Space startup bags $50M to fight climate change with satellites - Space startup Open Cosmos will accelerate its mission to protect our planet after ... - https://thenextweb.com/news/space-startup-open-comos-climate-change-satellites #startupsandtechnology #governmentandpolicy #investorsandfunding #sustainability #deeptech #insider

Tech companies spend €113M per year on lobbying EU policies - Tech companies spend over €113mn per year on lobbying the EU’s decision-making pol... - https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-companies-spend-113m-lobbying-eu-policies #governmentandpolicy #ecosystems

EU has ‘no chance’ of semiconductor independence — but neither does anyone else - Our world runs on semiconductors. The slivers of silicon provide electronic brains... - https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-semiconductor-independence-chips-act #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #investorsandfunding #nextfeatured #ecosystems

UK rejoins EU’s Horizon flagship research programme - After months of negotiations, the UK is rejoining Horizon, the EU’s €95.5bn flagsh... - https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-rejoins-eu-horizon-research-programme #startupsandtechnology #governmentandpolicy #ecosystems

How to support the mental health and wellbeing of remote workers - When COVID-19 hit, suddenly commutes were a thing of the past, and many home offic... - https://thenextweb.com/news/support-mental-health-wellbeing-remote-workers #governmentandpolicy #futureofwork

EU’s new digital market rules target Meta, Google, 4 more tech giants - The European Commission has named today six tech giants whose market power it aims... - https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-new-digital-market-rules-target-meta-google-4-more-tech-giants #startupsandtechnology #fintechandecommerce #governmentandpolicy #insider

TikTok’s first European data centre in Dublin is now operational - TikTok has launched its first European data centre, as part of its efforts to addr... - https://thenextweb.com/news/tiktoks-first-european-data-centre-dublin-operational #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity

Ukraine’s fight against disinformation is creating a new startup sector - When Russian troops flooded into Ukraine last year, an army of propagandists follo... - https://thenextweb.com/news/ukraine-anti-disinformation-industry-startups #startupsandtechnology #governmentandpolicy #investorsandfunding #dataandsecurity #nextfeatured #deeptech #insider

Paris bids au revoir to rental e-scooters as ban comes into effect - Today, Paris became one of the first European cities to implement an outright ban ... - https://thenextweb.com/news/paris-rental-e-scooters-ban #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #ecosystems

Your Fitbit is ‘useless’ unless you consent to illegal data sharing, says advocacy group - Vienna-based advocacy group Noyb has filed complaints against Fitbit in Austria, t... - https://thenextweb.com/news/fitbit-google-illegal-data-sharing #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity

Crypto giant Binance sidesteps Belgium ban by redirecting users to Poland - After being banned from Belgium in June, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchan... - https://thenextweb.com/news/crypto-binance-belgium-eu-poland #corporatesandinnovation #fintechandecommerce #governmentandpolicy

Myanmar genocide refugees take Meta to Irish court over disinformation claims - Rohingya refugees are taking Meta to Ireland’s High Court for the tech giant’s all... - https://thenextweb.com/news/myanmar-rohingya-meta-court-disinformation #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity

Autonomous cars worse at detecting children and dark-skinned pedestrians, study finds - AI has a notorious history of biases, from facial recognition systems misidentifyi... - https://thenextweb.com/news/driverless-cars-pedestrian-detection-age-race-biases #corporatesandinnovation #startupsandtechnology #governmentandpolicy #deeptech #insider

Google expands transparency for ads, content, policy as EU’s new rules kick in - Google will provide more information on targeted advertising, content decisions, a... - https://thenextweb.com/news/google-expands-transparency-ads-content-policy-eu-new-rules #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity #nextfeatured

European space telescopes spot tiny jets that could power the solar wind - A spacecraft has detected tiny jets that could be the elusive source of the sun’s ... - https://thenextweb.com/news/esa-solar-orbiter-sports-solar-wind-source #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #deeptech #insider

Germany doubles funds for AI ‘made in Europe’ - On Wednesday, the German government announced that it would nearly double its fund... - https://thenextweb.com/news/germany-doubles-funds-ai-research-technological-sovereignty #artificialintelligence #governmentandpolicy #deeptech #europe

UK commits £100M to secure AI chip components - In an intensifying global battle for semiconductor self-sufficiency, the UK will r... - https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-100m-gbp-securing-ai-chip-components #artificialintelligence #governmentandpolicy #deeptech #uk

X-ray spacecraft launching Saturday aims to unravel the universe’s evolution - A new satellite designed to analyse X-ray light in space is set to launch on Augus... - https://thenextweb.com/news/x-ray-satellite-xrism-launching-space #governmentandpolicy #deeptech #insider

New £1B fintech fund aims to plug UK’s £2B funding gap - The UK has devised a novel solution for a funding gap: more funding. In a bid to s... - https://thenextweb.com/news/fintech-growth-fund-funding-gap #corporatesandinnovation #startupsandtechnology #fintechandecommerce #governmentandpolicy #investorsandfunding #insider

This debit card lets you fund scientific research while you spend - The UK’s first bank account dedicated to accelerating science and technology is se... - https://thenextweb.com/news/debit-card-scientific-research-fintech #startupsandtechnology #governmentandpolicy #ecosystems #insider