TNW Podcast: Generative AI, academic publishing, and European funding with Anita Schjøll Abildgaard, Iris.ai

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…

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TNW Conference 2025 theme spotlight: AI and Deeptech

Debates about AI are everywhere these days. Families are chatting about its impacts on their lives. Politicians are deliberating over the laws that oversee it. Workers are talking about the…

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Ukraine’s new F-16 simulator spotlights a ‘paradigm shift’ led from Europe

To the average eye, extended reality is starting to look bleak. The metaverse has bombed, the Apple Vision Pro has flopped, and Sony has all but abandoned the PSVR. Sadly…

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ESA’s ‘planetary defence mission’ has startups dreaming of asteroid mining

Europe’s spacetech elite are making their final preparations for a groundbreaking meeting with an asteroid. A spacecraft called Hera — named after the Greek goddess of marriage — will make…

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A microbial extract from Finnish forests can heal eczema, biotech startup says

Finland’s vast green forests are famously restorative. So restorative that they can even treat diseases. That’s according to Uute Scientific, a biotech firm based in Helsinki. The company has created…

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‘Algorithms are key to quantum utility’: IBM opens first European quantum data centre

IBM’s first quantum data centre in Europe may have been planned during his predecessor’s tenure, but it was Olaf Scholz with entourage who descended on the small German town of…

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