Laser weapon ‘neutralises’ targets from British Army vehicle for first time

Britain has successfully fired a laser weapon from an army combat vehicle for the first time, the UK government announced today. During trials, the system “neutralised” targets at distances in…

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Samsung buys UK startup Oxford Semantic to boost ‘personalised AI experiences’

Samsung has snapped up UK startup Oxford Semantic Technologies, in a bid to “hyper-personalise” user experiences with AI. Founded in 2017, Oxford Semantic specialises in knowledge graphs, which integrate and analyse…

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Riverlane and Atlantic Quantum join forces to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing

Today, UK error-correction specialist Riverlane and startup Atlantic Quantum announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to scale fluxonium-based qubit architecture and advance the technology towards useful quantum computing. …

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Yandex founder launches new Amsterdam-based AI venture after Russia divestment

Yandex founder Arkady Volozh is building a cloud service platform for developers to train artificial intelligence models. Named Nebius Group, the company says its aim is to become a European…

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UK scaleup Huma launches ‘Shopify-like’ platform for digital health tools

UK-based Huma has launched today the Huma Cloud Platform, a “Shopify-like” tool for the healthcare ecosystem to design, build, and launch digital health services. “The digitalization of the healthcare ecosystem…

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