Google brings Veo 2 video generation to Gemini Advanced

Following a limited, four-month preview, Google is making its Veo 2 video generation model available to more people. The company has begun rolling out the tool to Gemini Advanced users, who can use it [...]

Italian rehabilitation robotics startup Wearable Robotics raises €5M to expand its arm exoskeleton

The Pisa-based Sant’Anna spin-off has deployed its ALEX RS bilateral upper-limb exoskeleton across 20 countries since founding in 2014. CDP Venture Capital led the Series A, with SIMEST providing in [...]

Iberian blackout points to grid growing pains — not green energy failure

Spain and Portugal have largely restored power after Monday’s unprecedented blackout — the worst in recent European history. The fallout has put the region’s reliance on renewables under fire. S [...]

Netherlands ranks above entire G7 in tech competitiveness, study finds

The Netherlands has ranked 10th in a global index of tech competitiveness, ahead of the entire G7 group of the world’s largest so-called “advanced” economies. The country was praised for its thr [...]

A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon world record by seven minutes in Beijing

A humanoid robot named Lightning completed the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes. The robot, built by Shenzhen Hon [...]

SaaStock is dead: founder kills Europe’s biggest SaaS conference and launches Shift AI

SaaStock founder Alexander Theuma is retiring Europe’s biggest B2B SaaS conference after a decade and replacing it with Shift AI. The Austin event on 15-16 April is the last SaaStock; the first Shif [...]

From satellite ops to nordic launchpad

Bjørn Ottar Elseth, an aerospace engineer and strategic advisor, has dedicated his career to connecting technology, leadership, and collaboration in ways that support meaningful industrial progress. [...]

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

The latest example of bias permeating artificial intelligence comes from the medical field. A new study surveyed real case notes from 617 adult social care workers in the UK and found that when large [...]

Intel joins Musk’s Terafab as foundry partner in $25B chip megaproject

In short: Intel has signed on as the primary foundry partner for Elon Musk’s Terafab, a $25 billion joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI targeting a terawatt of AI compute per year, handing [...]