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Amazon to launch ‘sovereign’ European cloud amid data privacy concerns

Corporates and innovation, Data and security, Fintech and ecommerce /

Amazon has announced the launch of independent cloud services for Europe, in what seems to be an attempt to allay fears over EU data sovereignty. The tech giant will be rolling out the Amazon Web Services (AWS) European Sovereign Cloud, which is especially designed for public sector customers and private companies operating in highly-regulated industries. […]

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Attracting talent and breaking down silos are two major challenges scaleups will face in 2024

Corporates and innovation, Future of Work, Startups and technology /

Don’t miss Salesforce’s Vala Afshar in his keynote speech about a new mindset for unlimited business success at Valencia Digital Summit on October 27. This week, October 26-27, Valencia will once again be abuzz as over 10,000 tech enthusiasts from all over the world gather for the Valencia Digital Summit (VDS). Over the years, the

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How to build a spaceport

Corporates and innovation, Deep tech, Government and policy, Next Featured, Startups and technology /

Around 250 kilometres off the north coast of Scotland, the Shetland isle of Unst undergoing a dramatic renovation. On a peninsula flanked by giant cliffs and open ocean, builders are constructing a spaceport. They call the project SaxaVord. They say it could host the first-ever vertical rocket launches from Western Europe. It’s a bold objective

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Netherlands to build laser pointer for ESA black hole space mission

Corporates and innovation, Deep tech /

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has been granted €1.39mn to finish development of its high-precision laser targeting mechanism. This will support one of ESA’s most ambitious missions: tracing and studying black holes with the aim of unraveling the history of the universe — humanity’s most challenging puzzle. Specifically, ESA’s so-called LISA will

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Europe has ‘no other choice’ but to depend on SpaceX for upcoming satellite launches

Corporates and innovation, Deep tech, Government and policy /

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch four navigation and communications satellites into orbit, the Wall Street Journal reports. The agreement covers two launches next year, each carrying two Galileo satellites, Javier Benedicto, the ESA’s director of navigation, told the publication. These satellites enable encrypted communications between

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Amazon adds 1GW of renewable energy to Europe’s grid

Corporates and innovation, Sustainability /

Amazon has added 39 new renewable energy projects to its European portfolio since the start of the year, the company said today.  The 39 new additions include 15 rooftop solar installations on Amazon’s own facilities in Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The remaining 24 are utility-scale wind and solar projects that the company

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Norway’s AutoStore unveils next-gen electric warehouse robot

Corporates and innovation, Deep tech, Next Featured, Startups and technology /

Norwegian tech company AutoStore today unveiled the latest version of its warehouse storage and retrieval robot, as it seeks to boost the efficiency of its automated fulfilment system.  Dubbed the P5 Pro, the electric cube-shaped robot is fitted with next-gen lithium titanium oxide batteries. The company says this allows the little robotic workers to toil

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Why AI progress hitting the brakes is more likely than world domination

Artificial Intelligence, Corporates and innovation, Deep tech, Next Featured /

There’s a looming global computing capacity crunch that cannot be sustainably addressed the way we’re doing things right now.  Simply put, between artificial intelligence (AI) models growing exponentially and an ongoing global digital transformation, data centres are running out of space. Their vacancy rates are hitting record-lows and prices are rising in response to demand,

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Boomers have better cybersecurity habits than millennials and GenZ, study finds

Corporates and innovation, Data and security /

Boomers are often reviled for hoarding the world’s resources, but they’re also dominating their descendants in their cyber defences. That’s according to a new survey by Yubico, a Swedish vendor of authentication devices. The company asked 2,000 consumers in the US and UK about their attitudes towards protecting online accounts. The responses revealed a counterintuitive

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Amazon shows off latest delivery drone, plans liftoff in UK and Italy next year

Corporates and innovation, Deep tech /

From around this time next year, Amazon customers in the UK and Italy will have the option to get their packages delivered by drone, the retail giant announced Wednesday. While Amazon has been delivering small packages via drone in Texas and California for over a year now, this is the first time the company will

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Musk mulls removing X, formerly Twitter, from EU to dodge disinformation laws

Corporates and innovation, Data and security, Government and policy /

Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly Twitter, is considering removing the social media platform from Europe in an attempt to dodge a new anti-disinformation law recently passed in the bloc, Insider reports. Musk is “increasingly frustrated” with having to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a person familiar with the company told the publication.

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How can social impact startups influence global change?

Corporates and innovation, Startups and technology, Sustainability /

Around the world, people are grappling with the impact of climate change at an unprecedented level, with natural disasters and air pollution making the need for action more apparent every day. At the same time, as the global population grows, novel ideas are needed to ensure everyone has equal access to potentially life-changing healthcare solutions.

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