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Data management is becoming a strategic discipline

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26 December

Semiconductor sovereignty meets biology: imec’s EUV breakthrough

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25 December

The power of the human touch

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25 December

People power the high-tech manufacturing industry

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25 December

Immersive technologies are leaving the lab, entering daily life

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24 December

The 2025 EV balance: a year of recalibration and harsh realities

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24 December

Netherlands to open a €134M fund for clean tech pilots

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15 December

Power consumption data centers in the Netherlands increased again

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9 December

“The energy industry needs to understand more about compute”

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6 December

Watt Matters in AI: Radical rethinking in an energy-hungry AI era

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How seven students unmasked Russia’s ‘drone motherships’

While European intelligence agencies struggled with bureaucracy, seven students filled the defense gap.

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26 December

Semiconductor sovereignty meets biology: imec’s EUV breakthrough

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18 December

China’s all-or-nothing race for chip independence

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17 December

Antennex secures ESA contract to boost satellite testing

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27 November

5 European alternatives to Salesforce

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6 November

6 European alternatives to Slack and Teams

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16 October

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Alternative protein

Last updated: October 23, 2025

A third of greenhouse gases come from food production. As the population grows and climate change impacts farming, sustainable protein alternatives are essential.

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ASML

Last updated: December 8, 2025

ASML is a global leader in chip production and a technological center of gravity in Brainport Eindhoven. Based in Veldhoven, the company develops lithography systems that are indispensable for the latest generations of microchips. ASML's innovations set the pace of digital progress - from smartphones to supercomputers.