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When I first saw this movie, I had rented it from the new releases section at Blockbuster. The ending had me shocked with my hands covering my face like a cartoon character. The “What’s in the box?” pleas have become part of pop culture but that’s only because it’s so effective. Seeing that movie before that ending had been parodied so many times hit you like a Mack truck. It’s a movie that balances horrible things with a cast that is incredibly likable....

Bill Belichick is no longer the coach of the New England Patriots. Or at least not multiple times a year anymore. All of that being said, this is a bad development for the Jets. Full discosure: I hate Bill Belichick more than I’ve hated anyone in professional sports. I hate him more than George Steinbrenner or Roger Clemens or Alex Rodriguez. I never really hated Derek Jeter or Tom Brady....

A humanoid has just taken a step towards consumer households afterrobotmaker 1x raised a cool $100mn. The Norwegian startup will spend the funds on bringing an android named Neo to the market. The bipedalis designed for everydaydomestic tasks, from laundry to tidying. Brnich co-founded 1X in 2014. He envisions the company producing commercial androidsthat benefit society and meet labour demand. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The first droid tasked with this assignment was Eve, which was developed for enterpriseapplications....

Europe is electrifying literally. FromEVsto heat pumps, more and more of our critical technologies need to get plugged in. Naturally, this urgency has also spurred solutions. It creates a digital replica of all the energy assets, based on real-time information gathered through sensors. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. However, as the amount of these assets grows they become increasingly difficult to manage. The opportunity for Tibo is huge, said Rene Savelsberg, co-founder and partner atAmsterdam-based SET Ventures....

The European Space Agencys budget for 2024 has hit a record 7.79bn 10% more than last year. Its a share that reflects growing demands for satellite-based monitoring of our planet. After EO, the biggest chunks ofESAsbudget go to navigation andspacetransportation, which bag around 1bn each. 40% off TNW Conference! ESAs Director General, Josef Aschbacher, defended the allocation. He added that this trend is set to continue, although not, maybe, by the same figures....

There’s a lot still to discuss. It promises to be an event never to be forgotten around here. Yet while this is a gut-wrenching, emotionally taxing moment, there’s still business to attend to. Sentimentality is to be expected at a time like this. But it can’t get in the way of the task at hand. Aragorn became their new leader. And told the group they had to get up and get out of there immediately....

The concept is the brainchild ofCactos, a startup based inFinland. Cactos converts the batteries into smart electricity storage units, which optimise energy consumption. Investors are providing growing backing for the approach. OP Finland Infrastructure LP and the Finnish Climate Fund are the lead investors in the round. To upcycle the Tesla batteries, Cactos disassembles their cassettes and extracts their modules. 40% off TNW Conference! If they pass, engineers install them in the cabinet of thebatteryenergy storage systems (BESS)....

Over the course of an NBA season, you learn that not all regular season games are created equal. Which brings us to last night. #1 team in the East vs #1 team in the West. But to any Celts fan who watched how that game unfolded, it felt like more. That wasn’t just your run of the mill early January regular season win. It was a win that told us this team has guts....

How unusual is it for a partnership to break up with a jointly held, public farewell? It’s unheard of. These breakups are invariably messy affairs. And it seems the more successful the collaboration was, the messier it gets. Think Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson. Mr. Kraft and Bill Parcells.Hall & Oates. Inevitably egos get in the way. The two sides fight over who gets the credit. These things get ugly, fast....

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Full disclosure, I wrote this blog a couple weeks ago. Took me way too long to write. In the end it was so stupid and long that I was afraid to publish it. I wrote the thing so here it is. Enjoy (or don’t). You have the right to make Mickey Mouse do whatever the hell you want him to. I’m sure these murderous Mickey Mouse films are going to be great....

A second close is planned for early 2024. The capital will be used to further the groups mission: boosting Belgium-based and Belgium-foundedtechstartups that show high potential. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Now, over 70 investors answered the groups first call for external capital in this initial close. The Syndicate One team wants to change that. 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....

Antitrust regulators in the EU have joined their British counterparts in scrutinising Microsofts alliance withOpenAI. If such a review is required, it could put the multibillion-dollar deal in danger. The EUs announcement comes just weeks after British regulators made a similar move. 40% off TNW Conference! Microsoft also became embroiled in the recent saga over the leadership of OpenAI. After CEO Sam Altman was controversially ousted in November, the Windows maker pushed for his reinstatement....