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Some of Europes top technologists today joined a global group of IT luminaries in warning thatAIcould lead to extinction. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. A sizeable proportion of the signatories come from Europe. The statement joins a bevvy of recent alarm bells about the existential threats posed by AI. Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is the managing editor of TNW. He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers....

First mover problems 40% off TNW Conference! However, with new technologies come new regulatory requirements. This will be especially true for thefully autonomousaircraft predicted to enter the market in a decade or so. Areport by Morgan Stanleyin 2019 predicted that the global eVTOL market would grow to $1.5 trillion by 2040. Two years later, the figure was downgraded to $1 trillion. However, by 2050, the company estimates the market will have reached a staggering $9 trillion....

The institute is solely dedicated to fusion research and is home to the worlds largest stellarator. 40% off TNW Conference! Fusion physicist Josefine Proll of the Eindhoven University of Technology is equally excited. All of a sudden, stellarators are back in the game, shesaid. Proxima Fusion, aided by the initial investment, looks to take these developments commercial. The question is, can we execute just as well, and really make this a European champion?...

I threw this half assed tweet out this morning as an obvious humble brag. But WSD, the tweet wasn’t funny, wtf could you possibly laugh about 10 mins later? We’ll get to that in a little bit. Jokes aside, I def needed to make a change. Not some LIFE ALTERING change, but a change nonetheless. I can pinpoint the exact moment I knew I needed to make that change, too....

There will be no history. There will be no 1-150. There will be no miraculous comeback. There will be no repeat shot at the NBA Finals. In Game 7 on their own floor, the Celtics had everything in front of them. Just take care of things at home, that’s all that stood in front of them. Given how they got there, I don’t think that was an outrageous ask. What did they do?...

Over the next 3 games, things flipped. The Celts started to defend, holding MIA to 99, 97, and 103 points. They took care of the ball, and the shooting had the same sort of split, just flipped. The Heat finished Game 7 shooting 14-28 from deep (50%). Every big shot they needed, they made. The Celts, finished 9-42, which is 21.4%. This was coming off the 7-35 (20.0%) performance in Game 6....

Twitter leaves EU voluntary Code of Practice against disinformation. you might run but you cant hide. Beyond voluntary commitments, fighting disinformation will be legal obligation under#DSAas of August 25. Our teams will be ready for enforcement. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Disinformation is one of the gravest threats weighing on our democracies, said Barrot, as translated by Politico. Twitter, if it repeatedly doesnt follow our rules, will be banned from the EU....

A UKstartuphas tapped ChatGPT to build a text-to-musicplaylist generator. TheAIsystem is the brainchild of Uppbeat, an audio platform based in Leeds. Targeting content creators, the feature finds copyright-free tracks for video soundtracks. Uppbeat claims its the first tool that lets people use their own language to find the songs they want. Our catalogue is full of incredible artists and AI doesnt come closet. moment has evolved into our game-changing AI Playlist Generator and Im excited to share it with the world....

Welcome back to the Monday Rap. Its been a few weeks since weve done an old-fashioned recap of the week. Its nice to return to the roots of this here column. He did interviews galore, including the Fore Play podcast. He signed with a talent agency. He simply rode the wave. The picture of humility and the embodiment of a cinderella story immediately morphed into an arrogant target for ridicule....

(This blog has spoilers about the finale of Barry. Seems obvious but you’ve been warned.) I guess you might have too much of a good thing. The way the third season ended was perfect. Gene and Jim trap Barry and he’s off to jail to pay for his crimes. Last week, we saw Jim leave Barry to go tell the police about Gene. It’s just one example of horseshit storytelling that surrounded this season....

Chocolate, olive oil and wine are among its first items of cargo. Decarbonisation ahoy Does the future of shipping look confusingly like its past? The industry certainly faces a huge challenge in going green. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. One hurdle is scale. The ship actually has an engine but her crew barely use it. She sails at roughly half the speed typically reached by modern large commercial ships....

Like Bran the Broken." It’ll be Kendall easily." “Nope, gonna be Tom.” The responses have been all over the place. Hear me out on this. This dude started off as a weed-induced puking machine in a theme park costume. I mean, talk about a humble beginning. He can’t even afford rent and has to smuggle office snacks in doggy poop bags. That’s some next-level resourcefulness right there. Now, Greg may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he’s no fool....

I’m still not even sure how to explain what happened last night. I’m in this weird blend of shock, relief, excitement, disbelief, all of it. We should have woken up this morning with the Boston Celtics season being over. A shot at redemption and an 18th banner wasted. And yet here they stand, alive. Heading back home (gulp) with an opportunity to return to the NBA Finals. All I can do is sit here and shake my head....