Why Germany’s green light for €5 billion in aid for chip plants
Germany chip plants: The EU approves Germany’s proposal to create a European TSMC. The German government will provide €5 billion in state aid to enable the creation of a new…
Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) – The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit…
Uber fined in Netherlands for sending drivers’ data to the US
By Stephanie Van Den Berg, Tassilo Hummel AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined 290 million euros ($324 million) in the Netherlands for sending the personal data of European…
KLM & ZeroAvia project: sustainable air transport
KLM & ZeroAvia project: Aviation has to change, and the priority is to find a viable, effective and safe alternative to the current fuel to make a gigantic industry responsible…
Why Bending Spoons has acquired WeTransfer
Italy’s Bending Spoons has acquired WeTransfer, the digital file-sharing platform founded in 2009 in the Netherlands. Already internationally known for having bought the well-known app Evernote, Bending Spoons has always…
South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean artificial-intelligence chip makers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement, the privately held companies said on Sunday.…
Reconstructing the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman
Imagine standing face-to-face with one of our ancient relatives from 75,000 years ago. This remarkable possibility has been brought closer to reality by scientists who have reconstructed the face of…
Alicia Framis: the first woman to marry a hologram
In the heart of Barcelona, Spanish artist Alicia Framis is making headlines with her groundbreaking decision to marry a hologram. Imagine a partner who is always there when you need…
India ed-tech firm Byju’s founder faces reckoning as startup implodes
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Byju Raveendran, an Indian mathematics whiz who soared from teacher to startup billionaire before his education-technology company imploded this year, now faces his…
Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media
By Reuters bureaus (Reuters) – A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and services from banking to…