one hand while the other types leisurely away at a keyboard surely sounds like heaven. But what is the digital nomad life really like? And where are the best places to work remotely from?  Housing company Flatio asked 1,200 digital nomads of

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Apple hit with $1B UK lawsuit over ‘abusive pricing’ in App Store

Corporates and innovation, Ecosystems, Government and policy /

More than 1,500 developers in the UK are suing Apple over the company’s “excessive” App Store fees. The £785m (€912m) class action lawsuit is seeking compensation for the developers, who pay the iPhone-maker commissions of up to 30% for in-app payments. Companies and lawmakers around the world have lambasted the policy. Critics accuse Apple of

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Hands-on: Virtuix Omni One Comes Full Circle with an All-in-one VR Treadmill System

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As far as VR treadmills go, Virtuix is the OG. While the company had set out to make a consumer VR treadmill a decade ago, market realities pushed the company into the out-of-home VR attraction space. But after all these years the company remains dead-set on selling a VR treadmill to consumers, and this time

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