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The world’s top scientific minds have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor of the world’s largest atom smasher in Switzerland, something that is hoped will vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of our universe.The plans for the Future Circular Collider – a nearly 91-kilometre loop running along the French-Swiss border and below Lake Geneva – published late on Monday put the finishing details on a project roughly a decade in the making at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.The FCC would carry out high-precision experiments in the mid-2040s to study “known physics” in greater detail, then…
Lawmakers of the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee have demanded clarity from the European Commission on its intention to withdraw a proposal on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) ahead of a hearing with the EU commissioner in charge, Stéphane Séjourné, on 23 April.Several politicians including rapporteur Marion Walsmann (Germany/EPP), the chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Bulgaria/Renew), and MEP Tiemo Wölken (Germany/S&D) have written to the Commission on the withdrawal.The withdrawal came as a surprise to many. In April 2023, the Commission published its plan for a regulation on SEPs, which are patents that protect the technology deemed essential in a technical…
DNA is similar to a set of instructions written using four letters – A, T, C, and G – which tell the body how to function and develop. These four letters form a unique combination for each organism, making each one unique. A segment of DNA is called a gene, while the entire set of DNA instructions contained in a cell is a genome.Even before the discovery of genetics in the 19th century, scientists have tried to alter these sets of instructions to enhance crop resistance, improve medical treatments, and address health issues.However, the safety and ethics behind these genetically…
As US President Donald Trump ramped up a trade war with virtually every country on Earth on Wednesday, including a territory inhabited solely by penguins, market uncertainty sent the stocks of Big Tech companies tumbling in major losses. Stocks for Meta, Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon fell between 5 and 13 per cent in the aftermath of Trump’s announcement, according to Google financial data.While some have already taken a hit, other companies may avoid the worst of the fallout from his announcement.Here are two tech-heavy industries that come out in very different positions after Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Winners: Semiconductors (and AI)One of…
As the transatlantic trade war heats up, Europe’s Trump whisperer gets the chance to use her voice. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share
As Europe prepares to draw the battle lines with the United States following another tariff hike on the EU’s exports to the US, the start-up and tech community are preparing to forge closer ties, according to a leading figure in one of Europe’s largest tech events. “Today, what’s happening, which is rather paradoxical, is that there are clouds gathering over these customs duties,” François Bitouzet, managing director of the Paris tech conference VivaTechnology, told Euronews Next. “But in terms of business, people are even more keen to forge closer links between Europe and the United States,” he added. The event, which opens its…
Its latest statement came after it initially claimed unmarked vehicles were fired on in the dark. A video recovered from the mobile phone of one of those killed later emerged showing clearly marked ambulances and fire engines seemingly contradicting that claim. Sarah Champion, chair of the U.K. parliament’s International Development Committee, told Starmer humanitarian workers felt Israel was not being held to account, and questioned if the United Kingdom would be pushing for an inquiry into the 15 humanitarian workers killed. After backing an investigation, Starmer added: “We have to be absolutely clear that we’re not just talking about that…
Video sharing platform TikTok was given a reprieve on Friday after US President Donald Trump announced he would be signing an executive order to keep it running in the United States for another 75 days, giving his administration more time to find a new American owner.The order was announced as White House officials believed they were nearing a deal for the app’s operations to be spun off into a new company based in the US and owned and operated by a majority of American investors, with current Chinese owners ByteDance maintaining a minority position, according to a person familiar with…
The Digital Services Tax, a two percent levy on the revenue of tech companies, is also on the table. All three policies have attracted fierce opposition by the U.S. tech industry. When asked about the ongoing negotiations during a public hearing on Tuesday afternoon by Chi Onwurah, chair of the House of Commons’ Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Starmer said: “There are questions about the appropriate way to tax digital services. There are questions about how technology impacts with free speech.” But he added: “I have been very clear, in my view, that we need to have an arrangement for…
Russian-American *Julia had wanted to leave the United States for a couple of years, but the start of President Donald Trump’s second term forced her to start taking the idea seriously. “I noticed people who are immigrants [like me], they were a lot more worried after the election happened,” she told Euronews Next. “We saw the warning signs right away”. The anesthesiologist worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis in New York City but now wants to find a job in pharmaceuticals or biotech somewhere in Europe. Euronews Next agreed to change her name to protect her identity while she looks for…