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Future on Europa Now: AI, climate tech and the long bets that will decide what Europe builds next.
Climate Tech
Green Science Alliance Launches Battery Recycling Lab in Switzerland
A Japanese firm and Swiss research center are collaborating to recover cathode materials directly from used lithium-ion batteries, potentially streamlining the recycling process and reducing waste.
AI
Australia prepares Federal Court action against Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube over teen ban
Communications Minister Anika Wells has revealed that Australia's eSafety Commissioner is building a legal case against five major platforms over the country's under-16 social media prohibition, while Wells simultaneously pursues a global coalition to pressure Big Tech on child safety.
AI
FTC Approves Publicis' $2.2bn LiveRamp Acquisition With Strict Safeguards
The US regulator has cleared the advertising giant's purchase of the data connectivity firm on condition that competitors retain equal access for five years, even as Apple moves to restrict LiveRamp's tracking capabilities in Safari.
AI
Meta's Prometheus supercluster in Ohio grows toward 1 million GPUs, cuts failures by 99%
Meta has disclosed technical details of its Prometheus facility in New Albany, Ohio, which already houses hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs and is scaling toward approximately 1 million. The company has also shared rare reliability metrics showing dramatic improvements in system stability.
AI
Apple Secures $100M US Titanium Supply for iPhone Duo Foldable
The tech giant has committed to purchasing titanium from Pennsylvania-based Perryman over three years, with at least 80% sourced from recycled material for its upcoming foldable handset.
AI
Google Cloud London outage cascades to Revolut and other services across Europe
A major disruption in Google's London data centre region on Tuesday morning knocked out dozens of cloud services, leaving Revolut unable to process payments and forcing millions of users offline across multiple countries.
AI
Amazon commits €16bn to German expansion, targeting cloud, AI and logistics
The tech giant will pour resources into AWS infrastructure in Frankfurt, establish a second Berlin research hub, and expand its delivery network across the country.
Climate Tech
Ganiga lands €2.5M to scale AI food waste platform across Europe
The Italian deeptech startup has secured fresh funding to expand HooolyFood, its computer vision system that helps catering operators cut waste through real-time monitoring and data insights.