Arm: AI will turn smartphones into ‘proactive assistants’
Arm wants to upgrade the brains inside our devices. The chip designer — whose architectures power 99% of smartphones — envisions AI bringing a new wave of breakthroughs to our handsets.…
VC investment in European defence tech to hit record $1B in 2024, report finds
Following a five-fold growth since 2018, VC investment in Europe’s defence tech is set to hit a record year in 2024, as it’s on course to reach $1bn. According to…
Nebius launches AI data centre in Paris as part of $1B European investment plan
Nebius today announced the launch of a new data centre in Paris — among the first in Europe to offer NVIDIA’s H200 Tensor Core GPUs. The company, which is the…
ESA’s new ‘Moon on Earth’ can launch a ‘European renaissance’ in spacetech
A new recreation of the Moon on Earth has sparked hopes of a “European renaissance” in space. Known as LUNA, the futuristic facility was inaugurated today in Cologne, Germany. The…
New UK startup raises $12M for personal AI agents with long-term memory
London-based Convergence has raised $12mn in pre-seed funding to further develop its personal AI agents, which can learn using long-term memory much like humans do. Behind the startup are machine…
‘World’s first’ fully autonomous underwater robot is piloted by AI
UK-based scaleup Beam, born from the recent merger of offshore tech companies Rovco and Vaarst, has launched the “world’s first” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) driven by AI. The mini-sub…
UK biotech startup raises $100M for next-gen vaccines for respiratory viruses
The vaccine market might be a crowded one, but London-based Vicebio aspires to cement its own place within it. The startup announced today it has raised $100mn in Series B…
Milan startup opens world-first production facility for glass-based quantum photonic chips
NATO-backed Ephos announced today the opening of a production facility dedicated to glass-based quantum photonic chips — a world first, according to the startup. These chips can power quantum applications…
NATO’s first quantum tech investment goes to Southampton startup
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has announced its first investment in quantum tech, leading a €5mn seed round. The recipient is Southampton University spinout Aquark Technologies, which has developed a…
AI doesn’t hallucinate — why attributing human traits to tech is users’ biggest pitfall
This year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit against a customer who was misled by an AI chatbot into purchasing full-price plane tickets, being assured they would later be refunded under…
Swiss startup bets on photonic chips to cut data centre energy consumption
Amid the AI boom, data centres are consuming alarming amounts of electricity. They’re also responsible for 1% of global energy-related emissions. By 2030, their power demand could increase by 160%.…
Germany picks 4 startups to deliver world’s first quantum computer for ‘mobile defence’
In its most expensive project to date, Germany’s Cyber Agency (Cyberagentur) has awarded three different contracts to four quantum computing startups — Quantum Brilliance, ParityQC, Oxford Ionics, and neQxt. Their…
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