US startup Aeromine has installed the UK’s first “motionless” wind turbine atop BMW’s Mini factory in Oxford. The 3-metre-tall, box-shaped device captures wind flowing up and over the building. Specially designed wing-like…
Month: September 2024
Uh oh, Elon: Half of European marketers plan to cut spending on X ads
The advertising exodus from X is set to accelerate. In 2025, almost half of marketers in Europe and North America plan to cut their spending on the platform. That’s according to a…
Boutique ebike maker Cowboy bags €5M as it races to do what VanMoof couldn’t
Belgian ebike maker Cowboy has bagged €5mn as it looks to achieve full-year profitability next year — and not suffer the same fate as VanMoof. The funding round was led by Cypress…
Boutqiue ebike maker Cowboy bags €5M as it races to do what VanMoof couldn’t
Belgian ebike maker Cowboy has bagged €5mn as it looks to achieve full-year profitability next year — and not suffer the same fate as VanMoof. The funding round was led by Cypress…
Stability AI adds its best 3 text-to-image models to Amazon Bedrock
Stability AI has added three new image generators to Amazon Bedrock, a platform for building apps. Stable Image Ultra, Stable Diffusion 3 Large, and Stable Image Core are all now live on…
CERN for AI may be the EU’s ‘last chance’ to gain on foreign competition
With the EU lagging behind the US and China on artificial intelligence, the idea of a CERN for AI has been gaining traction — even reaching the high ranks of the European Commission. “I…
TNW Podcast: The story of Veloretti, who is the Barbie phone for, farewell to AnandTech
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 most interesting…
UK ‘moonshot’ agency to splash £81M on warning system for climate catastrophes
The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is allocating £81mn to a new programme that aims to create early warning systems for climate tipping points. These are thresholds within the Earth’s…
Spotify’s Daniel Ek has brought his futuristic body scanners to London
Spotify boss Daniel Ek has invited the good folk of London to step inside his body scanners. Upon entry, the futuristic machines will analyse their health. As they stand under a cold,…
The world’s most powerful supercomputers are getting a diamond quantum boost
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee is the stuff of computation legend. From playing a central part in the Manhattan Project and the development of the first nuclear bomb, to…