Startup bags €8.5M to bolster Europe’s EV battery upcycling
In a big boost to sustainable mobility, 130 million EVs are expected to hit Europe’s streets by 2035, reaching about half of the total vehicles on the continent. However, this…
Should we be working at 85% capacity? The pros and cons of ‘sustainable’ effort
Perfectionism and productivity are uneasy bedfellows. The pandemic, job insecurity, and mass layoffs that followed have exacerbated over-performance burnout, leading to a new thought pattern in employee welfare; one that…
Europe has ‘no other choice’ but to depend on SpaceX for upcoming satellite launches
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch four navigation and communications satellites into orbit, the Wall Street Journal reports. The agreement covers…
2023 to be Europe’s ‘most depressed’ year for VC exit value in a decade
Amid the economic downturn, 2023 is expected to be the “most depressed” year in Europe’s VC exit value since 2013, data from Pitchbook has shown. According to the report, during…
Amazon adds 1GW of renewable energy to Europe’s grid
Amazon has added 39 new renewable energy projects to its European portfolio since the start of the year, the company said today. The 39 new additions include 15 rooftop solar…
Norway’s AutoStore unveils next-gen electric warehouse robot
Norwegian tech company AutoStore today unveiled the latest version of its warehouse storage and retrieval robot, as it seeks to boost the efficiency of its automated fulfilment system. Dubbed the…
Why AI progress hitting the brakes is more likely than world domination
There’s a looming global computing capacity crunch that cannot be sustainably addressed the way we’re doing things right now. Simply put, between artificial intelligence (AI) models growing exponentially and an…
Exercise bike inspired by Ukraine war provides backup power during emergencies
Lithuanian startup Tukas EV has developed an exercise bike that harnesses the energy you produce while peddling and stores it as a backup source of power for household devices and…
Boomers have better cybersecurity habits than millennials and GenZ, study finds
Boomers are often reviled for hoarding the world’s resources, but they’re also dominating their descendants in their cyber defences. That’s according to a new survey by Yubico, a Swedish vendor…
Amazon shows off latest delivery drone, plans liftoff in UK and Italy next year
From around this time next year, Amazon customers in the UK and Italy will have the option to get their packages delivered by drone, the retail giant announced Wednesday. While…
3D-printed organs could solve liver transplant shortage, startup says
You can already buy 3D-printed houses, cars, rocket engines, sneakers, and, of course, sex robots. But can I interest you in a 3D-printed kidney? It’s an offer that Vital3D plans…
Musk mulls removing X, formerly Twitter, from EU to dodge disinformation laws
Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly Twitter, is considering removing the social media platform from Europe in an attempt to dodge a new anti-disinformation law recently passed in the bloc,…