Section · 7 topics
Industry & People
Start-ups, companies, expos, inventors, education, history and explainers
Updated
Upcoming expos
All expos
Web Summit 2026
in 4 days
CES 2027
in 2 months
MWC Barcelona 2027
in 4 months
Hannover Messe 2027
in 5 months
Computex 2027
in 7 months
Stronger US state trade secret law linked to 4.2% lower inventor-network modularity in 783 firms
Patent data from 783 high-tech US firms for 1976–2017 show that after states strengthened trade secret law, firms organized inventors into fewer isolated groups.
Brazilian ranchers on slavery Dirty List resell cattle via intermediaries, losing 1–14% of revenue
An analysis of millions of cattle transactions shows listed employers cut direct sales to signatory slaughterhouses but kept selling through intermediaries, so downstream bans had a limited effect.
Study of 183,821 US households links legalized online sports betting to lower savings
University of Nebraska–Lincoln analysis of transaction data from 26 states found that online betting spreads quickly after legalization and reduces savings rather than other spending.
Chalmers: 44–46% of container truck trips in Sweden in 2016–2019 ran empty, per model study
Chalmers researchers built two statistical models on Swedish truck data for 2016–2019. Empty containers were 44–46% of vehicles and 32–33% of vehicle kilometres.
Bournemouth University: Iron Age ruler Verica of the Atrebates was a woman, authors say
Archaeologists at Bournemouth University reinterpret the name, coin title and coin imagery of Verica, a ruler of the Atrebates in Iron Age Britain, as evidence of a female ruler.
Titan OS raises €40 million for its Linux-based smart TV operating system
Barcelona-based Titan OS raised €40 million ($46 million) from Highland Europe, Mangrove and a BlackRock credit facility for its independent Linux-based smart TV OS.
Orbital Matter's Replicator 2 satellite prints a 50 cm rigid beam in open space, developers report
Orbital Matter says its 13 kg demonstrator printed a rigid beam in vacuum and helped unfold a solar module. Load capacity data are not yet published.
Return secures €835 million from Deutsche Bank and Rabobank for battery storage in Germany
Amsterdam-based Return plans to install at least 1 GW of battery storage a year in Germany from 2027. The first framework covers three projects with a combined 117 MW.
Hyundai shows modular 5 MW electrolyzer rated at 700 tons of hydrogen a year
At World Hydrogen Expo 2026 in Goyang, Hyundai also demonstrated a refueling robot for a fuel cell cleaning truck and fuel cells with improved durability.
EIC Fund commitments in 2026: top ten led by EnduroSat with €34.5 million
EIC data shared with EU-Startups: ten companies received about €224.1 million in EIC Fund commitments in January–September 2026, out of 85 investments in total.
Starfish Space loses contact with Otter spacecraft after onboard software error on NASA-funded mission
A fault-protection software error switched off the radio of the Otter demonstrator launched 1 October; NASA and the company concluded it cannot be recovered.
Copenhagen's Biograil raises €20 million for BIONDD oral device ahead of planned Phase 1 studies
The company develops a swallowable capsule device meant to deliver drugs that are now given by injection. A Phase 1 clinical study is still only planned.
STATION F ecosystem startups raise record €2B in 2026; campus names Future 40 cohort
The Paris campus announced the eighth Future 40 cohort, which has raised €110 million to date; the wider ecosystem exceeded the €1.5 billion of 2025.
PUDU Robotics shows six robot lines in Amsterdam, including D7 semi-humanoid with 8-hour runtime
At its European Partner Summit on November 4, the Shenzhen-based company presented all six product lines together for the first time, along with a shared technology strategy.
Zero Motorcycles reveals Project Ventura e-supermoto with 20 kW for under €8,000
Zero showed a prototype A1-licence electric supermoto at EICMA 2026, promising more than 20 kW, ABS and deliveries by summer 2027.
Yamaha brings NMAX E and XENTER E to EICMA 2026 with 3.5 kWh batteries and 104 km range
Yamaha has shown two 125cc-class electric scooters sharing a 7.5 kW eAxle and a 3.5 kWh battery; sales are planned from spring 2027.
Honda unveils RN0, its first high-end e-MTB with 720 Wh battery, at EICMA 2026
Honda showed the RN0 electric-assist mountain bike in Milan on November 3: a carbon frame, a 750 W Shimano drive unit and a weight of about 24 kg.
RealTech launches: a hub for news about every technology, with no war and no politics
Drones and batteries, biotech and climate, robots and space used to live under one cover and are now scattered across narrow sites. We bring them back together: short, factual, with a source under every claim, and only good news.
You’ve reached the end of the feed