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  These 3 fintech trends are key to building an inclusive future

  TNW - Michael Schlein

  Michael Schlein will be speaking at TNW Valencia 2023 about How fintech innovation can drive inclusive growth. Check out this discussion on the Impact stage on Thursday, March 3oth. The world has changed so much over the past few years. The global pandemic, the war in Ukraine, worsening climate …

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  Can data-driven research show us how to be happy?

  TNW - Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

  What is happiness? And how can we be happy? These questions are integral to the human experience, but their answers can be elusive. We can apply several perspectives to approach them, through philosophy or psychology, for instance. We can also use our personal view of our feelings and goals as we …

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  Predictive policing tool shows even EU lawmakers can be targets

  TNW - Thomas Macaulay

  Predictive policing has exposed a new group of future criminals: MEPs. A new testing systems has spotlighted five EU politicians as “at risk” of committing future crimes. Luckily for them, it’s not a tool that’s used by law enforcement, but one designed to highlight the dangers of such systems. The …

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  Low-Earth orbit: A launchpad for Europe’s spacetech startups

  TNW - Thomas Macaulay

  Big business opportunities are brewing in the cosmos. Morgan Stanley predicts the space economy will grow from €355 billion in 2020 to over €1 trillion by 2030 — and competition for the rewards is fierce. The USA remains a celestial superpower, while China is emerging as a powerful challenger. …

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  Why US-based unicorn HackerOne keeps their dev team in Groningen

  TNW - Andrea Hak

  Photo by Stella Dekker Fotografie In 2012, two former students from Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Northern Dutch city of Groningen, took a major gamble. They made a list of 100 companies they’d like to work for — including Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and Uber — and hacked them. As you …

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  Values of European unicorns plunge amid sharp fall in public markets

  TNW - Thomas Macaulay

  A rough year in public markets has taken a heavy toll on startups. According to new research, every unicorn in Europe that went public in 2021 has since shrunk in valuation. The losses follow record-highs for VC exit valuations in 2021. PitchBook, a financial data firm, attributed the downturn to a …