Generally speaking, I tend to be supportive of Unions. And to me it always sounded like the union was a second boss she hated. Maybe that’s why, whenever there’s a labor dispute, I default to the worker’s side. Even when those workers aren’t the most sympathetic figures. Take the MLB strike that shut down the 1994 postseason and lasted into ‘95. “You get paid millions to play a game …“etc....
Among them, Swedish Devant is tapping the potential of synthetic data. TNW spoke with Richard Bremer, Devants co-founder and CEO, to find out more. 40% off TNW Conference! For any AI internet, sufficient data quantity and quality are essential. Its expensive, time-consuming, limited in variability, and associated with privacy concerns. Thats where the value of synthetic data comes in, according to Bremer. Its also about the datas quality and accuracy....
Two spacecraft have taken a giant leap towards explaining the Suns engimatic heat. This is because the Suns energy comes from the nuclear furnace in its core. As the corona is further away from this heat source, logic should dictate that its cooler. In reality, thats not the case. The suns surface is onlyaround 6,000 degrees Celcius. The corona, meanwhile, is a whopping 1 million degrees over 150 times hotter....
Unsurprisingly, American companies attracted the bulk of the money. A whopping $20bn 89% of the global total went to USstartups. Their Asian counterparts raised only $790mn, while the rest of the world combined bagged just $454mn. Dealrooms data collection ended onJuly 10, 2023. US startups have raised 89% of globally GenAI investment ? In the last decade, venture capital has gone global. More than half of VC investment is now raised outside the US....
That title is a bit of sarcasm. Before I get into this article, I want to share with you a story of arealscumbag landlord. I had a landlord in Columbus, Ohio at the house I was living in when COVID hit. His name was Dave, and he did nothing by the book. We signed the least official looking lease in the world. There’s no way that thing was legally binding....
And thus, after months of anticipation and speculation, the day of Arms IPO is upon us. This gives Arm a valuation of $52.3bn (48.7bn). Japanese SoftBank intends to hold onto just above 90% of the company. Despite being central to the global semiconductor industry, Arm has never made a singlecomputerchip itself. What it makes instead are the blueprints for chips. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Story byLinnea Ahlgren Linnea is the senior editor at TNW, having joined in April 2023....
Notably, one of the first boats sold will transport students to school in the Swedish archipelago. Specifically, the X Shore Pro is built on the same 8-metre platform as the Eelex 8000. It also uses the same drivetrain and 170kW electric motor. 40% off TNW Conference! It has yet to disclose the top speed or the price. It also comes with additional, professional-oriented functionalities, such as autopilot and radar. The startups decision to enter the pro segment stems from two main reasons, starting with market demand....
Not all carbon creditsare created equal. The cheaper they are, the more useless they are likely to be. 40% off TNW Conference! The vast majority originated from projects that barely reduced deforestation. Its AI driven platform measures, monitors, and verifies (a practice known as MRV) carbon credits. Story byLinnea Ahlgren Linnea is the senior editor at TNW, having joined in April 2023. Dabbles in gaming and fitness wearables. But first, coffee....
She used the speech to flaunt the achievements of her three-year reign. A particularly large spotlight was shone on her tech policies. 40% off TNW Conference! Europehas led on managing the risks of the digital world, she said. To the chagrin of Silicon Valley, the EU has become the worlds most formidable tech regulator. Von der Leyen warned them that more rules are coming. In response, Europe has become the global pioneer of citizens rights in the digital world, she said....
In contrast, seed rounds continued to attract funding. 40% off TNW Conference! Private markets are also transitioning to 2019 valuation levels at a comparable but slower pace. Notably, one in threefintechstartups are now labelled as crypto/blockchain. One reason why is the growing interest in regulation technology as payments and open banking are increasingly consolidating. Another is generative AIs potential applications in retail banking and the insurance sector. Poland recorded the biggest drop at 89....
Old electric-powered heat emitters. Walls with hardly any insulation. Damp throughout the ground floor. Sweden, for instance, often does very well in such analyses. But for Magnus Petersson, cofounder and chief executive of Stockholm-basedDryft, theres plenty of work still to do. We need to fundamentally transform the houses, he says. Petersson and his fellowcofoundersnoticed rising demand for home retrofits around 2019. That demand has only rocketed since because ofenergy price rises due to Russias invasion of Ukraine....
Climate change anxiety is real, and it can cause feelings of powerlessness, or even apathy. The others then pitch their solutions to the problem described on the card. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Pointing a finger and saying but they dont, so why should I, simply isnt good enough. Just look at yo-yo dieting. The Time is Now: Toolkit for Change is an effective approach to that end....
And thats also what the new partnership is all about. 40% off TNW Conference! OpEx is reduced by the savings in the bandwidth needed to communicate insights from onboard processing, he added. Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies. Also tagged with
