Thomas Macaulay
Senior Writer
Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on deeptech, startups, and government policy.
LLMs have become a weapon of information warfare
A propaganda network linked to Russia has sparked alarm about a new weapon of information warfare: l...
tech 00:00 Friday May 10
French AI scene toasts $200M for Holistic as Sonio sale shows risks of success
France’s budding AI scene has received another boost from a big investment in the startup Holistic. ...
tech 00:00 Thursday May 09
AI unicorn Synthesia launches most ’emotionally expressive’ avatars on the market
A British startup today unveiled new AI humans that blur the line between the virtual and the real. ...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 26
Paris startup adds ‘universal compute’ weapon to France’s growing AI arsenal
A startup promising “universal AI compute” has joined France’s thriving artificial intelligence sect...
tech 00:00 Thursday Apr 25
World-first satellites for commercial science set for launch in 2025
A British startup aims to launch science satellites into space in 2025 after raising a fresh £2mn. B...
tech 08:00 Wednesday Apr 24
How OpenAI and Microsoft reawakened a sleeping software giant
Just a decade ago, the world’s biggest tech beast was a relative minnow. Microsoft had become notori...
tech 08:00 Saturday Apr 20
UK mulls fresh controls on ‘sensitive tech’ after China cyber attack claim
Britain is exploring new curbs on China’s access to “sensitive technologies” following allegations o...
tech 00:00 Saturday Apr 20
4 in 10 translators are losing work to AI. They want remuneration from devs
AI threatens to decimate the translation profession, according to a new survey by a British union. A...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 19
‘Just like meaty sausages!’ Europe hosts first cultivated meat tasting
Dutch startup Meatable has hosted the first legally approved tasting of cultivated meat in Europe. O...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 19
Air taxi firm raises $110M, plans to launch commercial service in 2026
A British drone maker plans to launch air taxis in 2026 after raising a whopping $110mn. Skyports ha...
tech 00:00 Thursday Apr 18
In biggest-ever election year, tech platforms are wide open for voter manipulation
Under orders from the EU, tech giants have launched 11 advertising transparency tools. None of them ...
tech 00:00 Thursday Apr 18
Space tourism balloon startup unveils ‘luxury’ capsule design
A space tourism company promising stratospheric balloon rides has unveiled the vehicle’s capsule des...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 12
Europe’s first pilot plant for cultivated fish opens in Germany
German startup Bluu Seafood today launched Europe’s first pilot plant for cultivated fish. The facil...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 12
‘British DARPA’ to build AI gatekeepers for ‘quantitative safety guarantees’
A British R&D unit today unveiled a futuristic vision of “quantitative safety guarantees” for AI...
tech 16:00 Thursday Apr 11
Meta’s AI chief: LLMs will never reach human-level intelligence
There’s no escaping the hype around artificial general intelligence. Barely a day passes without a n...
tech 00:00 Thursday Apr 11
Opinion: Tech can’t cure the loneliness it causes
Technology is often accused of causing loneliness. The US Surgeon General recently warned that tech ...
tech 08:00 Friday Apr 05
Silo AI launches Nordic LLM family to protect Europe’s linguistic diversity
Europe’s linguistic diversity has received a boost into the AI era with the launch of new LLMs for N...
tech 00:00 Friday Apr 05
Carpooling rebounds as BlaBlaCar raises €100M and reaches profitability
Carpooling’s resurgence continued today as France’s BlaBlaCar reached two big new milestones. The Pa...
sustainability 00:00 Thursday Apr 04
New space mission aims to create solar eclipses on-demand with satellites
Days before a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America, scientists in Europe have revealed an...
tech 00:00 Thursday Apr 04
Formula E world champion reveals how race cars accelerate EV tech
António Félix da Costa is an extremely fast worker. The motorsports star has barely caught his breat...
sustainability 00:00 Saturday Mar 30
Flying cars edge towards takeoff after Chinese production deal
A flying car that’s certified for aviation just took another big step towards commercialisation. The...
tech 08:00 Thursday Mar 28
Scientists think ‘collective AI’ will resemble Star Trek’s Borg — only nicer (hopefully)
Leading computer scientists have unveiled a vision of “collective AI” that resembles Star Trek speci...
tech 00:00 Thursday Mar 28
‘Hidden’ racial slurs are flooding across Russian media, AI study reveals
A glut of racial slurs hidden in slang has emerged in Russian digital media. The insults were discov...
tech 00:00 Saturday Mar 23
AI-generated digital twins of patients can predict future diseases
An AI tool that creates digital twins of patients can predict our future health, according to a new ...
tech 00:00 Friday Mar 22
Watch: The first test of a magnetic levitation train on an existing track
Floating trains have glided closer to Europe after a pioneering trial of magnetic levitation — aka m...
sustainability 00:00 Thursday Mar 14
EU finally adopts AI Act, marking a ‘new era’ for artificial intelligence
The EU has officially adopted the AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive rulebook on artificial int...
tech 00:00 Thursday Mar 14
Dutch government launched secret task force to keep ASML in Netherlands, report says
The Dutch government has reportedly launched a secret task force to keep chip giant ASML in the Neth...
tech 08:00 Thursday Mar 07
Nobel winner behind graphene hails new ‘wonder materials’ for smart contact lenses
A Nobel Laureate who co-created graphene has made another discovery that could turbocharge numerous ...
tech 00:00 Thursday Mar 07
Opinion: For politicians, AI will bring salvation or damnation — but nothing in between
Is AI a panacea or a Pandora’s box? It’s a question that divides the British government. Ask the dep...
tech 08:00 Saturday Mar 02
‘World’s most efficient large aircraft’ seeks approval for ‘flying bum’
A blimp billed as the “world’s most efficient large aircraft” — but better known as the “The Flying ...
sustainability 08:00 Friday Mar 01