Data Centers’ Green Promises Don’t Always Survive the Spotlight
Hyperscale data centers love to tout their PUE and WUE ratings — efficiency metrics that make them look like environmental…
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10 European Startups Betting Big on Precision Agriculture
Water scarcity, rising costs, and a shrinking farming workforce are pushing European agriculture into a tech-driven overhaul. A wave of…
Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Is Going on a Hiring Spree Across Europe
Legora, the legal tech company that builds AI tools for law firms, announced it’s opening new offices in Paris, Milan,…
France and Germany Scrap Their Joint Next-Gen Fighter Jet
The Future Combat Air System — Europe’s ambitious plan to build a homegrown sixth-generation fighter jet — is effectively dead….
Firefox VPN Drops the Data Cap — Unlimited Bandwidth All Summer
Mozilla is making its free VPN a lot more generous, at least for the summer. Users of Firefox VPN will…
Cornell’s New Chemical Bath Can Restore Dead EV Batteries to 95% Capacity — and Cut Recycling Costs by 56%
Cornell researchers developed a chemical bath method that restores spent lithium-ion batteries to 95% capacity while cutting recycling costs by 56%. The DEER process skips destructive shredding and goes straight to electrode regeneration.
Firefox Just Made Its VPN Unlimited for the Entire Summer — Here’s How to Use It
Mozilla removed the 50GB bandwidth cap on Firefox’s built-in VPN through August 31, offering unlimited usage across 28 countries. The promotion is free but temporary — the cap returns September 1.
Microsoft Patches Windows 0-Day Amid Heated Public Feud With Security Researcher
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday fixed a zero-day vulnerability disclosed by researcher Nightmare Eclipse, as the two remain locked in a heated public dispute over responsible disclosure practices. The same patch bundle also addressed another flaw originally thought fixed six years ago.
Starlink Shifts to $10/Month Hardware Rental Model, Ditching One-Time Purchase Option
SpaceX’s satellite internet division has switched from selling hardware outright to charging $10 per month to rent the dish and router — a move that mirrors the cable industry playbook and comes alongside a $5-$10 price hike on service plans.
A Munich Startup Built a Cargo Drone That Carries What Small Drones Can’t — and Europe’s Military Is Watching
Munich startup ERC System unveiled Victor, a heavy-lift cargo eVTOL that carries 250 kg over 300 km — targeting a logistics gap between small drones and crewed aircraft that Europe has been struggling to fill. Military, commercial, and disaster-response use cases are all on the table.