UK splashes £100M on designated AI taskforce
Story by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainabili (show all) Ioanna…
Swedish startup wants €1.5BN to build emissions-free steel plant
Story by Siôn Geschwindt Swedish startup H2 Green Steel has announced its plans to raise more than €1.5bn in equity funding to build steel plants that emit virtually no emissions.…
Irish startup and CERN join forces on experimental energy transmission project
Story by Thomas Macaulay Senior reporter Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on deeptech, startups, and government policy. Thomas is a senior…
Green light for €43bn EU Chips Act in big boost for bloc’s semiconductor industry
Story by Siôn Geschwindt EU member states reached a provisional agreement on Tuesday for a €43 billion plan to bolster domestic production of semiconductor chips — essential components in everything…
EU lawmakers fear AI is moving too fast — and call for global oversight
Story by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainabili (show all) Ioanna…
UK can rejoin Horizon without paying for last two years, says EU
Story by Thomas Macaulay Senior reporter Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on deeptech, startups, and government policy. Thomas is a senior…
EU backs 100+ women-founded deep tech startups
Story by Siôn Geschwindt The European Commission has announced the results of the second round of Women TechEU — a programme designed to help women-founded deep tech startups scale. The…
What app developers actually think about the EU vs Apple debate on third-party app stores
Story by Linda Rosencrance Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor/author. She has written about information technology since 1999. She is also the author of s (show all) Linda Rosencrance is…
Europe’s Juice space mission blasts off towards Jupiter
The ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission — ‘Juice’ — successfully launched today from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch was supposed to take place yesterday but was…
Germany and Intel in funding dispute over €17bn chip plant
Intel’s plan to construct a massive chip plant in Magdeburg, Germany, is arguably the centrepiece of the EU’s strategy to ramp up domestic production of semiconductors. But cash flow has…
3 innovative energy storage firms bag £30M from UK government
Seeking to modernise the UK’s energy system and maximise the potential of renewables, the British government has awarded £30 million to three pioneering companies to develop new energy storage technologies.…
Italy’s new rules for ChatGPT could become a template for the rest of the EU
Last month, Italy became the first Western country to temporarily ban ChatGPT within its borders. Prompted by a data breach that occurred on March 20, the Italian data protection agency,…