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New testing facility in Blyth to accelerate the development of next-gen super wind turbines An advanced wind turbine test facility will be built in Blyth, Northumberland, as part of an £86m investment by the UK government in wind power R&D facilities. An advanced wind turbine test facility will be built in Blyth, Northumberland, as part […]

Construction starts on £350m subsea cable factory in the Scottish Highlands As ground is broken on Sumitomo Electric’s new £350m subsea cable manufacturing plant in the Scottish Highlands, it has also been announced that the Japanese company is the preferred bidder for the new Shetland 2 undersea cable. As ground is broken on Sumitomo Electric’s […]

Avocado harvests face major declines as climate change hits growing regions The world’s best regions for growing avocados are being threatened by climate change, which could lead to a major decline in harvests by 2050, a report has found. The world’s best regions for growing avocados are being threatened by climate change, which could lead […]

Apple and Google agree on standard to prevent location trackers being used for stalking Apple and Google have teamed up to develop a standard for detecting unwanted location trackers in an effort to prevent the devices from being used for stalking. Apple and Google have teamed up to develop a standard for detecting unwanted location […]

Analysis of the highest-paying tech jobs reveals a demand for AI skills New specialist AI roles are on the rise and workers who possess AI skills are dominating the highest-paying UK IT jobs, according to research. New specialist AI roles are on the rise and workers who possess AI skills are dominating the highest-paying UK […]

UK granted access to European supercomputer research funding The UK has joined the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), which not only allows the UK access to Europe’s cutting-edge supercomputing facilities, but also funding through the Horizon Europe-funded portion of the EuroHPC. The UK has joined the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), […]

Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoaPeakbridge intends to invest in between 16 and 20 companies, investing around $10 million in each company. It has made eight investments so far. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Peakbridge intends to invest in between 16 and […]

Indian insurance startup Go Digit raises $141M from anchor investors ahead of IPOGo Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, ADIA, and Morgan Stanley as part of its IPO. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million […]

AWS confirms European ‘sovereign cloud’ to launch in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 yearsAmazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European “sovereign cloud” which is designed to enable greater data residency across the region. The company said that the first AWS sovereign cloud region will […]

Threads finally starts its own fact-checking programMeta’s newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook’s network for a few months. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted that the company “recently” rolled out the ability for fact-checkers to rate and mark false content on Threads. However, Mosseri didn’t share […]