European space-tech funding reached €2.9 billion in H1 2026, up 622%, but debt and…
Behind Europe's spectacular space-tech funding surge lies a simpler story: debt instruments and a few massive government-backed bets, not a sector-wide awakening.
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Europe’s AI watermarking rules are now live, but visible labels, hidden…
A confusing patchwork of disclosure rules is now binding on AI companies across Europe, but compliance depends on what you build, who uses it, and what it creates.
AI helped solo professionals match two-person teams in a 776-person experiment…
The professionals who thrived with AI weren't necessarily the best prompt engineers—they were the ones willing to venture outside their expertise.
Consumer Reports found seven paid data-removal services removed 4% to 68% of…
In Consumer Reports’ small four-month field test, paid services removed 35% of tracked profiles overall, individual services ranged from 4% to 68%, and manual opt-outs reached 70%.
Trump refused to sign the housing bill Congress sent him in June, holding out for…
A president's silence can reshape legislation just as surely as his signature, especially when political leverage is at stake.
Facebook said its users were separated by 3.57 degrees, but the 2016 result meant…
The social network giant's viral finding about human connection wasn't quite the cosmic proof it seemed—the math got lost in translation.
France passed the first law protecting an employee’s right to ignore work messages…
The right to ignore your boss after hours is becoming law across Europe, even as workers and employers alike remain largely unaware it exists.
The claim that ChatGPT consumes a 500ml bottle of water for every 10 to 50…
A viral statistic about AI's water consumption oversimplifies a complex calculation that varies dramatically based on where data centers are located and how they're cooled.
The internet doesn’t need more content. It needs more people who lived something…
As social media drowns in derivative takes, the most compelling voices are those shaped by lived experience rather than algorithmic incentive.
Every card payment appears instant, but the money can travel through several…
The approval at a card terminal is a fast message, not the merchant receiving money. Clearing, net settlement and a separate bank payout can still follow.
The best evidence on AI and productivity does not agree with itself: Harvard and…
The most rigorous studies on AI's impact on work productivity contradict each other—and suggest our intuitions about speed gains may be dangerously misleading.
How does a single company in a Dutch town of roughly 48,000 people build the only…
The company is ASML , headquartered in Veldhoven , a Dutch town of roughly 45,000 people about ten minutes' drive from Eindhoven.