AI cannot be named on a patent as the inventor of a new idea or product, said the UK’s top court in a ruling that raises existential questions about our relationship with…
After year of ‘frustration,’ European tech welcomes 2024 with cautious optimism
Down rounds, corrections, and adjustments. These are just a few of the gloomy terms you have likely heard a lot of in European tech in 2023. It has been a year of…
2024’s most important travel tech trends
Guest post by Singapore Tourism Board As the tourism industry continues its post-pandemic recovery in an increasingly uncertain travel market, a question that has dawned upon us is — what’s next? Naturally, many of…
5 compensation and benefits trends to look out for in 2024
Virgile Raingeard is the co-founder and CEO of Europe’s leading compensation benchmarking platform Figures, founded in 2020 and based in France. 1. The end to ‘competitive salary’ on job adverts Pay transparency…
What Europe’s VC funding landscape will look like in 2024, according to analysts
2023 has been a tough funding year for European startups — even being characterised as the “most depressed” in VC exit value in a decade. Amid uncertainty and a staggering macroeconomic environment,…
A guide to navigating the next-generation robotics wave
The generative AI movement may dominate today’s headlines, but another technological transformation is gaining momentum under the radar—the proliferation of autonomous service robots. Their surge in popularity continues to be fueled by their…
TNW Podcast: Erika Cheung on ethics in entrepreneurship; AI hallucinations in EU politics; Axel Springer + OpenAI
Welcome to the first episode of the TNW Podcast — our new show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most…
AI beats humans for the first time in physical skill game
AI’s ability to beat human players in games like chess and GO is no longer surprising. After all, artificial intelligence has proved it can outperform its animate creators in certain tasks, especially…
Meet Finn — bunq’s new GenAI chatbot
Today, Dutch neobank bunq launched its generative AI platform — Finn. Built on open large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, Meta, and Google, the new chatbot function is designed to help users…
TomTom and Microsoft develop in-vehicle AI voice assistant
Digital maps and location tech specialist TomTom has partnered up with Microsoft to develop an AI voice assistant for vehicles. According to the Netherlands-based company, the automotive assistant enables voice interaction with…