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The 6G4Society project aims to integrate social, environmental and economic values into the development of 6G technology, ensuring that advances in connectivity are consistent with ethical standards and principles of sustainability. The debate around sustainability, digital rights and responsible innovation shows that being technically viable is no longer enough. What matters is not just whether a technology is adopted, but also its acceptability and reliability, its alignment with ethical expectations, its contribution to sustainability, and its reflection of shared societal values. As 6G technology continues to develop, these questions will become central to its legitimacy. The 6G4Society project explores how…
The SOLiD project is developing next-generation lithium metal batteries that combine safety, performance and recyclability for Europe’s clean energy future. Few technologies are as essential and under scrutiny as batteries on the path to a climate-neutral future. Batteries, which power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles (EVs), are at the heart of the energy transition. But as demand grows, so do concerns about sustainability, cost, and the physical limitations of today’s mainstream lithium-ion technology. SOLiD is an ambitious EU-funded project that aims to redesign the rules of battery manufacturing. Founded in September 2022, SOLiD brings together 14 partners from nine…
Join us on November 20th in Barcelona for the final event of European Project ZeroF and explore Europe’s progress towards a PFAS-free and sustainable future in packaging and textiles. Every day, we use seemingly ordinary materials like coffee cups, food wrappers, rain jackets, and nonstick cookware. What most people don’t see is that they are laced with chemicals such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “permanent chemicals.” These substances are resistant to water, oils and dirt, but their persistence means that over time they accumulate in soil, water and even our bodies. Across Europe, research institutions…
Roy Lee of Cluely has a message for startup founders. “We should think more seriously about how to go viral.” “In general, if you’re not in deep tech, you need to be conservative and focus on distribution,” Lee told the Disrupt 2025 audience. But he also made it clear that not everyone is cut out for this kind of viral marketing. “Even if you’re even remotely good at engineering, you probably won’t be interesting and you won’t be a content creator because it’s not in your blood. The reality is that most of these people have no chance of going…
NBA champion Tristan Thompson announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 that he is partnering with global telecommunications company World Mobile to launch a community-owned mobile network called Uplift. The network offers unlimited data plans starting at $9.99 per month. Uplift is built on blockchain technology and decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). With Uplift, every subscription contributes to growing the network at the neighborhood level, and local hosts, known as “AirNode operators,” earn a portion of the network revenue by providing community coverage. The idea behind Uplift is to challenge the centralized model of the $2 trillion telecom industry by allowing users…
“The idea that the internet is dying is real,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the idea that the internet is mostly bots rather than humans. Since then, the two entrepreneurs have teamed up to reimagine the way we build social communities in a world where it will soon be difficult to distinguish who is authentic online. Earlier this year, the two purchased the remaining assets belonging to Digg. Digg was originally founded by Rose and was a long-shuttered news aggregation site that was a staple of the Web 2.0 era. Now under Rose’s control…
Over three days this week, 20 startups participated in TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s Startup Battlefield. Each was named the Best Player of the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. After some intense pitching, the winner was decided. These startups were hand-picked to compete in the Startup Battlefield, where they performed live demos in front of VCs and technology leaders who judged the competition. After several hours of deliberation, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges’ notes and narrowed the list down to five companies: Charter Space, Glid, MacroCycle, Nephrogen, and Unlisted…
The rise of agent coding tools was a game-changer for software engineers across the industry. But things seemed especially tough for Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he has become increasingly comfortable putting software development tasks on the back burner. After more than 15 years of software development, Yakovenko says of his experience with agent coding: “Now you can see Claude stirring that thing around, and you can almost smell when it’s going off the rails.” “If people are having meetings with me and I’m not paying attention, it’s because I’m looking at Claude,” he…
A hot mystery about the sun may be close to being solved.Scientists have been trying for decades to understand why the sun’s outer atmosphere is so much hotter than the surface, even though it is further away from the core. The surface, or photosphere, is millions of degrees Fahrenheit, while the outside air is only about 10,000 F (5,500 C).Now, thanks to new high-resolution telescope observations, scientists have finally discovered the elusive “magnetic waves” in the Sun’s atmosphere that may be responsible for much of the corona’s incredible heating. The findings were published in the journal Nature Astronomy on October…
British archaeologists have discovered the 2,000-year-old skeleton of a teenager lying face down in a hole. This unusual burial position may provide a clue to the murder mystery.Researchers at Bournemouth University discovered a strange burial site earlier this year while excavating Celtic ruins in the county of Dorset in southwest England. Bournemouth University said the discovery occurred during the filming of a new television series, Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders, hosted by the broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig.”This has the feel of a body thrown into a pit with its wrists bound,” Miles Russell, the project’s lead archaeologist, told Live Science…