A Public-Interest Digital Industrial StrategyAs digital services increasingly underpin critical sectors—healthcare, energy,transportation, and public administration—the ability to control and govern theseinfrastructures becomes a matter of strategic importance. Relying on external cloud services and AI capabilities means that sensitive data and strategic assets remain vulnerable to foreign policies and legal frameworks, such as the US CLOUD…

IOT-OPEN.EU: We’ve just published an online IoT course developed under the wings of the Erasmus+ KA2 HE initiative and funding. Those modules are 100% free of charge and licensed CC. IOT-OPEN.EU presented the first version of modules to the world in 2019,and since then, over 16000 students from 156 countries worldwide haveenrolled, mainly via the…

TrustChain, a project funded by the European Commission, is looking for developers, innovators, researchers, SMEs and entrepreneurs working on different NGI relevant topics and applications domains at the intersection between the technical field, the social sciences and humanities, as well as any others including economics, environment, art design, which can contribute to NGI TrustChain relevant vision.…

Try BabyGPT Yourself: Experience prompt completion tasks with BabyGPT at While BabyGPT isn’t designed to rival advanced models like ChatGPT, it serves as a proof of concept for achieving meaningful GenAI results on a single laptop. This project demonstrates that even a single laptop can make a meaningful contribution to GenAI experimentation and development. Although…

Discover how to “make (almost) anything”! December 4 Open Day in Amsterdam, Waag Society. Fablab Amsterdam 10 years celebrationWaag Curious about digital fabrication? Join us in person on December 4 at Waag Futurelab to explore Fab Academy. In this global programme, participants learn to bring their ideas to life through hands-on skills in design, electronics,…

Gligoric, N., Hakola, L., Larizgoitia, I., van Kranenburg, R., Vehmas, K. (2024). Tags. In: Ziegler, S., Radócz, R., Quesada Rodriguez, A., Matheu Garcia, S.N. (eds) Springer Handbook of Internet of Things. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. ChapterFirst Online: 28 November 2023pp 43–67 Springer Handbook of Internet of ThingsNenad Gligoric, Liisa Hakola, Iker Larizgoitia, Rob van Kranenburg…

Dear all, The three Horizon Europe and 6G SNS projects 6G-SHINE, SUPERIOT and TERRAMETA have teamed up to host a joint free webinar on a common topic: sustainable wireless design. This c. 90 min webinar will cover several relevant topics, with an open discussion at the end of the session. If you would like to participate, please register on this link.Please feel free…

The EmpoWomen Programme is excited to announce the second Open Call for its transformative initiative, empowering women-led deep-tech startups across European emergingmarkets and associated countries. The programme offers a unique opportunity for startups to receive tailored acceleration, mentoring, and non-repayable funding, services, and prizes totaling up to €1.125 million to support their growth.From October 1…

Today, the Commission has published the first draft of the General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Practice. The draft was prepared by independent experts who were appointed by the AI Office as chairs and vice-chairs of the four working groups of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. This first draft is based on the contributions…

Written by 36Kr “For elite founders, deciding whether to target the domestic or international market—where to raise funds, which users to serve, where to register the company—is a cautious decision. For grassroots entrepreneurs, there’s only one correct answer: go where the money is.” “But to find the second wave, you needed to venture away from Beijing,…