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Future on Europa Now: AI, climate tech and the long bets that will decide what Europe builds next.

Dutch iron-air battery startup Ore Energy secures $43M from Plural and HV Capital

Climate Tech

Amsterdam battery maker Ore Energy lands $43M to scale iron-air storage for Europe's grid

The Dutch startup's long-duration energy storage technology aims to replace natural gas as a backup for renewable power, with backing from Plural and HV Capital.
The men who become gentler after sixty aren't the ones who mellowed, they're the ones who quietly gave up three things, the need to be the most competent person in the room, the scorekeeping, and the belief that softness would cost them respect

AI

The Three Surrenders: Why Some Men Grow Gentler With Age

Gentleness in older men isn't about becoming soft—it's about abandoning the exhausting need to prove dominance. Research suggests that men who achieve this shift have made deliberate choices to release three burdens.
Psychology says older parents who rarely ask their children for anything aren't being independent, they learned early that needing something out loud was the fastest way to become a burden

AI

The Hidden Cost of Never Asking: Why Some Older Adults Refuse Help

When older parents insist they're managing fine while their homes fall into disrepair, psychology suggests it may not be stubbornness—but a survival strategy rooted in childhood lessons about the price of need.
What Comes After AGI? Sumon Sadhu on the Post-Biology Era

AI

Beyond AGI: Sumon Sadhu on Engineering the Post-Biology Era

At Hellen's Rock Founder Retreat 2026, serial AI entrepreneur Sumon Sadhu outlined a vision of the decades ahead: a shift from competing through raw intelligence to winning through the speed of feedback loops, and ultimately, the deliberate redesign of life itself.
Why hackers are targeting your digital supply chain, not just your systems

AI

The Weak Link: Why Your Suppliers Are Now the Front Line of Cyber Defence

Modern cyberattacks increasingly bypass a company's own defences by targeting trusted suppliers with legitimate system access. As digital supply chains grow more complex, organisations face mounting financial, operational and reputational risks.
I asked ChatGPT to describe my personality and forbade it from flattering me — it didn't hold back

AI

When the algorithm knows you better than you know yourself

A writer asked ChatGPT to analyze her personality without flattery and got back something uncomfortably accurate—raising questions about why we trust machines more than the people closest to us.
TikTok settles second addiction case, leaving Meta and Snap to face a jury alone

AI

TikTok Exits Second Major Addiction Trial as Meta and Snap Prepare for Jury

The video platform has settled with a Florida teenager ahead of a July trial in Los Angeles, marking its second exit from bellwether litigation over social media's mental health impacts.
A new study modeling six of history's deadliest heatwaves found that conditions had already crossed the threshold for human survival, and every single one of those events stayed below the wet bulb temperature long treated as the line between danger a

Climate Tech

Study reveals deadly heatwaves occurred far below the 35°C threshold long treated as the survival limit

Research published in Nature Communications examined six of history's most lethal heat events and found that all of them killed thousands while remaining substantially below the wet-bulb temperature long accepted as the boundary between danger and death.