The European floods of 2021, which affected large areas of Germany and Belgium, took the lives of 209 people and cost over 30bn in damages. Catastrophic floods like these are becoming more and more common as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. While there is no easy fix for preventing floods, there are ways in which we can be more prepared for them. One company tackling this challenge head-on is Norwegian climate tech startup 7Analytics. Founded in 2020 by a team of data scientists and geologists, the startup aims to help municipalities and businesses better…

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As a lover of good food, but someone who dislikes cooking, Ive always fantasised about having a robot chef at home. Now, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Cambridge, my dream may soon come true. The research team has succeeded in training a robot to watch cooking videos, learn from them, and then recreate dishes. We wanted to see whether we could train a robot chef to learn in the same incremental way that humans can by identifying the ingredients and how they go together in the dish, said Grzegorz Sochacki from Cambridges Department of…

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Work can be pretty stressful these days: globally tech workers have had to deal with the effects of the pandemic, adjust to remote workand handle all those more recent return-to-office mandatesin addition to dealing with fears of redundancy in an environment that has seen hundreds of thousands of sector layoffs since mid-2022. Its not surprising that workers are feeling the strain. Forty-four percent of European workers reported that their work stress had increased as a result of the pandemic, according to an EU-OSHA workers survey. Burnout is rife, with a 2021 study finding that 66% of Polish workers and 59%…

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Most of us have heard of carbon offsets by now. However, the average person perhaps doesnt give them much thought beyond when prompted by an airline to offset the CO2 of your journey (for a suspiciously small amount). But how familiar are you with carbon removals? Offsetting and carbon credits (sort of like permission slips for emissions) are not only big business, but part of a new climate-accounting reality to which companies will have to adapt sooner or later as they embark on net-zero roadmaps. Offsetting as a practice has gotten a pretty bad rep, and not at all unjustified.…

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This article features an interview with Nick Foster, former Head of Design for Google X. Foster will be speaking at TNW Conference, which takes place on June 15 & 16 in Amsterdam. If you want to experience the event (and say hi to our editorial team!), weve got something special for our loyal readers. Use the promo code READ-TNW-25 and get a 25% discount on your business pass for TNW Conference. See you in Amsterdam! When we think about the future, our minds tend to conjure up images of cyberpunk cities where flying cars zoom overhead, 3D hologram advertisements pop…

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European tech startups will see a 38% investment drop in 2023 compared to 2022 levels, the latest report by Atomico finds. Specifically, startups are expected to raise $51bn in funding down from $83bn in 2022 and $106bn in 2021. But Europe isnt alone in navigating a tough year for tech. The US and China are also looking at a 49% investment decrease in 2023 compared to 2021. According to the report, this global retraction in funding has a domino effect on the flow of capital between the regions. For Europe, this translates to a significant reduction of capital from…

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The EU is pushing big tech to apply a new method for tackling AI disinformation: labels. The bloc wants online platforms to mark any AI-generated photos, videos, and text, a top official announced on Monday. The labelling should be done now immediately, said European Commission Vice President Vera Jourová, per DW. The request was made amid explosive growth in synthetic media. ChatGPT has been named the fastest-growing consumer application in history, while the rise of image generators has sparked claims that art is dead. Jourováwarned that malicious actors can use these services to spread fake news. The EUs impending…

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This article features an interview with Lubomila Jordanova, founder and CEO at Plan A. Jordanova will be speaking atTNW Conference, which takes place on June 15 & 16 in Amsterdam. If you want to experience the event (and say hi to our editorial team!), weve got something special for our loyal readers. Use the promo codeREAD-TNW-25and get a 25% discount on your business pass for TNW Conference. See you in Amsterdam! In 2016, on a surfing trip in Morocco, Lubomila Jordanova experienced a serendipitous moment that would redirect the course of her life. That moment came not in the barrel…

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Theres a lot of buzz around generative AIs potential to push productivity into hyperspeed, from quickly spitting out lines of code for developers to text and image tools that allow marketing teams to produce new campaigns faster. But one area where it can really make a direct and measurable impact for your customers is by adopting it within your support and customer experience teams. Perhaps youve heard that consumers are less patient than ever before? Zoom recently conducted a survey with Morning Consult to learn more about what consumers think about their customer support experiences with businesses. Over half of…

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