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12 May 23

The LNG dilemma – fuelling global imbalance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

It might not have felt like it looking at your bills, but Europe dodged an even bigger energy crunch last winter as Russia curtailed or stopped supplies of gas, coal and oil. But even that was more down to luck and brute force than judgement. There were consequences elsewhere and…

12 May 23

Fact-Check, Remove, Repeat: India’s New e-Strategy

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

India is currently taking its turn at the G20 presidency, and many pro-government figures are wasting no time championing the country’s status as the “world’s largest democracy.” Within India’s borders, however, many internet freedom activists have little reason to celebrate.The Indian central government has announced updated rules that target “fake,”…

12 May 23

An important step towards improved quantum computers

Computer & Information Technology

Google shares an overview of the world’s first observation of non-Abelian braiding.

11 May 23

EU nears ban on predictive policing and facial recognition after AI Act vote

Computer & Information Technology

The EU is edging closer to a landmark ban on predictive policing and facial recognition. At a crunch vote today on the bloc’s flagship AI Act, two committees of MEPs overwhelmingly endorsed sweeping new rules on artificial intelligence. The text now moves to a vote by the entire European Parliament…

11 May 23

Developing Battery Systems with Simulink and Simscape

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Learn how Simulink and Simscape Battery support the development of battery systems, from battery pack and battery thermal management design to integration, simulation, and deployment.

11 May 23

Wingcopter bags €40M from EU to scale ‘new era for drone delivery’

Computer & Information Technology

German drone solution startup Wingcopter announced today it had landed €40 million in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up services and ramp up production of its latest model. According to its developers, the Wingcopter 198 introduces a “new era for drone delivery.” Additions to the latest…

11 May 23

Microsoft to be powered partly by fusion energy from 2028

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Bill Gates' Microsoft has become the first Big Tech company to sign a power purchase agreement with a nuclear fusion company. Fusion is based on the same physical reactions that power the sun and stars, which create energy by forcing atoms together. It is the opposite of standard nuclear reactors which rely on…

11 May 23

From EE to VC: Eileen Tanghal’s Journey

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Eileen Tanghal, cofounder of the venture capital firm Black Opal Ventures, didn’t set out to be a venture capitalist. The electrical engineer left her job at a semiconductor startup to pursue an MBA so she could better understand the business side of technology. During a summer break, she was chosen…

11 May 23

Europe’s precarious path to quantum computing supremacy

Computer & Information Technology

This article features an interview with Joe Fitzsimons, the CEO and founder of Horizon Quantum Computing. At TNW Conference on June 16, Fitzsimons will be speaking at a session titled, “Is quantum computing the future of finance?” To check out the talk — and all the other action at Europe’s leading tech festival — you…