Nick Flaherty

1 week ago | eenewseurope.com | Nick Flaherty

A quantum random number generator developed in Spain is at the heart of a service being offered for free over the Internet. The Colorado University Randomness Beacon (CURBy) is broadcast free and can be used anywhere for a independent open source implementation of random numbers. Researchers at ICFO in Barcelona, Spain, worked with spinout QuSide to developed a fast quantum random number generators that is being used the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

1 week ago | eenewseurope.com | Nick Flaherty

The Spanish electricity operator Red Electrica (REE) is at odds with its government on the cause of the massive power outage that plunged most of the country into darkness in April. The Spanish government report ruled out a cyber attack as the cause but appears to blame the operator for miscalculating the amount of inertia required in the system to keep the voltage and frequency stable.

1 week ago | eenewseurope.com | Nick Flaherty

The world’s two largest truck makers, Daimler and Volvo, have started their joint venture to develop a software-defined vehicle platform that they are pushing to be a standard. Coretura is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and started operation this month with Johan Lundén coming from Volvo Group as CEO of 50 staff. “This joint venture blends the agility of a start-up with the stability and expertise of our major shareholders.

1 week ago | ecinews.fr | Nick Flaherty |A Delapalisse

Actualités économiques | 19 juin 2025 Par Nick Flaherty, A Delapalisse Texas Instruments (TI) a de nouveau annoncé son intention d’investir dans sept usines de semi-conducteurs aux États-Unis, pour un coût accru de 60 milliards de dollars. À l’instar de l’annonce récente de Micron Technology concernant les fabs de mémoire aux États-Unis, l’annonce de TI couvre les investissements existants dans les fabs.

1 week ago | eenewseurope.com | Nick Flaherty

Swedish startup Embedl has raised €5.5 million to optimise generative AI for power and latency in embedded applications. The company is based on research by Professor Devdatt Dubashi of Chalmers University of Technology who has developed Model Optimization technology to help AI systems run efficiently on existing hardware, avoiding costly upgrades. The funding will be used to expand the Embedl Hub platform to help OEMs deploy generative AI models across multiple hardware platforms.