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Google and Qualcomm are building a RISC-V-based platform for wearables

RISC-V, the upstart chip architecture, has stepped further into the market for processors. Semiconductor giant Qualcomm today announced that it’s building a RISC-V-based wearables platform for Wear OS, Google’s operating system for smartwatches. The system will expand Qualcomm’s lineup of Snapdragon Wear processors, which power the bulk of Wear OS products. According to Qualcomm, the […]

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VC funding in Europe rose in Q3 2023, but favoured late-stage startups

In the third quarter of 2023, European startups raised $16.4bn (€15.6bn) in VC funding — a 28% increase quarter over quarter. The findings are based on an analysis by Crunchbase, which also unveiled that the fresh capital has mostly favoured late-stage rounds. In contrast, funding for seed and early-stage companies hit its lowest points since

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Taiwan’s semiconductor suppliers plan to invest in European chip factories

Amid the global race for semiconductor chips, Taiwanese suppliers are considering investing in Europe, the Financial Times reports. “We are planning investments in Germany, and the European market is going to be ours,” Vincent Liu, president and chief executive of LCY Group, told the newspaper. The company supplies cleaning agents and solvents to Taiwan Semiconductor

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PLD Space launches Europe’s first private rocket — and it’s reusable

Spanish startup PLD Space successfully blasted the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday, in a potential turning point for the continent’s struggling space industry.    The first launch of the Miura 1 took place at 02: 19 CEST (00: 19 UTC) on October 7 from a site in southwest Spain.   The flight lasted 306

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Social media has new moderation problems. This AI startup has a solution

Social media is in the crosshairs of European regulators. In both the EU and UK, sweeping new laws now require platforms to identify and remove illegal content — or face severe penalties. Unitary, a startup based in London, has proposed a solution: an AI-powered moderation tool for videos and images. The system is designed to

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UK, Switzerland, and Sweden set for biggest economic boosts from AI in Europe

The UK, Switzerland, and Sweden are poised to cash in from the AI gold rush, but most of Europe will be a poor nephew to Uncle Sam. So say the expert analysts at Capital Economics, a financial research firm based in London. In a new study, the company assessed which countries are best placed to

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Only 5% of $22B in VC funding for generative AI went to Europe

European startups got just $1bn of the €22bn that VCs have invested in generative AI since 2019, according to data from Dealroom. Unsurprisingly, American companies attracted the bulk of the money. A whopping $20bn — 89% of the global total — went to US startups. Their Asian counterparts raised only $790mn, while the rest of

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NASA and the ESA edge closer to explaining the Sun’s mysterious heat

Two spacecraft have taken a giant leap towards explaining the Sun’s engimatic heat. The collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) explored an enduring mystery. In theory, the sun’s atmosphere — the corona — should be cooler than its surface. This is because the Sun’s energy comes from the nuclear furnace in its core.

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EU president: Europe is the ‘global pioneer’ of citizen’s digital rights

Europeans have become “pioneers in online rights” and now want to lead a “global framework for AI,” the EU’s top official said today. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission’s president, revealed the bloc’s digital plans during her State of the Union address in Strasbourg. She used the speech to flaunt the achievements of her three-year

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Space startup bags $50M to fight climate change with satellites

Space startup Open Cosmos will accelerate its mission to protect our planet after raising $50mn in a new funding round. The UK-based company uses satellites to tackle environmental issues. By tapping AI, sensors, and Earth Observation (EO) imagery, the probes provide unique insights into climate change. These findings can shine new light on global temperatures, greenhouse gases,

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EU’s new digital market rules target Meta, Google, 4 more tech giants

The European Commission has named today six tech giants whose market power it aims to control through its Digital Markets Act (DMA) — a landmark pro-competition regulation, designed to ensure a fair and open digital market for both companies and consumers. The six companies are designated as “gatekeepers” of the EU’s digital market. This means

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