Dutch solar EV completes 1,000km test drive through the desert

Oct27
by on October 27, 2023 at 11:02 am
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An off-road solar car built by a team of Dutch students has successfully traversed 1,000km of rugged desert terrain in North Africa — opening up possibilities for the broader rollout of solar-powered EVs in areas with limited charging infrastructure. The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) students drove the SUV, which doubles as a small campervan, from Tangier in northern Morocco across dry riverbeds, steep mountain passes, and loose sand before arriving at the Sahara desert three days later.  “It was an incredible trip with a positive ending. We were able to drive the entire trip on the sun’s energy and…

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Amazon to launch ‘sovereign’ European cloud amid data privacy concerns

Oct26
by on October 26, 2023 at 2:18 pm
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Amazon has announced the launch of independent cloud services for Europe, in what seems to be an attempt to allay fears over EU data sovereignty. The tech giant will be rolling out the Amazon Web Services (AWS) European Sovereign Cloud, which is especially designed for public sector customers and private companies operating in highly-regulated industries. Starting with Germany, the cloud will be set up on servers located within Europe, while only EU-resident and bloc-based AWS employees will have control of its operation. The new system will be separate from other existing cloud regions, and customer data “will not be used…

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Dutch MPs criticise new US export ban on ASML chip machine

Oct25
by on October 25, 2023 at 2:25 pm
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Dutch politicians have expressed their dismay over the US’ new export rules for ASML, claiming that Washington has “unilaterally” imposed restrictions on selling yet another chip making machine to China. AMSL has already been prohibited from selling its most sophisticated machines to China since 2019. This year in June (following months of pressure by the US), the Netherlands also introduced stricter export controls of high-end chip manufacturing products citing “national security interests.” Unsurprisingly, ASML’s advanced immersion DUV lithography systems fall under the measures. But last week, Washington updated its export restrictions to include ASML’s Twinscan NXT1930Di machine if it contains…

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‘We may irreversibly lose control of autonomous AI,’ warn top academics

Oct24
by on October 24, 2023 at 2:47 pm
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Open letters warning over AI’s risks are amassing — with top technologists and researchers sounding the alarm on uncontrollable development, pressing existential threats, and the lack of regulation. Now, just a week before the AI Summit in London, a new letter calls on companies and governments to ensure the safe and ethical use of AI. The signatories include a number of European academics, three Turing Award winners, and even so-called AI godfathers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton. Not coincidentally, last May, Hinton quit Google to freely speak about the looming dangers of artificial intelligence. To add to the dystopian atmosphere,…

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Should we be working at 85% capacity? The pros and cons of ‘sustainable’ effort

Oct23
by on October 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm
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Perfectionism and productivity are uneasy bedfellows. The pandemic, job insecurity, and mass layoffs that followed have exacerbated over-performance burnout, leading to a new thought pattern in employee welfare; one that nobody dared utter out loud until now. What if we only gave 85% of ourselves to our jobs? Is 85% the productivity sweet spot? Devised by sprinter nine-time Olympic gold medalist, Carl Lewis, the philosophy behind the 85% rule is that to maintain a balance between excellent performance and excellent output, you don’t need to give 100% all the time. This is because working at 85% effort leaves 15% for…

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