The state of open source in Europe
Open source is at a crossroads. For the past few years, venture capital has directly or indirectly paid for many of the contributors and much of the infrastructure it needed…
Space tourism balloon startup unveils ‘luxury’ capsule design
A space tourism company promising stratospheric balloon rides has unveiled the vehicle’s capsule design. Halo Space is building the balloon for zero-emission commercial flights to altitudes of up to 40km.…
‘British DARPA’ to build AI gatekeepers for ‘quantitative safety guarantees’
A British R&D unit today unveiled a futuristic vision of “quantitative safety guarantees” for AI. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) compares the guarantees to the high safety standards…
Dangerous driving ‘off the scale’ as 3,000 drivers caught breaking law in just one weekend
The Road Safety Authority is concerned about the disregard for numerous road laws
Dublin traffic LIVE: N7 collision causes delays and car overturns in Clontarf
We'll be bringing you the latest traffic updates from across Dublin this evening - and it's already looking pretty busy
Green transition at the centre of EU-China tech rivalry
With the geopolitical landscape turning more unstable by the day, EU relations with China are also becoming increasingly turbulent. At the core of the rising tensions lies the quest for…
Garda arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run
Popular GAA coach Niall MacEneaney was struck by a vehicle - a private car that is registered to a serving garda who was off-duty at the time - and was…
Max Planck spinout nets €20M to build ‘stellarator’ fusion machine
A German startup has secured new funding for a peculiar twisted-looking reactor that could prove a quicker path to clean, virtually limitless fusion energy. Proxima Fusion has raised €20mn as…
Meta’s AI chief: LLMs will never reach human-level intelligence
There’s no escaping the hype around artificial general intelligence. Barely a day passes without a new headline about the concept, which envisions computer systems outperforming humans at various cognitive tasks.…
TNW Podcast: Jean-David Malo on EU money for startups; quantum without noise
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…
Electric Picnic 2024: Bosses rubbish cancellation rumours despite refugee camp
Electric Picnic 2024 is going ahead, organisers have confirmed, after rumours circulated on social media that the festival had been cancelled
Italy sets up €1B AI fund, mulls new penalties for the tech’s misuse
Backed by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), Italy is committing €1bn to AI development over the course of the next five years. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni first announced…