A startup claims to have launched a world-first AI speech-to-speech translation system. The tool, called Aivia, was developed by Interprefy, a Zurich-based provider of translation services. The firm focuses on interpreting meetings and events a market being turbocharged by globalisation. As interactions spread across borders, they can become harder to understand. Although English is the language of international business, its only spoken by an estimated 17% of the world. The remainder is often excluded from the conversation. Interprefy supplies a way to remove this language barrier and the demand seems strong. In the eight years since the company…

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A Dutch startup has been awarded a contract to install floating solar panels at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Oceans of Energy secured the contract from CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco. The renewable energy startup has been tasked with building a 0.5MW floating array between wind turbines at the 750MW Hollands Kust Noord wind farm, located 18.5km off the coast of the Netherlands. According to the startup, which was founded in 2016 by Dutch engineer and entrepreneur Allard van Hoeken, this would be the first offshore solar farm in the world to be connected,…

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The UK will splash an initial 100m in funding to establish a government-industry AI taskforce, dedicated to boosting the countrys sovereignty and competitiveness in the field. The taskforce will develop foundation models systems that train on large amounts of data such as ChatGPT and Google Bard with the aim to benefit from their applications in public services and across the UK economy. According to the government, the technology is estimated to contribute billions of pounds to the countrys GDP, which based on the predictions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to drop by 0.3% this year.…

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Heavy truck manufacturer Scania and emerging EV battery powerhouse Northvolt have developed a battery for electric trucks that they say will last as long as the vehicles themselves about 1.5 million kilometres. The lithium-ion battery is the product of a five-year partnership between the two Swedish companies that began in 2017. At the time, Scania was on the lookout for more robust, cost-efficient, and sustainable battery cells for its heavy-duty trucks and buses and Northvolt was poised to deliver. Northvolts mission to build the worlds greenest batteries perfectly matched Scanias purpose to drive the shift towards sustainable transport,…

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Assumed remote work was here to stay? Not so fast. Three years ago, lockdowns confined everyone to their homes, eager bosses rolled out policies to support WFH-ers wellbeing and the office was being gleefully denounced as a relic from the past. WFH was the new normal. Two years ago, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon famously took issue with that: Its not a new normal. Its an aberration that we are going to correct as quickly as possible. Fast forward to 2023 and the reckoning is happening. Leading the charge to correct that aberration is Disneys chief executive Bob Iger who…

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Everyone is talking about the potential of generative AI as buzzworthy tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E make the headlines. But just what is generative AI and is there actually a use for these tools within the tourism sector? First of all, its important to note that, although ChatGPT is one of the most popular examples of generative AI on the market right now, there are many examples of tools employing this technology. Second, while the adoption of AI in general has been growing, this technology represents a new leap forward. Generative AI is seen as a breakthrough within the AI…

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An Irish startup has teamed with CERN to develop a new form of insulation for superconducting cables, which are designed to accelerate the green energy transition. Named SuperNode, the company has invented energy transmission cables that can transfer immense power across long distances. As the system requires less space and voltage than conventional copper-based cables, the environmental impact is reduced. These benefits derive from superconductivity. This phenomenon occurs when certain materials are cooled below their critical temperature typically -180C for high-temperature superconductors. As a result, superconductors can offer ahefty power density and zero electrical losses. To harness this potential,…

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Swedish startup H2 Green Steel has announced its plans to raise more than 1.5bn in equity funding to build steel plants that emit virtually no emissions. The startup, backed by high-profile investors such as Mercedes, Maersk, and Spotifys chief executive, is constructing a green steel manufacturing plant in Boden, north Sweden. Construction of the plant will be financed through more than 5bn in debt and equity. The startup said in October that it had received support from European financial institutions for 3.5bn in debt financing, making it one of the most capitalised climate tech projects in Europe. H2 Green Steel…

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Reykjavik-based Akthelia Pharmaceuticals and the University of Iceland have been awarded a 6m grant by Horizon Europe to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat. AMR is listed among the WHOs most pressing health threats of our time, with the potential to give rise to the next global pandemic as pan-drug-resistant strains emerge. Its also estimated that AMR associated infections already contribute to approximately 5 million deaths per year more than AIDS/HIV or malaria. Now, the EU-funded IN-ARMOR project, led by Aktelia…

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