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This startup is giving renters solar power

Renewable energy is all the rage, but while homeowners can install things like solar panels, renters are being left behind. Fortunately, a Berlin startup is trying to change that. We Do Solar was founded in September 2021 by Karolina Attspodina and Qian Qin. Theyve created a solar panel kit that you can attach to your balcony or fence and can help renters reduce their energy bills by up to 25%. The panels come with mounting straps, a micro-inverter, and a plug. They can be attached to a balcony railing or privacy screen. Once installed, connected, and plugged in, you…

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What authors want from AI ghostwriters

In Sept. 2020, The Guardian published an opinion piece written by a program. The artificial intelligence, called GPT-3, is a large language model developed by OpenAI, and it posed a bold question in the headline of its machine-generated text: A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? Indeed, it is a scary time to be a professional writer. Earlier in 2020, Microsoft laid off journalists to replace them with a writing AI. And as AI language models get increasingly better, researchers are claiming that soon, AI-generated text will be indistinguishable from that written by a person. Our…

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Can Italys first EV company change the countrys car culture?

Its not every day that your introduction to a car company includes spending time in Europes largest vertical wind tunnel for aerodynamic tests. Meet AEHRA. Its headquarters in Milan comprises not only the usual meeting rooms and desks, but also a wind tunnel where you can experience flying and while mildly terrifying, its a hell of a lot of fun. AEHRA is Italys only electric car startup, and its secret sauce is aerodynamics. I spoke to AEHRAs CEO and co-founder, Hazim Nada, to find out more. Nada tells me: Were not an automobile company. Were an energy transition company.…

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These 3 European hubs offer a better work/life balance

Its easy to think of Europe as a well-lit map of interconnected hubs of tech excellence. After all, the continent is home to the renowned tech hubs of Berlin, Barcelona, and Paris, and in the UK, London is a global hub with long-term excellence in the financial services sector. But these are major cities. Full of opportunity, culture, and ambition, they can also be exhausting, not to mention expensive, places to live and work. This is why so many tech professionals are now looking to leave the big super-urban tech hubs for smaller, more up and coming tech cities that…

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The best coding bootcamps in Europe in 2022

This article was originally published on .cult by Luis Minvielle. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Many people might feel old in 2022 (remember how the 2012 London Olympics seem to have happened just yesterday? The 10-year-anniversary YouTube promotional video might drop anytime), but being aging and cranky shouldnt stop anyone from attempting to become a programmer. With an ever-demanding tech market, researchers expect the German IT market to be worth US$129 billion in 2025 boosting…

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Find out how much software developers are making in Germany in 2022

This article was originally published on .cult by Mikaella C, Inês Almeida. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Last year we brought you our first comprehensive breakdown of developer salaries in Germany. We used extensive data gathered over the course of five years, breaking down all the variables that go into making up that magic number: your salary. In 2021, we found that while COVID-19 impacted developer hirings, it didnt make a noticeable difference in salary. In…

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Here are the top 5 sustainable mobility companies hiring in Europe right now

The future is green, because it has to be. Theres no denying our climate is in crisis. In the last year, we have seen soaring summer temperatures across Europe, raging forest fires in parts of North America, and terrifying floods in Australia and Pakistan. To save our planet and our future, we need innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. Different business sectors have been scrambling to become more eco-conscious, but one area that is driving change is mobility. Mobility covers a wide range of products and services from electric bikes and scooters, to car-sharing apps, and electric vehicles, right…

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This is how much software developers in the Netherlands are earning in 2022

This article was originally published on .cult by Luis Minvielle, Inês Almeida. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Youve probably read this before: the Netherlands is an English-speakers paradise. Tied with the Nordic countries for proficiency, more than 90% of Dutch people speak English fluently. Indeed, language does not seem to be a barrier for developers looking to settle in the Netherlands, since companies seem to evaluate experience over speaking Dutch. Our research shows that in 2022…

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Securing the seas when the maritime industrys drowning

Over the last decade, the maritime industry has undergone a digital transformation to increase efficiencies, save money, gain greater insights into vessels and cargo, and develop new business models. But digitization has created a playground for cybercriminals who are benefiting from the industrys security shortfalls across cargo ships, cruisers, boats, yachts, and passenger ferries and their infrastructure. Historically, ship owners protected themselves from pirates with weapons. Today, criminals also use an arsenal of digital weapons to attack. And globally, the maritime industry is struggling to keep up as cybercriminals get faster and smarter. Fortunately, Europe is leading in the…

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