Dutch startup taps AI and robotics to automate EV charging

AsEVssurge into the mainstream, industry and consumers alike are looking for quicker and easier ways to charge. The robot essentially replaces the human hand. The partners believed that the fast-evolving fields of robotics and AI could accelerate the transition to green transport. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The startup, based in The Hague, now employees over 50 people. Autonomous charging is the way forward, said Bouman. But it doesnt intend to stop there....

July 12, 2023 · 1 min · 105 words · Jonathan Wyatt

EU Parliament adopts Chips Act amid tensions with China

Specifically, the announcement comes afterChinas recent export controlson gallium and germanium, two metals critical for semiconductor manufacturing. Chips Act massively adopted! The EU#ChipsActwill be an instrument of technological and industrial leadership for Europe ? There is no industrial policy without#factoriesand without#semiconductors. First off, to attract investments in research, innovation, and chip development. Second, to increase production sites within the blocs borders and strengthen domestic manufacturing capacity. 40% off TNW Conference!...

July 12, 2023 · 1 min · 123 words · Heather Sanchez

It's Insane To Think LeBron's Career Turns Old Enough To Drink This Coming Season (Bonus: Power Ranking The Greatest Moments Of Growing Up)

I mean just look at him in that video. Not about to dominate another year in the most athletic league in the world. I don’t know if it is possible but I think we actually take LeBron for granted. But someday it will and that’s going to suck for the league. Last season there were four players in the NBA that were born after LeBron was drafted by the Cavs....

July 12, 2023 · 3 min · 520 words · Sarah Reyes

LINKS GOLF TIME: The PGA Tour Has Hopped Across The Pond For The Scottish Open At The Renaissance Club

Which is just brilliant. Add the Irish Open to the PGA Tour and then you’ve really got a stew goin. Last year Xander Schauffele edged out Kurt Kitayama by a single stroke. It’s located next door to Muirfield and is right down the street from the Old Course too. Also this place is fuckin gorgeous. I mean these views are insane. This video highlighting every hole is basically 14 minutes of golf links porn....

July 12, 2023 · 3 min · 431 words · Debra Rubio

OECD: 60% of finance and manufacturing workers fear AI replacement

Two in five are worried about AI-related wage decreases. 40% off TNW Conference! Around the same number of employers reported that artificial intelligence can help disabled workers. But despite the positive feedback, a number of tangible concerns remain. These include not only job loss, but also work intensification and ethical challenges. 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....

July 12, 2023 · 1 min · 78 words · Elizabeth Holmes

6 places labelled Europe’s ‘next Silicon Valley’

The latest bearer of the nickname isCambridge, England. The investment reportedly aims to create the Silicon Valley of Europe. The city joins a growing list of places to earn the tired tagline. Its a particularly prevalent desire in Europe, where half the continent seems to have earned the ambitious epithet. Here are six leading contenders for the title. The UK British politicians have long aspired to replicate the Bay Areas magic formula....

July 11, 2023 · 2 min · 357 words · Michael Huang

Europe needs more skilled workers to build the green economy

Its not just theEU. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. More than one million solar workers alone will be needed by 2030. Last year solar employment in the EU rose by around 30%. The future looks equally bright in relation to wind. It isnt just technicians. Even though the transition would eliminate six million jobs, thats a net gain of five million. Consumers are also stumping up. Global heat pump sales have seen double-digit annual growth since 2021....

July 11, 2023 · 1 min · 82 words · Gerald Smith

VanMoof pauses ebike sales, sparking rumours of bankruptcy

We have temporarily paused sales to catch up on the production and delivery of existing orders. Rest assured this has no effect on servicing, says the notification. 40% off TNW Conference! Heated discussions have erupted on social media likeRedditandTwitteras to whether the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. So far, the ebike maker has remained tight-lipped. Has VanMoof gone bust? The store has been down for 5 days due to “unscheduled maintenance”....

July 11, 2023 · 1 min · 125 words · Jason Mullins

VCs assemble! NATO picks investment team for €1B deep tech fund

The senior management team will be led by Andrea Traversone, former managing partner at UK-basedAmadeus Capital. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Story bySion Geschwindt Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy. Also tagged with

July 11, 2023 · 1 min · 42 words · Kristin Benjamin

You Have Shit For Brains If You're Still Doubting The Cincinnati Reds

I believe in the Cincinnati Reds. Chris Castellani believes in the Cincinnati Reds. Hubbs believes in the Reds. And then there’s Chris Klemmer. I could do 1,000 words right now cold turkey without considering a broader narrative. But I’m tempted right now. That’s where people want to spend their time bitching about baseball teams. And realistically, the Braves are another level above the Rays and that’s not to emphasize the gap....

July 11, 2023 · 3 min · 627 words · Daniel Cook

‘Hotter than the sun’ nuclear fusion rocket could halve flight time to Mars

A UK startup is building anuclearfusionrocket engine that aims to halve the journey time toMars. In brief, nuclear fusion fuses two atoms together to liberate vast amounts of energy. Scientists believe the process can create limitless, zero-carbon energy to replace fossil fuels. But the benefits could reachspacebefore theyre felt on Earth. Spaceistheidealplacetodofusionintermsofitbeingavacuumandtheextremelycoldtemperatures, said Richard Dinan, CEO and founder of Pulsar Fusion. 40% off TNW Conference! The plasma behaves like a weather system in terms of being incredibly hard to predict using conventional techniques....

July 11, 2023 · 1 min · 192 words · Mario Snyder

Art meets solar: These Dutch startups are making photovoltaics sexy

Rooftop makes up the largest number of solar installations in the EU, and demand isskyrocketing. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Its installations look more like a mural than anything else. Regular blue and black PV cells are not that attractive, says architect Ajax Abreu Garcia of UNStudio. If people say to us: we want terracotta, then we ask: what colour? Many of these artistic twists on solar tech fall under whats known as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)....

July 10, 2023 · 1 min · 171 words · Yesenia Frazier

Brian Cashman Found His Scapegoat Today As He Fired The Yankees' Hitting Coach Dillon Lawson-Season Firing Of A Coach In His 26 Years Running The Team

For the first time in the Brian Cashman era, the Yankees have fired a coach mid-season. For the longest time they really liked to ride out their issues before acting on them. Dillon Lawson is out as the Yankees hitting coach, let’s talk about it. Now some may look at this as a necessary move. Others view it as Cashman nominating his scapegoat to distract from his incredibly poor lineup construction....

July 10, 2023 · 4 min · 664 words · Susan Allen DVM