Big tech keeping consumers ‘in the dark,’ European rivals say

Jan16
by on January 16, 2024 at 4:48 pm
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Twenty-four European companies have banded together to accuse big tech of not doing enough to engage with smaller rivals ahead of an EU regulatory deadline.  In an open letter, the companies that include eco-friendly search engine Ecosia and Swedish media group Schibsted, say that Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok-owner ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft, should seek their input on how to comply with digital competition rules.  Years in the making, the EU’s big tech regulation crusade is about to have tangible effects. As part of the landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA), in September last year the Commission designated six…

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Red Sea shipping crisis latest headache for Tesla in Europe

Jan15
by on January 15, 2024 at 4:04 pm
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The escalating situation in the Red Sea has forced Tesla to halt production at its gigafactory in Germany, in what marks the latest headache for Elon Musk’s car company in Europe. The carmaker said last week that production at its plant in Berlin, which makes Model Y vehicles and batteries, will be put on hold from January 29 to February 11 due to a “lack of parts.”   Tesla heavily relies on components from China to produce its EVs. Many of these get shipped through the Suez Canal, the fastest route between Asia and Europe. However, increasing attacks against cargo ships…

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Startup behind world’s first hydrogen eVTOL eyes 2025 takeoff

Jan12
by on January 12, 2024 at 3:38 pm
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Swiss startup Sirius Aviation has unveiled designs for the world’s first hydrogen-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.  The jet, which kind of looks like Night Fury from How to Train Your Dragon, is billed to travel 1,851 km at speeds up to 520 km/h. That is four times as far as competitors like  German eVTOL startup Lilium are targeting using batteries. It will achieve these feats thanks to liquid hydrogen propulsion, which some consider the holy grail of fuels. The energy density of liquid hydrogen means vehicles can travel much further than when powered by gaseous hydrogen or batteries…

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These AI binoculars just made birdwatching a whole lot easier — and more expensive

Jan12
by on January 12, 2024 at 12:27 pm
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As a kid, perhaps unsurprisingly, I was the only person I knew interested in birdwatching. Nevertheless, I regularly went out in nature armed with my binoculars, bird book, and camera, ready to document as many species as I could.  The process was largely manual — spot a bird through the binoculars, snap a pic (if it stood still for long enough), and then try to figure out what species it was, if I didn’t already know. But the times they are a changin’.  Austrian optical specialist Swarovski Optik has just unveiled the world’s first pair of smart binoculars. Powered by…

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Domestic humanoid backed by OpenAI closer to market after $100M raise

Jan11
by on January 11, 2024 at 4:01 pm
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A humanoid just has taken a step towards consumer households after robot maker 1x raised a cool $100mn. The Norwegian startup will spend the funds on bringing an android named Neo to the market. The bipedal is designed for everyday domestic tasks, from laundry to tidying. “The once-distant dream of having a versatile, intelligent home assistant is now becoming a reality,” Bernt Øivind Børnich, CEO of 1X, told TNW. Børnich co-founded 1X in 2014. He envisions the company producing commercial androids that benefit society and meet labour demand. To reach those combined goals, the robots are designed to work alongside…

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