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A flying car thats certified for aviation just took another big step towards commercialisation. The Aircars creator,KleinVision, today announced the sale of a groundbreaking license to manufacture the vehicle. Also undisclosed is the cost of the license. KleinVision said the agreement brings flying cars closer to reality. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Aircar had to conduct 70 hours of flight testing and over 200 take-offs and landings to get the certificate....

Well, for all the sceptics out there, these images confirm the F1-inspired ebikes have been built. Or, at the very least, a prototype of one. 40% off TNW Conference! In keeping with GoCycles tradition, the CX is fully foldable. Then theres the price. Starting at 7,000 for the CXi, and jumping to 8,210 for the CX-plus. This is what I opted for whenI swapped my car for a cargo bikelast year....

Leading computer scientistshave unveiled a vision of collective AI that resemblesStar Trekspecies the Borg. The paper describesseparateAIunits continuously acquiring new knowledge and skills. They would then share the information across a online grid. Together, the collective would turn their insights into mutual benefits. Multiple skills, ideas, and applications would then evolve incrementally. As a result, the internet would rapidly learn to complete new tasks and respond to changes. Transformative technologies would then emerge....

“The bridge is gone!”. Those were the first words I heard yesterday morning. What in the world could “The bridge is gone!” It literally meant the bridge was gone. Clem had a great point when talking about this on The Rundown. You never expect to see a 1.6 mile bridge completely collapse like a house of cards in seconds. I mean it dropped like a sack of potatoes, just like that....

Professional freeride snowboarder Cody Bramwell carves through the deep white powder. He goes left, then right, then left again, down the mountainside. Hes snow surfing a unique, bind-less style of snowboarding invented in Japan in the 1980s. The sport is best practised in fresh, uncompressed powder, as opposed to crowded ski slopes. Instead of plastic or fibreglass, these snowsurfs are made from old paper. 40% off TNW Conference! PaperShells wood metal can replace high-impact materials like aluminium, fibreglass, and plastics....

In todays episode, Linnea, Tom (! The guest of the show isMichiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions atpodcast@thenextweb.com.

The novelty of the approach liesin the deployment of custom light-based transmission and switching protocols. 40% off TNW Conference! Oriole Networks envisions significant benefitsin particular for companies working with AI, as well as for data centres. Theround was co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton Ventures. It was also backed by Innovate UK Investor Partnership. One of the themes of this years TNW Conference is Ren-AI-ssance: The AI-Powered Rebirth....

Congratulations to all of us, we’ve done it. We’re a sick bunch, don’t kid yourself. Once you get there? And how does Bryce Harper’s team of destiny die? With that I’ve prepared for you one of my favorite annual blogs to write. Below you’ll see 4,000+ words detailing how your favorite team can and cannot contend this year. Maybe that’ll change this year, but for now we must begin. Everyone get cozy, let’s begin with the American League....

The lab is due to kick off the project next month. Earth observation tools like satellites and weather stations gathervast volumes of data on our home planet every day. That is why ESA-lab is working ondeveloping a foundational AI model to underpin the digital assistant. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The lab has several ongoing initiatives for creating foundation models dedicated to Earth observation. One foundation model, PhilEO, launched at the beginning of 2023, and is now reaching maturity....

Opening Day for almost every team is on Thursday. For baseball fans, the start of a new season is one of the best feelings in the world. Well…nearlyevery team. For these five teams, it’s already on to 2025 or beyond. The new stadium in Las Vegas won’t be ready until 2028. What are they going to do for the next four seasons? They can’t keep putting this awful product on the field…can they?...

A few years back I tweeted the above. It occurred to me a while after living in Chicago that “Chicken Vesuvio” didn’t exist everywhere. It was a local delicacy that originated and is perfected here. I also requested some that weren’t on my radar- but should be. The result was a list of places and suggestions so good, that one week boiled over into two. That’s Chicken Vesuvio. Before setting foot in this magnificent city, I had never heard of this culinary masterpiece....

Rumours that the crown jewel of the Dutchtechecosystem is considering relocation were unveiled by local newspaperDe Telegraafearlier in March. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Losing ASML? The potential loss of ASML would have a detrimental effect on the Dutch economy. The chip-machine maker is one of the countrys biggest employers and most profitable businesses, reaching a27.6bnturnover in 2023. 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....

The 2023-24 Boston Celtics, truly historic in every way, even the shitty ones! What we witnessed last night has not happened since the calendars flipped to 2000. It is now 2024. Since 1999-2000, the Celtics have played 2,261 games including the postseason. Last night was theonlytime they have ever blown a 30 point lead and lost. At some point, you do kind of have to laugh a little bit. That’s kind of funny....