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Shaping a better future with AI Literacy during Europe Code Week
Google is working to empower young people during Europe Code Week.
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What is the new safe C++ proposal and what do programmers need to know?
In 2020, Google identified that more than 70% of its Chrome browser’s severe security bugs were in fact caused by memory safety issues. “That is,” the Chrome team said, “mistakes with pointers in the C or C++ languages which cause memory to be misinterpreted.” In 2022, the NSA weighed in…
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German startup OroraTech raises €25M to scale wildfire early warning system
Munich-based startup OroraTech has secured €25mn in funding to scale up its AI-powered wildfire detection system. Korys, the investment arm of the Colruyt’s — a Belgian noble family — led the funding round. The EU’s Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) also chipped in, alongside existing investor Bayern Kapital. OroraTech will use…
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New nuclear clean energy agreement with Kairos Power
Google’s first nuclear energy deal is a step toward helping the world decarbonize through investments in advanced clean energy technologies.
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Ask a Techspert: What is on-device processing?
Here’s a breakdown of on-device processing and how we're working to make your devices better with local AI features.
The Trouble With Telegram
Pavel Durov, the founder of the chat app Telegram, was arrested in late August in France on charges that the company hasn’t done enough to prevent malicious and illegal activity on the app. One might be tempted to think that Telegram’s high level of data protection would prevent it from…
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A new Chrome partnership to support underrepresented creatives
Chrome is partnering with Adobe and ADCOLOR to expand access to the best creative tools on the web.
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Italy’s D-Orbit lands €119M ESA contract to service satellites in space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €119mn contract with Italian scaleup D-Orbit for its first in-orbit servicing mission, RISE. Scheduled for launch in 2028, RISE will attempt to rendezvous with, maneuver, and detach from an ESA satellite in geostationary orbit. Then it will embark on an 8-year mission,…
New Interface Uses Light to Scale Up Quantum Computers
Quantum computers can theoretically find answers to problems that regular computers would take eons to solve, but scientists currently face great challenges scaling them up for practical applications. Now, a startup in England says it has developed a quantum version of the network interface cards that connect servers together in…
Taiwan’s TSMC is planning more chip fabs in Europe
In what could be a big win for the EU’s chip industry, Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council Minister, Wu Cheng-wen, says TSMC is planning to further expand operations in the bloc. TSMC broke ground in August on a €10bn chip plant in Dresden, Germany — its first in Europe.…