This week in Dutch tech
Friday is here and so is TNW’s weekly round-up of tech news from our glorious home country. This week saw advances in medtech, quantum breakthroughs, and calls to further boost the Dutch chip indust...
Uber rival Bolt secures €220M in prep for IPO
Estonian mobility startup Bolt has secured a €220mn credit facility as it plans to go public next year. This type of financing is a more flexible loan option, which allows a business to withdraw ...
Are we getting a ChatGPT search engine?
For decades, Google has monopolized the search engine game. Other search engines have come and gone in an attempt to overthrow it, including Bing, DuckDuckGo, and even TikTok — but the search giant ...
3 key observations about the Google March 2024 core update
Google’s March 2024 core update will hands down be one of the most talked-about SEO topics of the year, if not the last few years.
There’s so much around the update, from its length to the de...
Super Nintendo World theme park is coming to Orlando in 2025
In what could be a dream for retro gamers, Universal Studios and Nintendo have announced they will bring the video game maker’s classic titles to life when the new Super Nintendo World theme park op...
Deeptech VC raises €300M in push for ‘semiconductor supremacy’
Flemish venture capital firm Imec.xpand has raised €300mn to invest in deeptech startups. The VC is a spinoff from Leuven-based Imec, one of the world’s largest microelectronics research ins...
Rumors suggest ChatGPT search engine is on its way
Rumors have been swirling about a new contender in the ring, with whispers pointing towards a May 9th launch date. This challenger? A search engine powered by ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) f...
Crypto Experts Dive into SEC Impacts and Federal Monetary Policies
The interplay between federal monetary policies and regulatory decisions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to shape the cryptocurrency industry. As experts delve into the nu...